This is a wonderful list and description of Textile books that Priscilla owns.
GREAT TEXTILE
BOOKS - mostly related to hand stitch
Profiles of
textile artists
PUSH STITCHERY created by Jamie
Chalmers (Mr X Stitch) 30 artists are profiled
STITCH ILLO, volume 5 of
Encyclopedia of Inspiration, 44 artists are profiled
RADICAL THREAD 1962-2021, 50 year
anniversary show catalog of the famous UK 62
Group of Textile Artists
PRICKED EXTREME EMBRIODERY by David
Revere McFadden cutting edge textile artists
From the Museum of Arts and Design
FROM THREAD TO NEEDLE, CONTEMPORARY
EMBRIODERY ART by Charlotte Vannier
82 artists from all over the world
are profiled
www.textileartist.org free weekly newsletter featuring
interviews with textile artists
Technique
and Inspiration
TEXTILE NATURE, TEXTILE FOLK ART by
Anne Kelly
STITCH STORIES, TEXTILE LANDSCAPE,
THE FOUND OBJECT IN TEXTILE ART by Cas
Holmes These books have a wealth of
new techniques and fabulous inspiration.
THE INTENTIONAL THREAD, A GUIDE TO
DRAWING, GESTURE AND COLOR IN STITCH by
Susan Brandeis Written by a retired
Fiber Professor, this book is an exhaustive study of
Stitch and how to use it creatively.
STITCHES: NEW APPROACHES by Jan
Beaney Using traditional embroidery stitches, Jan
Demonstrates how to alter and create
new looks using non traditional materials and
Techniques.
SLOW STITCH by Claire Wellesley This
book is full of ideas for meditative stitching
And started a movement.
Historical
HAND STITCH PERSPECTIVES edited by
Alice Kettle and Jane McKeating
A comprehensive view of historical
and contemporary uses of hand stitch worldwide.
THE SUBVERSIVE STITCH, EMBROIDERY
AND THE MAKING OF THE FEMININE by Rozsika
Parker A history of how embroidery
was originally used to control young women by
Keeping them occupied and how women
began to use it as a way to assert financial
Independence, rights and protest
injustice.
THE GOLDEN THREAD by Kassia St Clair
The fascinating story about how fiber has
Changed the world from cave man era
skin garments to specialized the hi tech fabrics
Of today.
THREADS OF OUR LIVES by Claire
Hunter How embroidery has been used
Throughout history and cultures to
tell stories. Chapters include the Bayeaux
Tapestry,
Hmong Story Cloths, Holocaust memory
quilts prisoner embroidery work and
Community banners and quilts.
MAKING A LIFE: WORKING BY HAND AND DISCOVERING THE LIFE YOU
ARE MEANT TO
LIVE by Melanie Falick Wonderful
stories of people earning a living with their art and
Craft.
Biography
and Novels
EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHED: THE LIFE OF
RUTH ASAWA by Marilyn Chase
Using wire and a looping technique
akin to knitting and crochet, Asawa created unique
Large suspended sculptures. She did all this while raising 6 creative
children, starting
An arts school in San Francisco,
designing municipal fountains and working as a leading
Arts advocate in the Bay area.
DREAMING IN COLOR: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
and KAFFE FASSETT IN THE STUDIO by
Kaffe Fassett Beautifully
photographed ‘eye candy’ books that chronicle his early life
And beginnings as a textile designer
and his current home and studio practice.
The
Second book even includes patterns.
THE LADY AND THE UNICORN by Tracy
Chevalier A historical novel set in a medieval
French tapestry workshop. Gives a lot of interesting insight into how
these great
Tapestries were made.
A SINGLE STITCH by Tracy Chevalier A
sweet novel set in post-World War 2 UK telling
The story of a spinster who found
purpose, happiness and love while participating in
Creating new embroideries for the
Winchester Cathedral with the Embroiderer’s Guild.
Priscilla Lynch