Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art
Author(s): Claire Wellesley-Smith
The pleasures to be had from slowing down can be many, with connections to sustainability, simplicity, reflection, and tuning into traditional and other multicultural textile traditions. Slow Stitch is a much-needed guide to adopting a less-is-more approach, valuing quality over quantity, and bringing a meaningful and thoughtful approach to textile practice. Claire Wellesley-Smith introduces a range of ways in which you can slow your textile work down, including: * Using simple techniques inspired by traditional practice (including hand-stitch rhythms) * Reusing and re-inventing materials (reuse even old textile projects) * Limiting your equipment * Mending revisited (practical and decorative techniques) * Project ideas and resources that help towards making a more sustainable textile practice Richly illustrated throughout, and showcasing work from the best textile artists who work in this way, this is a truly inspirational book for those looking to reconnect with their craft and to find a new way of working.
Product Information
Claire Wellesley-Smith is a textile artist living and working in Yorkshire, UK. She teaches exetensively, working in adult education, schools, community-based projects, museums and galleris. Her workshops involve sustainable stitch, repurposed cloth, and traditional techniques.
General Fields
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- : Pavilion Books
- : Batsford Ltd
- : 0.832
- : 31 July 2015
- : 276mm X 216mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 November 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : Claire Wellesley-Smith
- : Hardback
- : 2017
- : en
- : 746
- : 128
- : WFB
- : 130