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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This gorgeous guide uses 326 photos from around the world, arranged by 13 simple four-letter weaving words-from size to yarn to woad-to help weavers and others see how each technique affects the finished tapestry. Featuring 326 intriguing images of top tapestries worldwide, many not viewable elsewhere, this guide does not teach you how to weave. Instead, it shows you the wide range of results possible from 13 of the most basic weaving concepts. It solves a common understanding gap for weavers, who are mostly educated in techniques, but not in what results each one enables you to weave. This book's unexpected, entertaining new way to look at the simple language of tapestry has surprising results. Seeing tapestries more clearly and understanding what you see is just the start. Weavers will find an immense range of techniques they can play with, themes they can pursue, and much to inspire them. . Learn from tapestries by 286 talented weavers from 6 continents; many are well-known, while others are underrepresented so especially important to discover. . Learn new strategies, whether you're a weaver or onlooker, for clearer thinking about what you make and/or see. . Understand the components that make up any tapestry, to more cleverly use each one. Go beyond knowing a technique to knowing what results it can lead to. . Visually unfold answers that matter to your making: What are some of the effects that various techniques can create? What themes that appear regularly in historic work are still pursued by today's tapestry weavers? AUTHOR: Micala Sidore runs Hawley Street Tapestry Studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she weaves tapestries and gives workshops. She has woven and exhibited tapestries for over 45 years. She studied at the renowned Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins in Paris and she lectures and teaches throughout the world. She is the author of The Art Is the Cloth: How to Look at and Understand Tapestries (Schiffer). 33 colour photographs This gorgeous guide uses 326 works from around the world, arranged by 13 simple four-letter weaving wordsfrom size to yarn to woadto help weavers and others see how each one affects the finished tapestry. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A colourful guided tour from an expert, enabling weavers, textile lovers, and art lovers to notice and appreciate what tapestries can do and how they do it. This guide from expert tapestry weaver and historian Sidore gives how-to strategies enabling weavers and nonweavers to notice and appreciate the meaning of these artworks. You'll discover much to enjoy in photos of more than 300 tapestries from the 12th to the 21st centuries. Sidore enables you to think about the weavings in ways you have never before considered as she groups pieces that talk with each other - and that also converse with the viewer. Enjoy learning basic elements of weaving to help you become increasingly sophisticated in understanding what you're seeing. Then, learn seven ways in which tapestries can call attention to themselves as cloth. This eye-opening guide to seeing explains the great range of materials and visual themes, the use of trompe l'oeil, the importance of the direction in which the weaver weaves, and more. After this learning experience, you'll bring smarter eyes to your museum wandering, deeper enjoyment to your collection and purchases, and surprising new skills and creativity to your weaving of fibers. and of life. AUTHOR: Micala Sidore (Northampton, Massachusetts) studied at the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins in Paris and has woven and exhibited tapestries for 40 years. She lectures and teaches throughout the world. 304 colour and b/w photographs This guide from expert tapestry weaver Sidore introduces the aesthetics of tapestry, both historic and contemporary, showing how to notice and think about it. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardback. Condition: New. A creative visual tour of 300 tapestries throughout history to present day, showing how they're created and how to look at and understand them. "An impressive presentation of what tapestry weavers are doing and of how to learn to see it . . . Of interest not only to tapestry weavers, but to all those interested in the art of weaving and art in general." -Sandra Hutton, Executive Director Emerita, International Textile and Apparel Association This guide from expert tapestry weaver and historian Micala Sidore gives how-to strategies enabling weavers and nonweavers to notice and appreciate the meaning of tapestries, what they can do, and how they do it.  Enjoy more than 300 tapestries from the 12th to the 21st centuries, with Sidore's strategies enabling you to think about the weavings in ways you have never before considered. She groups pieces that talk with each other-and that also converse with the viewer. -Enjoy learning basic elements of weaving to help you become increasingly sophisticated in understanding what you're seeing. -Then, learn seven ways in which tapestries can call attention to themselves as cloth. -Understand the eye-opening range of materials and visual themes, the use of trompe l'oeil, the importance of the direction in which the weaver weaves, and more. After this learning experience, you'll bring smarter eyes to your museum wandering, deeper enjoyment to your collection and purchases, and surprising new skills and creativity to your weaving of fibers . . . and of life.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A colourful guided tour from an expert, enabling weavers, textile lovers, and art lovers to notice and appreciate what tapestries can do and how they do it. This guide from expert tapestry weaver and historian Sidore gives how-to strategies enabling weavers and nonweavers to notice and appreciate the meaning of these artworks. You'll discover much to enjoy in photos of more than 300 tapestries from the 12th to the 21st centuries. Sidore enables you to think about the weavings in ways you have never before considered as she groups pieces that talk with each other - and that also converse with the viewer. Enjoy learning basic elements of weaving to help you become increasingly sophisticated in understanding what you're seeing. Then, learn seven ways in which tapestries can call attention to themselves as cloth. This eye-opening guide to seeing explains the great range of materials and visual themes, the use of trompe l'oeil, the importance of the direction in which the weaver weaves, and more. After this learning experience, you'll bring smarter eyes to your museum wandering, deeper enjoyment to your collection and purchases, and surprising new skills and creativity to your weaving of fibers. and of life. AUTHOR: Micala Sidore (Northampton, Massachusetts) studied at the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins in Paris and has woven and exhibited tapestries for 40 years. She lectures and teaches throughout the world. 