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Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From colorful 30,000-year-old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes that sparked the Industrial Revolution, The Golden Thread weaves an illuminating story of human ingenuity. Design journalist Kassia St. Clair guides us through the technological advancements and cultural customs that would redefi ne human civilizationfrom the fabric that allowed mankind to achieve extraordinary things (traverse the oceans and shatter...
Author
Publisher
Chroma Opaci Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Every knitter, whether a beginner or an expert, wants easy projects for travel, gifts or those times when following a complex pattern is impractical. Sequence Knitting introduces a radical and simple approach for creating amazing fabrics by working a sequence of stitches over and over again. Beginning with 1-row patterns, the book delves into the possibilities of this technique, expanding into methods for creating complex designs that can be worked...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This program is a fast paced introduction to fabric science. Viewers learn about fabrics that repair broken hearts, stop bullets, fight fire, stop water, and enable people to fly. They tour a textile mill and watch raw acrylic become fabric. This program teaches how to recognise the basic weaves, how fibers become yarns, and how fabric is made by traditional hand looms as well as high speed computerised machines. (Learning Seed, USA)
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Sweatshirt too small? Jeans too ripped? Upcycle them! Sock cat toys or cozy dog beds, one-of-a-kind denim scrunchies, snuggley flannel throw pillows, and more! Save cast-off clothes from the landfill and use eco-creativity to make more than 10 easy, cool creations!"--
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In this ambitious, panoramic social history, Sofi Thanhauser brilliantly tells five stories-Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool-about the clothes we wear and where they come from, illuminating our world in unexpected ways. She takes us from the opulent court of Louis Quatorze to the labor camps in modern-day Chinese-occupied Xinjiang. We see how textiles were once dyed from lichen, shells, bark, saffron, and beetles, displaying distinctive regional...
Author
Series
Fowler Museum textile volume no. 15
Publisher
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
For hundreds of years, skilled craftsmen in the Syrian centers of Aleppo, Damascus, and Homs produced intricately woven textiles for many levels of society. City dwellers were renowned for wearing brightly colored silk garments that glittered with gold and silver metallic threads. By contrast, nomadic Bedouins wore woolen garments in hues and designs reflecting their desert lifestyle. The allure of these garments stems from the technical virtuosity...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Intended to provide a complete and permanent record of surviving traditions and skills in textiles and crafts, the Ends of the Earth unique series show the processes in full, in detail and with all the clarity and colour made possible by modern video cameras. In many ways they are better than being there - pausing and replaying gives the possibility of checking again where the quickness of the hands has eluded or deceived the eye. ADINKRA - printed...
17) Youth (Spring)
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A remarkably intimate documentary filmed over five years, YOUTH takes us into these independent workshops - many on a street named Happiness Road. A successor to Wang Bing's 2017 film Bitter Money, YOUTH is not an exposé of the garment industry. Instead, it draws us into the lives of its subjects - young people who don't make their beds, worry about having the latest iPhone, and occasionally engage in a food fight. Like so many of us, they're doing...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass-production, William Morris (1834- 1896) designed a huge variety of objects, but it is his highly original carpet, fabric and wallpaper patterns that have continued to capture the imagination and exert their influence on the decorative arts. Around 600 such designs are attributed to Morris, of which the vast majority are based on natural forms, including trees, plants and flowers. This beautifully designed,...
19) Anni Albers
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Anni Albers (1899-1994) was a German textile designer, weaver, and printmaker, and among the leading pioneers of 20th-century modernism. Although she has heavily influenced generations of artists and designers, her contribution to modernist art history has been comparatively overlooked, especially in relation to that of her husband, Josef. In this groundbreaking and beautifully illustrated volume, Albers's most important works are examined to fully...
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