Hot Textiles

Hot Textiles
By Kim Thittichai
Published By Batsford
ISBN: 978 0 7134 9040 4
Price: £18.99 (plus £3 UK postage)
Reviewed by Jenny Lewis

Hot Textiles, as the title suggests, is an exciting book that explores the effects of various heat sources when applied to a range of interesting and unusual materials. The book invites you to be experimental and find new substances that will melt, distort or bond. It encourages you to take a heat gun, soldering iron or conventional iron and apply it to Bondaweb, Thermagauze, Lutradur, Lazertran, Magic film, Cello-foil or Tyvek to see what results are achieved. Carrier bags, sweet wrappers, old chiffon scarves, nylons and other re-cycleable materials may be used to great effect.

The book’s aim is to inspire and is not a gallery of finished art-works, although some are included. It is a collection of experimental samples showing how original materials can be changed, by heat, into new and tantalising creations.

Part One describes the tools used to make textiles ‘hot’. Part Two discusses methods, techniques and embellishments. It is lavishly illustrated and accompanied by a descriptive text packed with information.

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