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Get Plastered, Plaster, Print and Stitch
Get Plastered, Plaster, Print and Stitch By Maggie Smith Published by: Roundtuit Publishing ISBN:978-1-904499-29-9 Price: £8.00 Reviewed by Kerry Miller This is a book that shows you how to step away from the 'perfect image' and create fantastic art work, the likes of which I would normally associate with a design students' portfolio. I would never have imagined that you could combine plaster of paris with a sewing machine/hand stitching to come up with the strikingly unique examples the author has produced. ... Click here for more information. Click here to purchase this book.

Get Plastered, Plaster, Print and Stitch

Get Plastered, Plaster, Print and Stitch
By Maggie Smith
Published by: Roundtuit Publishing
ISBN:978-1-904499-29-9
Price: £8.00
Reviewed by Kerry Miller

This is a book that shows you how to step away from the 'perfect image' and create fantastic art work, the likes of which I would normally associate with a design students' portfolio. I would never have imagined that you could combine plaster of paris with a sewing machine/hand stitching to come up with the strikingly unique examples the author has produced.
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Experimental Textiles
By Kim Thittichai Published by Batsford ISBN: 978 1 90638 847 8 Price: £19.99 Reviewed by Katie Powell This lavishly illustrated book is Kim Thittichai’s interpretation of what she learnt through teaching her highly successful course, ‘Experimental Textiles’. The first part looks at how to record ideas and create original designs, before moving on to how designs and ideas can be developed. Subsequent chapters include choosing a subject, interpretation, working in 3D, scale and where to find inspiration. There’s even a section on colour. Throughout the book a good selection of experimental techniques are covered, including free-machine embroidery, printing, felting, image transfer and collage. Although a wonderful resource for inspiration, this book does not include instructions for the techniques featured. ... Click here for more information. Click here to purchase this book.

Experimental Textiles

By Kim Thittichai
Published by Batsford
ISBN: 978 1 90638 847 8
Price: £19.99
Reviewed by Katie Powell

This lavishly illustrated book is Kim Thittichai’s interpretation of what she learnt through teaching her highly successful course, ‘Experimental Textiles’. The first part looks at how to record ideas and create original designs, before moving on to how designs and ideas can be developed. Subsequent chapters include choosing a subject, interpretation, working in 3D, scale and where to find inspiration. There’s even a section on colour. Throughout the book a good selection of experimental techniques are covered, including free-machine embroidery, printing, felting, image transfer and collage. Although a wonderful resource for inspiration, this book does not include instructions for the techniques featured.
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Start to Batik
Start to Batik By Rosi Robinson Published by Search Press ISBN: 9781844483532 Price: £6.99 Reviewed by Lois Parker This book would be an excellent one to have for inspiration for students if you were running workshops or at school. It has clear step-by-step instructions on how to produce a number of vivid designs, including how to batik a canvas shopping bag – very topical for ethical shoppers avoiding plastic bags. ... Click here for more information. Click here to purchase this book.

Start to Batik

Start to Batik
By Rosi Robinson
Published by Search Press
ISBN: 9781844483532
Price: £6.99
Reviewed by Lois Parker

This book would be an excellent one to have for inspiration for students if you were running workshops or at school. It has clear step-by-step instructions on how to produce a number of vivid designs, including how to batik a canvas shopping bag – very topical for ethical shoppers avoiding plastic bags.
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Crazy Wool
Crazy Wool By Jeanette Knake Published by Search Press ISBN: 1844483576 Price: £6.99 Reviewed by Joanna Ratcliffe I was thrilled when this book landed on my doorstep, finally a quick and simple way to use up all the odd balls of yarn that I have collected over the years. ... Click here for more information. Click here to purchase this book.

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Textile Art
Textile Art By various Published by: Apple Press ISBN: 9781845430474 Price: £14.99 Reviewed by Helen Williams The book is divided into 2 parts, each fronted by an Artists Gallery featuring examples of garments, quilts and other items made using the techniques covered within that section. ... Click here for more information. Click here to purchase this book.

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Surface Works
Surface Works By Jenny Dowde Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing ISBN: 9781863513753 Price: £17.99 Reviewed by Pam Mitchell “Surface Works is about using plain knitted or crocheted backgrounds to which surface decoration can be added," is how Jenny Dowde describes her book. She loves the idea of being able to use only small amounts of very expensive yarns, or beads, braids and ribbons to jazz up otherwise plain work, or to break up the surface with texture. ... Click here for more information. Click here to purchase this book.

