The Untamed Thread (Paperback)

Fleur Woods

ISBN 10: 0473679760 / ISBN 13: 9780473679767

Published by Koa Press Ltd, 2023

About this Item

Paperback. The Untamed Thread follows Fleur Wood's transition from corporate life to creative expression, offering practical ways to infuse creativity into your own life. Inspired by the untamed landscapes of New Zealand, Fleurs contemporary fibre art practice encourages intuitive exploration of color, texture, and stitch. This inspiring guide invites you into her rural studio, where the creative process is free of rules, guided by joy, and rooted in nature. The book reconnects you with your creative spirit, reimagining embroidery as a tool for modern mark-making, while encouraging you to embrace the journey. Fleur invites you into her studio and practice, as untamed as the landscape that inspires her. 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: The Untamed Thread (Paperback)
• Publisher: Koa Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0473679760
• ISBN 13: 9780473679767
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

The story of Fleur Wood's journey from corporate world to creative life woven with generous doses of the practical ways you can bring more creativity into your own life.

Taking cues from the natural world we wander through Fleur’s contemporary fiber art practice to encourage and support you to find your own creative path.  With beautiful imagery showcasing Fleur’s enchanting stitch work and the surrounding landscape, this is a creative guide that invites you into her art studio based in rural New Zealand.

Her practice is as untamed as the New Zealand landscape that inspires her, free of rules, guided by intuition and joy in the process. Together we explore color, texture, flora, textiles and stitch alongside the magic moments, happy accidents, perfect coincidences and ridiculous randomness of the creative process. 

Chapters include Fleur's inspiring backstory, through to inspiration she takes from nature to create her art, to more practical chapters showcasing her favorite stitches, steps on fabric dyeing, and advice on threads, needles and fabrics to use. Embracing the slow, contemplative nature of stitch we can reconnect our creative spirits to reimagine embroidery as a contemporary tool for mark making.

This book wraps you in a warm blanket of nostalgia, grounds you in nature and inspires your senses to allow you to travel down your own creative path gathering all the precious little details meant for you along the way.

About the Author

Fleur Woods is a Contemporary Fiber Artist based in Upper Moutere, New Zealand. Fleur’s practice is largely self-taught and inspired by the landscapes and nature she is surrounded with. Collected worldwide, Fleur’s work has been exhibited in New York, Australia, and NZ. Having taught over 5000 people both in person and online Fleur’s natural, authentic, and kind approach to sharing her unique pathways to creativity is embraced across the globe. With an ever-growing dedicated following of over 30,000 connections on social media, it's evident that the creative community loves what Fleur has to offer.