Global Ikat: Roots and Routes of a Textile Technique (The David Paly Collection)

Crill, Rosemary

ISBN 10: 1898113904 / ISBN 13: 9781898113904

Published by Hali Publications Ltd, 2023

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Brand new, still in plastic wraps. 240pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Global Ikat: Roots and Routes of a Textile Technique (The David Paly Collection)
• Publisher: Hali Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1898113904
• ISBN 13: 9781898113904
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art History
  • Art
  • DESIGN

About this title

Synopsis

Deceptively simple or fantastically intricate, ikat technique has been used for many centuries to create extravagant costumes and cloths of deep cultural meaning. The distinctively blurred, feathered or jagged patterns of ikat-dyed textiles are found across much of the world - from Japan in the east to Central and South America in the west, with vast areas of South-east Asia, India, Central Asia and the Middle East in between. The traditional patterns still hold cultural relevance today in significant parts of the long-established ikat-weaving areas. Textile artists and fashion designers in many and varied countries have taken ikat in new directions, respecting traditional forms and palettes while creatively diverging from them.
This is the first time all the different iterations of this textile have been comprehensively brought together in one volume, drawing from the wide-ranging collection of David Paly. It is a journey across the world through the lens of ikat.

About the Author

This book brings together some of the world’s foremost experts on ikat textiles, with an introduction by renowned textile scholar and curator Rosemary Crill.