GOLDWORK
Subtitle: REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION
Publisher: SEARCH PRESS
Published: 1995
Place of publication: TUNBRIDGE WELLS,  KENT, TN2 3DR (GREAT BRITAIN)
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 49
Description: GOLDWORK, THE TECHNIQUE OF EMBROIDERING WITH METAL THREADS, HAS A LONG HISTORY.  IN ITS TRADITIONAL FORM, AS USED ON HISTORICAL COSTUMES AND FOR THE CHURCH, THIS WORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN EXPENSIVE AND PRECIOUS, BUT TODAY THERE ARE CHEAPER VERSIONS OF METALLIC THREADS AVAILABLE AND NOW ANYONE CAN CREATE A GLITTERING WORK OF ART.  THIS RICHLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK, WRITTEN BY ACKNOWLEDGED EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, PRESENTS A HISTORY OF GOLDWORK, CLEAR AND HELPFUL INSTRUCTIONS ON A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES, AND A CHAPTER ON EMBROIDERING FOR THE CHURCH, AND GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF JEWELS, GLASS AND STONES.  GOLDWORK WILL SHOW YOU THAT THIS FASCINATING CRAFT WITH ITS MANY POSSIBILITIES IS STILL VIABLE TODAY.
Table of contents: title: LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS               4; title: INTRODUCTION:  THE HISTORY OF GOLDWORK BY KIT PYMAN              6; title: GOLDWORK TECHNIQUES BY VALERIE CAMPBELL-HARDING            10; title: CHURCH EMBROIDERY BY JANE LEMON               38; title: JEWELS, GLASS, BEADS AND STONES BY VALERIE CAMPBELL-HARDING         45; title: INDEX        48