Stitched Textiles: Birds

by Rachel Sumner

Overview

This title is the third in the successful theme-based Stitched Textiles series. It contains a comprehensive techniques section, six beautiful step-by-step projects and galleries of inspirational pieces that are vibrant, contemporary, and beautifully executed. Very much aimed at the contemporary textile artist, this beautiful book is designed to inspire and encourage and contains all the information a beginner needs.

Birds are an enduring theme in art and textile work and this book will appeal to any textile artist interested in exploring their design possibilities. It features a range of birds including much-loved garden blackbirds, characterful chickens, cute and curious puffins and cheeky seagulls. Fresh and innovative in its approach, it covers the design process itself, from inspiration to final design, and provides information on the materials used and step-by-step demonstrations of a whole range of techniques including dyeing, using dissolvable fabric, using found objects, piecing and stitching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844489886
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	08/22/2016
Series:	Stitched Textiles
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Rachel Sumner grew up in Oundle in rural Northamptonshire, and completed an arts foundation course at Northampton School of Art before going on to study for a BA Hons. in Fine Art at Maidstone in Kent. During her three years there she studied textiles as a Images of Rachel's work can be seen on her website at rachelsumner.org. Here you'll also find links to articles about Rachel's work in Embroidery (the Embroiderers' Guild magazine) and Devon Life. subsidiary subject, and this became a great influence on her work; using felt making, dyeing and weaving to express her ideas.

Table of Contents

Introduction6
Materials10
Equipment14
Design16
Techniques26

Capturing Character44
Puffin 46
Chickens52
Gallery 60

Depicting a Scene68
Seagulls on a boat70
Blackbirds80
Gallery 90

Telling a Story98
Seagulls on a Beach100
Bird Ark108
Gallery 118

Templates 124
Index128

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal 2017

Birds are the theme of the latest title in this series, functioning as a muse for textile artist Sumner in colorful artworks created with fabric and thread. An impressive variety of painterly pictorial effects can be achieved using cloth, thread, and sometimes found materials. The bulk of this book is divided into three sections on capturing the character, depicting a scene, and telling a story. Each section contains two step-by-step projects that detail technical processes such as dyeing, using dissolvable fabric, piecing, machine sewing, and embroidery. VERDICT Borrowing heavily from crafts and applied art techniques, this guide presents a fresh method for making fine art that can be enjoyed by readers of all skill levels.

From the Publisher

01/01/2017
Birds are the theme of the latest title in this series, functioning as a muse for textile artist Sumner in colorful artworks created with fabric and thread. An impressive variety of painterly pictorial effects can be achieved using cloth, thread, and sometimes found materials. The bulk of this book is divided into three sections on capturing the character, depicting a scene, and telling a story. Each section contains two step-by-step projects that detail technical processes such as dyeing, using dissolvable fabric, piecing, machine sewing, and embroidery. VERDICT Borrowing heavily from crafts and applied art techniques, this guide presents a fresh method for making fine art that can be enjoyed by readers of all skill levels.

Library Journal