Description

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

About the book >.>.> Plants flowers gardens insects and birds are a rich source of inspiration for artists and designers of all kinds. This beautiful guide demonstrates how to get the most out of your surroundings to create original and unique textiles. Beginning with Drawing from Nature the book demonstrates how to use sketchbooks and create mood boards to explore you local environment and landscape building up to making small pieces such as folding books based on observational drawing an stitch. Moving on to Planting in Cloth the author shows how to use plants and flowers in your work from using stencilled flowe motifs as embellishment to printing with plants onto fabric and making simple relief prints. Finally Taking Flight demonstrates how to move into three-dimensions installations and sculptural work with birds and insects made from cloth. This wonderful collection is bursting with ideas for working with green spaces demonstrating how to connect with your environment by using local resources such as plant dyes or found objects. Featuring step-by-step projects as well as work from contemporary artists makers and collaborative groups throughout this practical and beautiful guide shows how practitioners of all kinds can draw from the natural world for making and inspiration. (SP)