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Woven Optical Illusions
Author | : Stacey Harvey-Brown,Katharina Kronig |
Publsiher | : The Crowood Press |
Total Pages | : 708 |
Release | : 2024-05-10 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780719843402 |
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Woven Optical Illusions explores a variety of optical effects through the medium of weaving. Suitable for weavers of all experience levels, it explains the basic principles behind the illusions and shows how to create the effects in selected weave structures to give a wide range of examples and possibilities. Projects are taken from concept through weave design and development to a woven result. With over 500 illustrations, including detailed drafts and images, this fascinating book is designed to whet the appetite of anyone who is interested in optical play. Includes Clear step-by-step explanations of the complete design process and describes the science behind the optical effects and some of the history of their discoveries. It also incorporates inspirational images from other weavers working in optical effects and projects range from plain weave through to advancing twills, featuring tied weaves such as summer and winter, taqueté and beiderwand, double cloth, colour-and-weave, shadow weave, and deflected double weave.
Visual Illusions in Woven Textile Design
Author | : Joyce Marquess Carey |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Textile design |
ISBN | : WISC:89097323075 |
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Weaving Big on a Little Loom
Author | : Fiona Daly |
Publsiher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2022-05-24 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781648961434 |
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For intermediate and advanced crafters, these eight illustrated loom weaving projects help you create sustainable, attractive, and useful textile pieces for your home and wardrobe—or to give as gifts. This step-by-step guide to weaving large projects on a little loom is packed with over 200 color photographs. Use your frame loom to create eight large, impactful weaving projects, including an oversized scarf, a snood, a shoulder bag, a mesh shopping bag, a bathroom mat, a table runner, and two types of cushions. With straightforward instructions, weave patterns, and vivid color photography, this helpful how-to guide leads you through each step of these inspired projects. First, choose your materials, focusing on finding the best, most sustainable textiles and yarns for your project. Next, learn about a special type of frame loom with a detachable top and bottom bar that will enable you to create pieces up to six and a half feet in length. Learn how to create 8 different weave structures, then, try your hand at each of the eight creative large-scale loom projects that are sure to impress family and friends. Once you're finished, you can proudly wear, carry, or display your contemporary weave work anywhere. You can also learn how to make your own frame loom for large projects using a simple guide.
Weaving
Author | : Ann Richards |
Publsiher | : The Crowood Press |
Total Pages | : 653 |
Release | : 2021-09-27 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781785009303 |
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Weaving: Structure and Substance looks at weave design from several different perspectives, showing how resources, ideas and practical experience can come together in a creative process of designing through making. Emphasizing the potential of woven textiles throughout, Ann Richards follows the success of her sister title Weaving Textiles that Shape Themselves and explores the tactile properties that emerge from the interaction of material and structure. The book is organized into four parts that look at the natural world as inspiration, the design resources of material and weave structure, the fabric qualities as starting points for design, and the practical issues of designing through making. With over 280 lavish photos, this book will be an invaluable resource for textile designers and enthusiasts looking for inspiration and practical advice.
Creative Stitched Shibori
Author | : Annabel Wilson |
Publsiher | : The Crowood Press |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2024-04-29 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780719843501 |
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Creative Stitched Shibori introduces the Japanese craft of resist dyeing where a plain piece of fabric can be transformed into remarkable patterns. It starts with the simple running stitch and then explores how techniques can be combined to create more ambitious projects inspired by the natural world. With over 300 illustrations, including step-by-step sequences, this practical guide is a textile enthusiast's dream to a simple technique with vast and exciting potential.
Woodwind Instruments
Author | : Daniel Bangham |
Publsiher | : The Crowood Press |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 2022-09-21 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780719840302 |
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The care and understanding of an instrument are critical to its sound. This thorough book is therefore aimed at both the interested musician and those embarking on instrument repair as a full-time career. Organized into six parts, it guides the reader from initial diagnostic techniques all the way through to specialist repair instruction. It is packed with over 700 colour illustrations, step-by-step guidance and general advice. It covers clarinets, flutes, saxophones, oboes and bassoons. Written by a leading woodwind technician and teacher, it should be an essential companion in every workshop and be a handy reference for all musicians who want the best from their instruments.
The Design Student s Handbook
Author | : Jane Bartholomew,Steve Rutherford |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2015-07-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781317341246 |
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What is design? What are the main design disciplines, and how do they interrelate? How does design theory and context help you improve your studio work? What do you need to know by the end of your course to get a good career? What can you do to become a knowledgeable designer and improve your skills so that you stand out from the crowd? Whether you are already studying design, thinking about choosing a course, or are well on your way to finding your first job, this essential and uniquely comprehensive book will introduce you to the world of design and support you throughout your studies and on into the industry. Key features Develops your core skills and supports you in making the most of your studies. Describes the multi-disciplinary design world by exploring the various design disciplines – graphics, fashion and textiles, three-dimensional design, craft, spatial, interactive media, and theatre, film and television. Contains crucial practical information so you’re ready for your career - placements, working with industry and self-employment, networking, job-seeking and how to succeed in your own business. Covers the key practical, theoretical and cultural fundamentals of design to help you understand and inform your practice - chapters on creativity and innovation, history, culture and context, how to communicate design, colour theory, aesthetics, and how to design with ethical, social and responsible considerations. Comprises chapters written by designers and lecturers, all experts in their fields. Includes stories, career profiles and first-hand quotes by students, established designers and industry specialists exploring what it’s like to study and to work in the design industry today. Identifies important books and websites for further reading. The Design Student’s Handbook will guide you along the road to a successful and fulfilling career and is an essential text for studying any of the design disciplines.
Painting Life
Author | : Carol K. Walsh |
Publsiher | : She Writes Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2016-11-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781631521003 |
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When Carol Walsh pulled her fiancé from the bottom of a diving well—dead from a massive heart attack—her life was turned upside down. Even though she was a psychotherapist working with clients suffering from trauma, this personal shock felt unbearable. Nonetheless, she had to heal herself while supporting clients—and, as a single mother, her two children. Using the creative interests she’d developed during childhood in order to emotionally save herself from a difficult mother, she fully recovered from her grief and PTSD symptoms—and as she recreated her personal, artistic, and professional life, she began to thrive.