Surface Works

Surface Works
By Jenny Dowde
Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing
ISBN: 9781863513753
Price: £17.99
Reviewed by Pam Mitchell

“Surface Works is about using plain knitted or crocheted backgrounds to which surface decoration can be added," is how Jenny Dowde describes her book. She loves the idea of being able to use only small amounts of very expensive yarns, or beads, braids and ribbons to jazz up otherwise plain work, or to break up the surface with texture.
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Late 18th and 19th Century Textiles
Late 18th and 19th Century Textiles By Francesca Galloway and Sue Kerry Published by Antique Collectors’ Club ISBN: 185149555X Price: £35 Reviewed by Liz Hunter This is a book for the specialist and the layman alike. It begins with a fascinating introduction to furnishing fabrics of the late 18th and 19th century, showing how changing politics and technologies influenced fabric design. Napoleon alone commissioned 80,000 metres of fabric and managed to boost the flagging silk weaving industry. The mid 19th century saw a revival of interest in the medieval period, Pugin designed the Houses of Parliament and in Paris Notre Dame and Sainte Chapelle were restored, and the new middle classes provided a ready market for fabrics based on medieval designs. The Arts and Crafts movement revived the British textile trade and we saw the emergence of companies such as Sandersons, Liberty and Warners. This section of the book gives an excellent account of manufacture and design and is full of interesting anecdotes. ... Click here for more information. Click here to purchase this book.

Late 18th and 19th Century Textiles

Late 18th and 19th Century Textiles
By Francesca Galloway and Sue Kerry
Published by Antique Collectors’ Club
ISBN: 185149555X
Price: £35
Reviewed by Liz Hunter

This is a book for the specialist and the layman alike. It begins with a fascinating introduction to furnishing fabrics of the late 18th and 19th century, showing how changing politics and technologies influenced fabric design. Napoleon alone commissioned 80,000 metres of fabric and managed to boost the flagging silk weaving industry. The mid 19th century saw a revival of interest in the medieval period, Pugin designed the Houses of Parliament and in Paris Notre Dame and Sainte Chapelle were restored, and the new middle classes provided a ready market for fabrics based on medieval designs. The Arts and Crafts movement revived the British textile trade and we saw the emergence of companies such as Sandersons, Liberty and Warners. This section of the book gives an excellent account of manufacture and design and is full of interesting anecdotes.
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Textile Surface Decoration: Silk and Velvet
Textile Surface Decoration: Silk and Velvet By Margo Singer Published by A&C Black Publishers Limited ISBN-10: 0 7136 6953 5 ISBN-13: 978 07136 6953 4 Price £14.99 Reviewed by Fi Reed This Textiles Handbook is aimed at students, but would also suit adventurous beginners. It covers a lot of ground in its 108 pages and the author is obviously an experienced teacher. Good, concise instructions start with the types of silk and their uses, how to prepare the fabric, use of different dyes, paints and other media, and how to fix them. ... Click here for more information. Click here to purchase this book.

Textile Surface Decoration: Silk and Velvet

Textile Surface Decoration: Silk and Velvet
By Margo Singer
Published by A&C Black Publishers Limited
ISBN-10: 0 7136 6953 5
ISBN-13: 978 07136 6953 4
Price £14.99
Reviewed by Fi Reed

This Textiles Handbook is aimed at students, but would also suit adventurous beginners. It covers a lot of ground in its 108 pages and the author is obviously an experienced teacher. Good, concise instructions start with the types of silk and their uses, how to prepare the fabric, use of different dyes, paints and other media, and how to fix them.
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Stitch Dissolve Distort: With Machine Embroidery
Stitch Dissolve Distort: With Machine Embroidery Valerie Campbell-Harding & Maggie Grey Published by Batsford ISBN: 0 713 48996 0 Price: £18.99 Reviewed by Jenny Lewis New techniques are essential to every textile artist’s repertoire, and Stitch, Dissolve, Distort provides challenging resource material. It is packed with hundreds of practical ideas from the creative minds of two widely respected authors. ... Click here for more information. Click here to purchase this book.

Stitch Dissolve Distort: With Machine Embroidery

Stitch Dissolve Distort: With Machine Embroidery
Valerie Campbell-Harding & Maggie Grey
Published by Batsford
ISBN: 0 713 48996 0
Price: £18.99
Reviewed by Jenny Lewis

New techniques are essential to every textile artist’s repertoire, and Stitch, Dissolve, Distort provides challenging resource material. It is packed with hundreds of practical ideas from the creative minds of two widely respected authors.
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