Stitch stories
Subtitle: personal places, spaces and traces in textile art
By: Cas Holmes
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781849942744
Subjects: Handicraft; Textile crafts; Embroidery
Description: "Acclaimed textile artist Cas Holmes show how embroidery and textiles can create visually rich narrative artworks and personal stories. Explore useful techniques that add extra interest to your work, such as making layered collages, how to 'sketch' with stitch and advice on design and colour. Illustrated with a wealth of inspirational examples of stitched stories, from the Middle Ages to contemporary artists working today"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 124) and index.