Contemporary International Tapestry
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Author | : Carol K. Russell |
Publisher | : Schiffer Craft |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9780764348693 |
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Tapestries from 40 top international artists representing three generations show the best examples of contemporary approaches to the handwoven art. Featured are more than 50 examples, including full views of each artwork, as well as details. Tapestries are accompanied by biographical information on each artist, hand-picked for this collection because they are at the forefront of their field. The book also includes insightful essays, statements, and information about the field of tapestry, including artist and gallery contact information. This one-of-a-kind collection of works was curated by the author, Carol Russell, for an exhibition at Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, New Jersey, in 2015. Included are essays by the curator, as well as by Archie Brennan, Christine Laffer, and Dr. Lycia Trouton.
Author | : Dirk Holger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Tapestry |
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Download The New Art of the Loom Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : David Weir |
Publisher | : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781848221055 |
Download The Art of Modern Tapestry Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Setting out to celebrate, document and discuss the work and role of Dovecote Studios, an international tapestry workshop founded in Edinburgh in 1912, this ground-breaking publication uniquely explores the artistic value, nature and identity of tapestry through images, essays and the commentaries of weavers, artists and patrons.
Author | : Carol Russell |
Publisher | : Schiffer Craft |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9780764327568 |
Download Tapestry Handbook Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This classic book, now completely revised and expanded, has long been a favorite of both teachers and students of tapestry weaving. Learn to weave tapestry on any kind of loom, vertical or horizontal. Take an intriguing journey to make an elaborate, but logical, tapestry sampler. The process is explained step-by-step and illustrated with over 300 beautiful color photographs and diagrams of tapestry techniques. Along the way, color theories applicable to tapestry are explained. You will be inspired by the ancient art form explored on these colorful pages. Treasures from museums and prominent contemporary artists relate the historic significance of tapestries and their limitless range of visual power. Learn how archival finishing and mounting your handwoven textile completes the project. A chapter on designing for tapestry provides tools for translating future concepts into compositions. Be a part of this ancient, yet completely modern, weaving tradition.
Author | : American Craftsmen's Council. Museum of Contemporary Crafts |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Tapestry |
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Download Contemporary French Tapestries Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Micala Sidore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2020-06-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780764359927 |
Download The Art Is the Cloth Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A colorful guided tour from an expert, enabling weavers, textile lovers, and art lovers to notice and appreciate what tapestries can do and how they do it. This guide from expert tapestry weaver and historian Sidore gives how-to strategies enabling weavers and nonweavers to notice and appreciate the meaning of these artworks. You'll discover much to enjoy in photos of more than 300 tapestries from the 12th to the 21st centuries. Sidore enables you to think about the weavings in ways you have never before considered as she groups pieces that talk with each other--and that also converse with the viewer. Enjoy learning basic elements of weaving to help you become increasingly sophisticated in understanding what you're seeing. Then, learn six ways in which tapestries can call attention to themselves as cloth. This eye-opening guide to seeing explains the great range of materials and visual themes, the use of trompe l'oeil, the importance of the direction in which the weaver weaves, and more. After this learning experience, you'll bring smarter eyes to your museum wandering, deeper enjoyment to your collection and purchases, and surprising new skills and creativity to your weaving of fibers . . . and of life.
Author | : Anchorage Museum of History and Art |
Publisher | : Itnet |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Download International Tapestry Network Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Giselle Eberhard Cotton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9788857234717 |
Download From Tapestry to Fiber Art Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
At the end of World War II, the art of tapestry experienced anews boom and throughout Europe national workshops and factories were renewed. By organizing the International Tapestry Biennials in 1962, the city of Lausanne came to be recognised as the capital of contemporary textile art and centre of New Tapestry movement.00Illustrated with more than 100 works and views of rooms, most of them unpublished, the book testifies to the impact and vitality of these exhibitions and their impact abroad. The historical research carried out by Toms Pauli Foundation, heir to the International Center for Ancient and Modern Tapestry, is enriched by the essays of specialists from four countries with a textile tradition: France, Poland, USA and Japan.
Author | : International Centre of Ancient and Modern Tapestry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Artists |
ISBN | : |
Download 12th International Biennial of Tapestry Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : |
Publisher | : Damiani Limited |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
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