True Colours (Paperback)

Keith Recker

ISBN 10: 173320038X / ISBN 13: 9781733200387

Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, CO, 2020

About this Item

Paperback. An immersive visual experience and an inspiring travelogue of personal stories and practical information from artists who are leaving their mark on the world. True Colors is about artists who create color from natural materials and about the historical importance and environmental sustainability of this practice. All new content in this revised edition features Heartwear, a collaborative of artists and fashion designers who have created and supported indigo-dyeing projects from Benin to Morocco to India and beyond. True Colors features deep conversations with twenty-eight artisans from every part of the globe who reveal their wisdom, traditions, and know-how - and suggest that we ignore what they know at our peril. Traditional approaches to making colour offer sustainable options to a fashion system badly in need of them and memorable cultural narratives to a world hungry for beauty and spirituality. AUTHOR: Writer, colourist, and artisan activist Keith Recker has worked with makers from more than sixty countries to refine their products, tell their stories, find new customers, and gain the recognition they so deeply deserve. He was an executive at Saks Fifth Avenue, Gump's San Francisco, and Bloomingdale's; founded HAND/EYE Magazine; led Aid to Artisans; served on several arts and culture boards, wrote three books, worked with the world's foremost providers of colour intelligence. He serves as Creative Director of the International Folk Art Market, Contributing Editor to TABLE Magazine, and Senior Consultant at the Pantone Color Institute. He lives in Pittsburgh with his partner and daughter. 300 colour photographs An immersive visual experience and an inspiring travelogue of personal stories and practical information from artists who are leaving their mark on the world. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: True Colours (Paperback)
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, CO
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 173320038X
• ISBN 13: 9781733200387
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

A showcase of 26 global artists who create color from natural materials, along with information on the historical importance and environmental sustainability of this practice. 

True Colors provides an immersive visual experience and an inspiring travelogue of personal stories and practical information from artists who are leaving their mark on the world with natural dyes and pigments.

Deep conversations with 26 artisans from every part of the globe reveal their wisdom, traditions, and know-how—and suggest that we ignore what they know at our peril. Their traditional approaches to making color pigments and dyes offer sustainable options to a fashion system badly in need of them and memorable cultural narratives to a world hungry for beauty and spirituality. 

This updated 2nd edition features a revised chapter. 

About the Author

Keith Recker is president and co-founder of Hand/Eye magazine and a board member and creative director of the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe. His previous book, Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color, has been translated into eleven languages.