Machine stitch
Subtitle: perspectives
By: Alice Kettle & Jane McKeating
Contributors: McKeating, Jane
Publisher: A & C Black
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780713688689
Subjects: Sewing machines; Catalogs; Manchester Metropolitan University; Machine Embroidery
Description: "MMU hosts a specialist embroidery department, which has been instrumental in artistic and educational innovations in this area since the 1960s. The lecturers, graduates and students have remarkable expertise in machine embroidery, and MMU is home to a rich and unique archive of machines, samples and artwork, both historical and contemporary. This book will celebrate this archive, as well as providing the only definitive record (and exploring the potential) of the huge number of machines currently in use from the traditional Irish Embroidery machine to the new generation of computerised sewing machines. The book will demonstrate how key machines can be applied to the artistic, industrial and domestic practice, and shows machine embroiderers how to combine techniques and develop their ideas using machine embroidery. Each contributor gives their own individual perspective on machine stitch."--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222) and index.