Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> In this endlessly inspiring book renowned textile and mixed-media artist Shelley Rhodes explains how she deconstructs and reassembles cloth paper and other materials to create new pieces often incorporating found objects and items she has collected over the years to add depth and emotional resonance. She shows how to distress and manipulate fabric and alter surfaces using a wealth of exciting techniques from piercing and devor? to rust-dyeing soaking and even burying in a compost heap and how larger pieces of work can be fragmented and the components worked on individually to form a series of smaller works with strong visual impact. There is also advice on exquisite ways to present and display your work taking inspiration from museum collections and sixteenth-century cabinets of curiosities. As well as stitching special attention is given to darning and patching traditionally seen simply as ways to prolong the life of garments bulb now appreciated as meaningful and decorative techniques in their own right but Shelley also explores other wonderful ways to connect fabric and paper bringing in materials like pins tape adhesive and plaster. The Japanese concepts of wabi-sabi-finding beauty in imperfection and mottainai- using every last scrap – are also investigated both of which constantly inform her work. (SP)