304 colour and b/w photographs This guide from expert tapestry weaver Sidore introduces the aesthetics of tapestry, both historic and contemporary, showing how to notice and think about it. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Condition: New. KlappentextThis guide from expert tapestry weaver and historian Sidore gives how-to strategies enabling weavers to notice and appreciate the meaning of their artwork.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This gorgeous guide uses 326 photos from around the world, arranged by 13 simple four-letter weaving words-from size to yarn to woad-to help weavers and others see how each technique affects the finished tapestry. Featuring 326 intriguing images of top tapestries worldwide, many not viewable elsewhere, this guide does not teach you how to weave. Instead, it shows you the wide range of results possible from 13 of the most basic weaving concepts. It solves a common understanding gap for weavers, who are mostly educated in techniques, but not in what results each one enables you to weave. This book's unexpected, entertaining new way to look at the simple language of tapestry has surprising results. Seeing tapestries more clearly and understanding what you see is just the start. Weavers will find an immense range of techniques they can play with, themes they can pursue, and much to inspire them. . Learn from tapestries by 286 talented weavers from 6 continents; many are well-known, while others are underrepresented so especially important to discover. . Learn new strategies, whether you're a weaver or onlooker, for clearer thinking about what you make and/or see. . Understand the components that make up any tapestry, to more cleverly use each one. Go beyond knowing a technique to knowing what results it can lead to. . Visually unfold answers that matter to your making: What are some of the effects that various techniques can create? What themes that appear regularly in historic work are still pursued by today's tapestry weavers? AUTHOR: Micala Sidore runs Hawley Street Tapestry Studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she weaves tapestries and gives workshops. She has woven and exhibited tapestries for over 45 years. She studied at the renowned Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins in Paris and she lectures and teaches throughout the world. She is the author of The Art Is the Cloth: How to Look at and Understand Tapestries (Schiffer). 33 colour photographs This gorgeous guide uses 326 works from around the world, arranged by 13 simple four-letter weaving wordsfrom size to yarn to woadto help weavers and others see how each one affects the finished tapestry. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This gorgeous guide uses 326 photos from around the world, arranged by 13 simple four-letter weaving words-from size to yarn to woad-to help weavers and others see how each technique affects the finished tapestry. Featuring 326 intriguing images of top tapestries worldwide, many not viewable elsewhere, this guide does not teach you how to weave. Instead, it shows you the wide range of results possible from 13 of the most basic weaving concepts. It solves a common understanding gap for weavers, who are mostly educated in techniques, but not in what results each one enables you to weave. This book's unexpected, entertaining new way to look at the simple language of tapestry has surprising results. Seeing tapestries more clearly and understanding what you see is just the start. Weavers will find an immense range of techniques they can play with, themes they can pursue, and much to inspire them. . Learn from tapestries by 286 talented weavers from 6 continents; many are well-known, while others are underrepresented so especially important to discover. . Learn new strategies, whether you're a weaver or onlooker, for clearer thinking about what you make and/or see. . Understand the components that make up any tapestry, to more cleverly use each one. Go beyond knowing a technique to knowing what results it can lead to. . Visually unfold answers that matter to your making: What are some of the effects that various techniques can create? What themes that appear regularly in historic work are still pursued by today's tapestry weavers? AUTHOR: Micala Sidore runs Hawley Street Tapestry Studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she weaves tapestries and gives workshops. She has woven and exhibited tapestries for over 45 years. She studied at the renowned Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins in Paris and she lectures and teaches throughout the world. She is the author of The Art Is the Cloth: How to Look at and Understand Tapestries (Schiffer). 33 colour photographs This gorgeous guide uses 326 works from around the world, arranged by 13 simple four-letter weaving wordsfrom size to yarn to woadto help weavers and others see how each one affects the finished tapestry. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A colourful guided tour from an expert, enabling weavers, textile lovers, and art lovers to notice and appreciate what tapestries can do and how they do it. This guide from expert tapestry weaver and historian Sidore gives how-to strategies enabling weavers and nonweavers to notice and appreciate the meaning of these artworks. You'll discover much to enjoy in photos of more than 300 tapestries from the 12th to the 21st centuries. Sidore enables you to think about the weavings in ways you have never before considered as she groups pieces that talk with each other - and that also converse with the viewer. Enjoy learning basic elements of weaving to help you become increasingly sophisticated in understanding what you're seeing. Then, learn seven ways in which tapestries can call attention to themselves as cloth. This eye-opening guide to seeing explains the great range of materials and visual themes, the use of trompe l'oeil, the importance of the direction in which the weaver weaves, and more. After this learning experience, you'll bring smarter eyes to your museum wandering, deeper enjoyment to your collection and purchases, and surprising new skills and creativity to your weaving of fibers. and of life. AUTHOR: Micala Sidore (Northampton, Massachusetts) studied at the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins in Paris and has woven and exhibited tapestries for 40 years. She lectures and teaches throughout the world. 304 colour and b/w photographs This guide from expert tapestry weaver Sidore introduces the aesthetics of tapestry, both historic and contemporary, showing how to notice and think about it. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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