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Format:
Hardback ISBN: 9781849947657
Hardback publication date: 1 September 2022
Category: Textile Art
Hardback price:
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22.95
eBook ISBN: 9781849948296
eBook publication date: 1 September 2022
Category: Textile Art
eBook price: £
16.99
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This glorious book is a modern guide to weaving, an ancient craft that is reaching new heights of popularity, from acclaimed contemporary weaver and textile artist Rachna Garodia.
It contains a wealth of practical advice and tons of inspiration for every aspect of this endlessly adaptable craft, from gathering materials to making and exhibiting ambitious woven masterpieces, bringing in a wide selection of mixed media. Meditative and calming, a session at the loom is a great way to relax, and create something beautiful in the process. And you don’t need expensive equipment: you can start your weaving journey on a small wooden frame or even a piece of cardboard, and it’s now easy to book time on larger looms outside the home. The book includes:
- Choosing a loom, from the simplest small frames to sophisticated table and floor looms.
- Design and planning: taking inspiration from the natural world, sketching, photographing, making moodboards and exploring colour.
- Gathering materials: from natural straw, grass, flowers, feathers, bark and seedpods to more traditional yarns and threads and even paper and photographs.
- Personalising your work by incorporating well-loved old fabrics and precious sentimental items.
- Unusual techniques: weaving with photographs or directly onto handmade paper, three-dimensional sculptural weaving, non-loom techniques such as looping and netting.
Gorgeously illustrated with work from the author and other artists from around the world, this book is an engaging and beautiful introduction to weaving for established textile artists or those coming to the craft for the first time.
ABOUT THE Author
Rachna Garodia is a working weaver and textile artist who runs workshops and takes commissions, and exhibits widely. She trained at the prestigious National Institute of Design in India and The Royal School of Needlework in London, and her pieces are held in private collections in India, London and America. She lives in Chiswick, London.
READ MOREREVIEWS
'This is truly a gorgeous and well illustrated tome for any of us with craft on our mind.’
Ailish Henderson Blog
‘This book provides exciting ideas and regardless of your ability it will inspire your own creative journey.’
The Journal for Weavers, Spinners & Dyers
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