Weaving

Structure and Substance

By: Anne Richards

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Hardcover | 27 September 2021

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176 Pages

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Weaving: Structure and Substance looks at weave design from several different perspectives, showing how resources, ideas and practical experience can come together in a creative process of designing through making. Emphasising the potential of woven textiles throughout, Ann Richards follows the success of her sister title Weaving Textiles that Shape Themselves and explores the tactile properties that emerge from the interaction of material and structure.

The book is organised into four parts that look at the natural world as inspiration, the design resources of material and weave structure, the fabric qualities as starting points for design, and the practical issues of designing through making. the With over 280 lavish photos, this book will be an invaluable resource for textile designers and enthusiasts looking for inspiration and practical advice.

288 colour photographs

About the Author

Ann Richards trained and worked as a biologist, before studying woven textiles at West Surrey College of Art & Design where she later worked as a lecturer. She has exhibited widely in the UK and overseas and was awarded First Prize (MITI Award) at the Fourth International Textile Design Contest in Toyko. Her work is in many public collections, such as the Crafts Study Centre, UK; Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen; and the Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin.

The ideas and techniques in this book are based on her experience as a designer-maker and teacher.

Industry Reviews

The breadth of study is wonderful, moving from historical textiles, to yarn types to natural engineering. Throughout the authors voice is knowledgeable and approachable - everything a good tutor should be! We would thoroughly recommend this book to any weaver who is looking for a different challenge, to anyone who wants to see just what might be possible on their loom, to a weaver that just needs that supportive tutor at their elbow. -- Liz Croft, reviewer The Loom Shed * The Loom Shed *
This is a book that developing weavers should return to time and again as they navigate their own design journeys. -- Sonya Hammond, WS&D reviewer * Journal of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers *
Richards, who is a Lecturer at West Surrey College of Art & Design shares her in-depth expertise and often refers to historical examples. Accompanied by a rich abundance of photos of textiles from well-known designers. Supplemented with a large library graph, index and a list of providers, one adheres to a well-founded and comprehensive book. Reading is recommended to all who are in the soul of fabrics, in material and weave. You will get a lot of inspiration to create textiles that transform. (Translated from German) -- Monika Franz Svozil, Textilforum * Textilforum (German Magazine) *

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