Showing posts with label textile arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label textile arts. Show all posts

11/15/2011

Temari: How to Make Japanese Thread Balls Review

Temari: How to Make Japanese Thread Balls
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I have found this book a wonderful apprenticeship to the art of Temari. It was as easy to follow as listening to her explain and demonstrate the techniques right there, first hand! The pictures are perfect, the directions are clear and idiot proof, and the results...all but guaranteed! Anyone who receives one of the fruits of your laybor will be amazed at the apparent intricacy of the design, and assume you have done the impossible in its creation--but, you will know it was not anywhere as difficult as it looks! This book will make you, too, look like a pro! Excellent first book, as well as a springboard for the creation of your own improvisations.

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Number one bestselling Temari beginner instruction book in English reveals Japan's superb tradition of stitchery on a ball. Inexpensive, easy-to-find materials produce exquisite patterns. An endless spectrum of colors and designs allow limitless possibilities. It is Elegantly Simple and Simply Elegant.

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11/11/2011

Shibori Designs & Techniques Review

Shibori Designs and Techniques
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I've been working with fabric manipulation, including shibori dyeing techniques, for years. Shibori Designs & Techniques by Mandy Southan has wonderful pictures and clear, easy-for-beginners explanations of a wide range of traditional shibori techniques. I've been recommending it to other fabric artists.

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Going beyond the traditional blue and whiteto create fabrics in a fabulous array of colors, patterns, and textures, this delightful collection demonstrates how shibori techniques such as binding, hand painting, capping, stitching, folding and clamping, pole winding, and pole wrapping can be used to create truly wonderful dyed fabrics. Clear, step-by-step photographs and instructions demonstrate how to use acid dyes and cold water reactive dyes, as well as techniques like steam fixing, discharging on silk, and space dyeing.

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