Collage, stitch, print : collagraphy for textile artists / Val Holmes.
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TextPublication details: London : Batsford, 2012.Description: 128 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN: - 9781849940146 (hbk.)
- 1849940142 (hbk.)
- 746 HOL
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 746 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100467282 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Introducing the hottest technique for textile artists today: collagraphy, or printing from collage Packed with hints, tips and exercises exploring how to harness this exciting technique in your own work Illustrated with stunning examples of collagraphy by some of the world's finest textile artists
Learn the secrets of one of textile art's most popular techniques: collagraphy. This comprehensive guide from one of Europe's best-known textile artists and teachers contains everything you need to know about the exciting effects you can achieve using the almost endless permutations of collage, stitch and print, and how you can incorporate them into your own stitched-textile work. Includes invaluable information on making a collagraphy plate using embroidery, choosing suitable surfaces for print, combining paper and fabric, embroidering onto prints, and how to work in series.
Illustrated throughout with the best examples of contemporary collagraphy in textile art, this book is a fascinating introduction to a technique that could become your latest textile-art passion.
Includes index.
What is collagraphy? -- Making the plate -- Media and surfaces for print -- Introducing brodagraphy -- Printing without a press -- Printing with a press -- Embroidering the print -- Collagraphy for paper relief -- The monoprint and collagraphy -- The press
This comprehensive guide from one of Europe\'s best-known textile artists contains everything you need to know about the exciting effects you can achieve using the almost endless permutations of collage, stitch and print, and how you can incorporate them into your own stitched-textile work.