Sunday, August 8, 2021

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