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Contemporary Celtic Motifs
Contemporary Celtic MotifsBy Alex Sherman Published by Batsford ISBN: 978-0-7134-9061-9 Price: £16.99 Reviewed by Stacey Harvey Brown Sherman has an obvious love of creating designs with a modern twist, using the foundations of traditional Celtic knotwork, but with a fluidity and exuberance that leaps off the page. The book includes chapters on animal forms, circles, smaller-scale picture motifs, a freer more modern style, which Sherman... Read more | Buy Book |
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Twentieth Century Textiles 
Twentieth Century TextilesBy Sue Kerry Published by Francesca Galloway ISBN: 978-1-85149-550-4 Price: £35 plus p&p Reviewed by Catherine Philpott The sumptuous cover of this book, featuring ‘Neptune’ by Raoul Dufy for Blanchini Ferier in 1920, makes you want to pick it up and take a peek inside. The book covers the eras from Neo-Classicism to Pop in great detail. It contains fabrics that have all been chosen as they represent... Read more | Buy Book |
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