A guide to figurative stitching with the sewing machine – using the thread and needle almost as a pencil. A look that is growing in popularity, figurative stitch work needs some guidance and a leading exponent of the style reveals the basics but also how to expand your repertoire to really showcase your creativity.
The book covers: How to set up your machine; How to tackle drawing (with exercises that will help even those who are afraid to put pen to paper); Transferring drawing to cloth, working with transparency, different surfaces and adding fabrics and colour; Photography, with details on using photographs in textiles; Putting it all together with layering images, playing with scale, repetition and composition.
Stunning work by Rosie James and other textile artists who work with figurative stitch are featured throughout the book.
The book covers: How to set up your machine; How to tackle drawing (with exercises that will help even those who are afraid to put pen to paper); Transferring drawing to cloth, working with transparency, different surfaces and adding fabrics and colour; Photography, with details on using photographs in textiles; Putting it all together with layering images, playing with scale, repetition and composition.
Stunning work by Rosie James and other textile artists who work with figurative stitch are featured throughout the book.
€17.99
About the author
Rosie James is a textile artist with an art background. She runs workshops on her stitch-drawing techniques throughout England, and exhibits widely.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 128 ● ISBN 9781849943062 ● File size 30.7 MB ● Publisher Batsford ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6511782 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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