Textilkonst

Addressing textiles as a distinctive area of cultural practice and field of scholarly research, The Textile Reader introduces students to the key issues essential to the exploration of the textile from both a critical and a creative perspective. T...

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Alla känner till Carl Larsson-gården i Sundborn, det världsberömda konstnärshemmet i Dalarna. Alla vet vem Carl Larsson var. Och alla har sett hans Karin på tavlorna. Många vet också att hon i likhet med sin man hade konstnärlig begåvning och en g...

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Denne välkände arkitekt, möbelformgivare och mönsterkonstnär föddes 1885 i Wien, men som jude tvingades han fly från den växande nazismen och antisemitismen. Han hamnade i hustruns hemland Sverige. Därmed fick landet en injektion när det gällde ko...

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An outstanding and comprehensive contribution to the history of Tartan. Telegraph Featuring new insights and an additional chapter on masculinities, this updated edition of Tartan revitalizes discussions about the fabrics traditional, sentimental ...

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A practical and inspirational guide to help embroiderers and textile artists make the most of sketchbooks to inform their creative work. The artist's sketchbook offers an exciting platform to explore a host of mixed media techniques. Using a combi...

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Lotta Kühlhorn är en av Sveriges mest älskade formgivare. Hon är en del av vår vardag. Hennes design finns nästan överallt: från mönster på tyger och bruksföremål på Ikea och Åhléns, till bokomslag du har i din hylla. Här visar oss Lotta Kühlhorn ...

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Maria Åströms mönster utstrålar kvalitet i en skandinavisk stil som aldrig blir omodern. Precis som naturen är mönstren tidlösa och återföds på nytt varje år hos nya brukare. "Mönsterträdgård" följer formgivaren i hennes liv och arbete o...

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The classic book on the art and history of weaving--now expanded and in full color Written by one of the twentieth century's leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is a luminous meditation on the art of weaving, its history...

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Jobs keramik och textil är en rikt illustrerad bok om keramik- och textilkonstnärerna Lisbet och Gocken Jobs. För första gången placeras de välkända systrarnas konstnärskap i ett stilhistoriskt sammanhang. För många, både yngre och äldre är systra...

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World-renowned artist and textile designer Kaffe Fassett provides a window into his creative process, offering readers new patterns, new ideas, and new inspiration With successes like Bold Blooms and Dreaming in Color, the latest book from Kaffe F...

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Three hundred years ago, Norwegian fishermen went to sea no matter the wind or weather-and they needed warm, comfortable, durable sweaters to protect them from the cold while they worked. Now, photographs and documentation of surviving examples ha...

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Selbu mittens are well known all over the world, instantly recognisable for their dramatic contrasts and intricate motifs. But where do they come from? Who makes them, and how? What defines a true "Selbu mitten", and why? Now the answers...

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The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook. 'Irresistable' The Times 'The story of a singular woman... Kate Strasdin's forensi...

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New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies. Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industria...

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Harness the beauty of the natural world to create unique textile art pieces. Learn how to create beautiful textile art inspired by details in nature in this practical and inspirational guide. Acclaimed textile artist Marian Jazmik shows how to use...

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'There is a certain feeling - standing between rows of richly dyed blue cloth - that you are within an enclave of protection, that within this ocean you can feel calm; a separation from the outside world.' One summer, a mother and daughter are reu...

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Birger Berge is a trend-setting contemporary designer and is deeply passionate about traditional patterns and their origins. Berge was taught to knit as a child by his mother and grandmother, and for him, handcrafts have become a source of comfort...

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Abbedissan kallades hon av somliga. Andra sade att hon hörde till tidens stora fröknar. Märkeskvinna sade en tredje. Säkert är att textilkonstnären Märta Måås-Fjetterström ritade mattor som fortfarande nästan 80 år efter hennes död säljs för sexsi...

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Anni Albers (1899 - 1994) was one of the most influential textile designers of the 20th century. Born in Berlin, in 1922 she became a student at the Bauhaus in Weimar, where she met her husband, Josef Albers. From 1933 to 1949 Albers taught at Bla...

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Anne Bardsgard grew up in Selbu and has always had a close relationship with her hometown and its rich knitting history-her relentless interest in the traditional mittens that made Selbu famous worldwide became the groundwork for her first book, t...

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'In effervescent and atmospheric prose, Jennifer Higgie explores some of history's most innovative artists and their spiritual investigations into this realm and the next. I was entranced from start to finish, as she takes us on both a p...

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This book presents the oeuvres 34 artist, artisans and designers that have exhibited at Fiberspace, a Stockholm-based gallery dedicated to showcasing textile and fiber art, craft and design. The common denominator is their intrinsic use of textile...

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This research project examines a repeated focus on time and slowness that I have experienced over years in connection with my hand-weaving practice using the Scandinavian technique of rya. Research through my own studio practice has led me to ques...

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Inspiration and practical tips on incorporating the everyday into textile art. In Embroidering the Everyday, acclaimed textile artist Cas Holmes explores the 'everyday' and the 'domestic', generating a wealth of inspiration and raw material to cre...

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An easy way to create fashion designs without worrying about drawing models! This is the perfect book to draw and sketch fashion design ideas! It is made for creative designers or fashion students   to improve their design workflow  with...

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A guide to harnessing the world of nature to create sustainable textile art. Textile artist Alice Fox shows how to work with found, foraged, gathered and grown materials to create fabulous textile pieces that are inspired by, and made from, nature...

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The author unpicks the threads that link female textile artists and the arts they produce, revealing a global and historic patchwork of assorted roles, identities and representations. Entertaining as well as informative, this book offers a unique ...

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The hugely accomplished textile artist Jean Draper gives an invaluable guide to designing and working with pattern in textile art. Jean goes back to basics with simple dots and lines, demonstrating how even basic squares, circles and triangles can...

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Elisabet Wisén-Jobs (1878-1961) hade en central plats i konstnärsfamiljen Jobs i Västanvik i Leksand. Hennes döttrar Lisbet och Gocken blev berömda för sina blommor på keramik och textil. Vad många däremot inte vet, är att Elisabet Jobs själv var ...

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Join Stuart Hillard as he expands his expertise from quilt-making to bag-making. Not just a sewing book, Bags for Life teaches you the diversity of bags that you can create once you have learnt the basics. With projects for all levels of crafter, ...

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