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Author: Anne Morrell
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781883010089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces Indian embroidery stitches and techniques, and shows examples of quilting, pattern-darning, counted-thread work, whitework, mirror work, metal work, applique, and patchwork
Author: Rosemary Crill
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIllustrations show the richness and variety of Indian textile traditions and reveal patterns and colours that have both influenced and been influenced by Western design, from the 16th century when the earliest surviving pieces here were sent to Europe, right up to the late 1990s.
Author: H. P. Mera
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1995-01-01
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9780486284187
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRich source chronicles evolution of distinctive Native American craft, exploring origins, history, graphic content, and techniques.
Author: Asif Shaikh
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788173054761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sheila Paine
Publisher: British museum Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocusing on over 20 textiles from the British Museum's collection, this book explores the wonderful folk embroidery of India and Pakistan - in particular the domestic work made by women for their own dowry or family. Illustrated in full and in detail, these richly decorated items - costumes and household textiles -should provide designers at all levels with inspiration for new and unexpected ways for using colour and pattern in their own work.
Author: Smita Kale
Publisher:
Published: 2012-02
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781456779535
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne can use this book in many ways. Just browse through it for sheer reading pleasure or to satisfy curiosity of, in how many different ways certain embroideries are done in other states of India. For example how blanket stitches or chain stitches are made in different regions along with other combinations of stitches. How differently from region to region a mirror is fixed on the material. One can also use this book as a help in deciding which embroidery style one would like to begin work, either to buy the embroidered goods or get the type of work done. Read through it or dip first into one chapter, then into another, and find out exactly what is involved in the motifs you think might interest you. Thus, appreciation of the efforts involved, automatically comes with knowledge and getting to know intimately the details of work creates aspirations for making such charming embroidered cloths. Kashmir to Kanyakumari contains more than 150 pages and has more than 150 photographs and illustrations detailing just about everything there is to know about Indian embroidery. To fully understand a particular motif, read through the technical details of related stitches listed in a sequel book in a separate chapter on stitches. Best of all, this book will introduce you to the talent you never realized you had. It may bring you face to face to that beautiful instinct of your own creative capabilities and urge.
Author: Tina Skinner
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780764330322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than 500 images explore the free-form embroidered creations of the tribal people of India's renown Gujarat Province. Dating back 30 to 100 years, they include original garments, temple offerings, welcome banners, and second-generation quilted works that combine precious remnants for new decorative uses. These items have trickled onto the world market where they are treasured by decorators and collectors. Textile artists, designers, and ethnologists alike will delight in these examples of the boundless imaginations of itinerant tribal women who make much of little in their elaborate, mica and bead-studded creations. Abstract, geometric, floral, and religious imagery celebrates the boundless exuberance of their quest for beauty.
Author: Sheila Paine
Publisher:
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780747800095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jamila Brijbhushan
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Published:
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 8123022891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book gives us an understanding of the Indian embroidery from the Mughal period till today highlighting its importance and relevance through every era.
Author: Helen Richman
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Published: 2017-10-26
Total Pages: 1059
ISBN-13: 1785002953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStumpwork is a highly decorative and imaginative embroidery technique, which typically uses raised and padded stitches that are rich in texture. This practical book explains how to create your own piece of stumpwork embroidery. Beginning with an introduction to the appropriate materials, equipment and tools, it instructs on a wide range of stitches and techniques, and illustrates them with ten delightful projects. It then explains how to design your own piece of stumpwork before advising on finishing, presenting and caring for you work. Written by a leading embroiderer, this beautiful book will inspire and encourage you to try this exciting technique and create your own exquisite designs. Contents include: Practical advice on working with threads, as well as how to stretch and prepare fabrics; Over 900 photographs to guide the reader through a wide range of decorative and raised stitches; Detailed instructions on combining stumpwork with a range of other techniques to create unique designs; Ten projects show how to use the stitches in designs, including stumpwork human figures. This practical guide will be of great interest to embroiderers, designers, theatre designers, interior designers and historians, and is beautifully illustrated with 983 colour photographs.
