Publication
Search Press, c2015
Collection
Status
Available
Description
Janet Edmonds creates amazing textile pieces inspired by the artists Chuck Close, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Matisse, Hundertwasser, John Piper and Giorgio Morandi. She outlines each artist's work, sharing what inspires her, then creates a series of artistic projects using various media and techniques, exploring this inspiration. These works lead in each case to a stitching project, with a stitch sampler to introduce each one. Janet's finished textile pieces include stitched squares, a portrait, a purse, a landscape, a box-framed 3D piece, embroidered boxes, stitched panels with castings and more. The flexibound format makes this a practical workbook for artists as well as a rich source of inspiration and ideas.
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LibraryThing member MarthaJeanne
This is theoretically interesting, but isn't a big help for me. To start off, the artists she works from are all late 19th to early 20th century, a period that I generally dislike, and she doesn't include my very few exceptions.
Her method of working wouldn't work for me, as my fingers usually do
One last comment. Making rectangular boxes to celebrate Hundertwasser shows an amazing lack of understanding of what he was trying to do.
Her method of working wouldn't work for me, as my fingers usually do
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what I want with textiles, but not with other media. She goes through several design stages with paper before picking up a needle. Fine if your brain and hands work that way.One last comment. Making rectangular boxes to celebrate Hundertwasser shows an amazing lack of understanding of what he was trying to do.
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Language
Original language
English
ISBN
9781782210306