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Threads around the world : from Arabian weaving to batik in ZimbabweEntry/Object ID
TT699.B73Description
Handmade textiles are personal, no matter where in the world they're created, and these photos and explanations of 25 diverse world cultures' techniques vividly share the details. Take a voyage through these pages and see how today's artisans continue to create traditional fiber arts with age-old methods. Blending well-researched information, engaging style, and inspiration, the pages explore espadrilles, flatwoven rugs, mittens, voudou flags, mirror embroidery, and the histories they hold. This open-eyed approach will appeal to textile devotees, from the casually curious to professional artists, and to people who are interested in heritage crafts and diverse cultures. Brandon has written for more than a decade for WARP (Weave A Real Peace), a nonprofit networking organization whose members are dedicated to improving the quality of life of textile artisans in communities in need.Lexicon
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textile artists, textile crafts, textile fabricsBook Details
Author
Deb BrandonPublisher
SchifferDate Published
2018Call No.
TT699.B73ISBN
076435650X, 9780764356506Notes
Length: 160General Notes
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ContentsNote
Morocco : Berber flatweave -- Hungary : Matyó embroidery -- Japan : gyotaku (fish printing) -- China : Miao shiny cloth -- Pakistan : Ajrakh block printing -- Estonia : handknit mittens -- China : Miao pleated skirts -- Philippines : piña cloth -- India : zari brocade -- India : Patan patola -- Bhutan : backstrap weaving -- Scotland : kilt hose -- Panama : molas -- Thailand : hmong paj ntaub (story cloth) -- Zimbabwe : sadza batik -- Ghana : kente cloth --
Ghana : adinkra cloth -- Haiti : vodou flags -- India : shisha embroidery -- India : bandhani -- India : laheria -- Arabian peninsula : Bedouin wedding -- Bangladesh : kantha embroidery -- Spain : espadrilles -- Peru : three-dimensional embroidery.