The Tapestry Handbook: An Illustrated Manual of Traditional Techniques
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- Synopsis
- If you've ever admired vibrant, shimmering tapestries and longed to see more of them, if you've ever wished you could weave one yourself, then The Tapestry Handbook is for you. It is both a detailed, comprehensive course in designing and weaving a tapestry and a color portfolio from some of the finest tapestry artists working today. The book begins with the basics--how to choose warp and weft yarns, how to make a butterfly--and then leads you step by step through simple, intermediate, and advanced tapestry techniques. From the first chapter, you will be involved in hands-on weaving. By the end of the book, you will have woven your way through a striking ten-foot sampler, one technique at a time. Each technique is illustrated with many close-up photographs of remarkable clarity and detail, communicating with a precision that line drawings rarely match. Each chapter is organized around a particular technique, which the author describes and clearly illustrates in step-by-step photographs. Equally important, though, is the "Tips & Advice" section in each chapter which allows the book to serve as a teacher as well as a reference text. The Tapestry Handbook will soon become your most trusted source for guidance and inspiration. In each chapter are gorgeous tapestries: representational or abstract, spiritual or witty, brilliant or subtle; American, Canadian, British, Irish, German, or Brazilian. There are over 100 in all, and most are published here for the first time, almost all in full color. Color is the soul of tapestry, the magic that attracts weavers (and admirers) in the first place, and The Tapestry Handbook examines it in depth. Throughout the book are discussions of how specific colors interact with individual techniques to produce unique effects. Chapter 10, "Designing for Tapestry," includes an extensive discussion of color theory.
- Copyright:
- 1990
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 176 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780937274545
- Publisher:
- Lark Books
- Date of Addition:
- 12/19/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Carol K. Russell
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture
- Submitted By:
- Jamie Yates
- Proofread By:
- FriendlyCurmudgeon
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.