Color Play

After leaving her career in the educational field to become a homemaker in 1974, Joen became interested in quiltmaking and textile art. During a span of fifteen years, she created commissioned textile art for private clients and corporations. Her work is included in collections throughout the world. As a guest lecturer/instructor on the subject of color and design, Joen has taught throughout the United States and in England, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Joen is the author of twelve previously published books and products. Several have been bestsellers in the art/craft field; some have been translated into other languages. Her published works include Color Play, The Visual Dance, The Magical Effects of Color, Visual Coloring, Landscapes & Illusions, The Ultimate 3-in-1 Color Tool, and The Studio Color Wheel. Joen is the owner of JWD Publishing, a pattern company that publishes quilt-related patterns. She enjoys photography, reading, traveling, and spending time with her family. You may visit Joen's website at www.joenwolfrom.com or her pattern company's website at www.jwdpublishing.com.

December 2014Color Play was originally published in 2000 and this edition has been updated and expanded toinclude over 100 new quilt photos. This book is a comprehensive study of the colour wheel,starting with a look at pure colour, tints, shades and tones. Examples of quilts whichdemonstrate each area are accompanied by descriptions of how colour is used and why it iseffective.What follows on from that is an exploration of colour plans, from monochromatic, complementary,analogous and split-complementary, with more in between and beyond. Values ofcolour are explained, as are the descriptions of selected colours and how they make us feel,where they are on the colour wheel and where in the book you can find more information aboutthem. The grand finale is a study of 24 colours in great detail showing different colour schemesthat work together with diagrams of quilt blocks to demonstrate.This is a fantastic book which benefits from the update because the wealth of new quilts worksso well in its favour. The author relates her observations about colour to quilt schemes, whateffects particular colours have on the way they are perceived and how to build up your use ofcolour by creating a personal ‘Colour Plan’. To have such an extensive array of colours that areexplored in such detail is a great way of getting to grips with starting to create colour schemesfor work.This is a great book for all textile artists and anyone who feels unable to get to grips with howcolours work together.

• Contents [chapter title] Dedication Acknowledgments Gallery Chapter 1: Color-A Powerful Tool Chapter 2: Nature's Intuitive Color Sense-5 Plans to Love Chapter 3: Value-Color's Best Friend Chapter 4: Color-The Secret Life of a Color Gallery Chapter 5: Colors Galore-An Up-close View of 24 Glorious Colors Gallery Chapter 6: Captivating Illusions Bibliography Index About the Author