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| Author | : Jean Pierre Larochette |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Craft |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : Tapestry |
| ISBN | : 9780764359330 |
Jean Pierre Larochette is a renowned top-level artist, making this opportunity to learn from him a treasure for all levels of weavers.
| Author | : Joanne Soroka |
| Publisher | : Crowood |
| Total Pages | : 436 |
| Release | : 2015-05-31 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1785000659 |
Tapestries were among the most prestigious of art forms, created for the mightiest in the land and valued for centuries. Despite its illustrious history, tapestry weaving is actually a simple technique that requires little equipment or expenditure, and can be done anywhere. Written by a prominent tapestry weaver, this lavishly illustrated book gently leads you through the whole process with detailed diagrams and exciting work by contemporary weavers. It will be useful to the absolute beginner, but experienced weavers will also find new ideas and techniques to tempt and inspire them. The book includes a step-by-step guide to setting up a small frame loom and starting to weave; basic and more advanced techniques, and how to create shapes and textures; advice on taking your work into the third dimension, whether bas relief or fully sculptural; information on the qualities of different materials and how they can be used to create the effects you want; and design ideas for tapestry and how to follow supplied designs. This will be an essential source book for experienced and novice weavers, and is beautifully illustrated with 190 colour illustrations and diagrams.
| Author | : Alec Pearson |
| Publisher | : St Martins Press |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780312156336 |
Discusses the basic equipment, materials, and techniques of tapestry weaving and provides step-by-step guidance on weaving a variety of tapestries
| Author | : Kirsten Glasbrook |
| Publisher | : Search Press |
| Total Pages | : 102 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : |
Projects: Sun sampler -- Peruvian birds -- Cat and fishes -- Simple landscape -- Cover design -- Tulip -- The parrot gets the last word -- Little owl -- Sleeping dog -- Sleeping cat -- Bird.
| Author | : Noreen Crone-Findlay |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2020-02 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780811737999 |
Potholder looms can make so much more than potholders! You can weave on these popular looms using the traditional loops or with nearly any yarn to make a variety of patterns, including Plain Weave, Twill, and Checkerboard. You can also weave shapes other than squares, such as rectangles and triangles. Tapestry weaving is also fun on the potholder loom, and Noreen shows you how with detailed instructions for setting up your loom and working tapestry techniques.
| Author | : Tommye McClure Scanlin |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2021-05-28 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780764361562 |
Once ideas and images come to mind, the next step in weaving your tapestry--interpreting these into effective compositions--may be challenging. Learn here, in ways that relate specifically to tapestry art, the design basics you need to make your best work. Renowned master weaver Scanlin offers 60 step-by-step "explorations" that lead you from understanding design concepts in your head to using them on your loom. Be inspired to explore "weavable" ways to manage line, shape, color, texture, emphasis, balance, rhythm, and more for results that bring your tapestries to a new level. In Part 1, dive into the fundamentals of design. Parts 2 and 3 hold explorations--exercises with a tapestry twist. Part 4 teaches ways to turn designs into cartoons. A resource treasure trove offers ideas for finishing tapestries (essential to the design's completeness), helpful templates, glossaries, and other core information to carry forward on your creative path.
| Author | : Nancy Harvey |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2015-04-24 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9781626540934 |
It's easy to learn tapestry weaving from start to finish with Nancy Harvey, one of America's best-known teachers of this exciting craft. Using the same clear step-by-step approach that makes her workshops so successful, Nancy leads you through building a simple frame loom, to mastering the basic techniques, to completing handsome pieces based on her designs. She even provides tips on how to prepare designs of your own. In this book, you will find: Beginning and intermediate samplers to help you learn the basics Hundreds of highlighted tips for weavers of all levels of experience Six practice designs for building skills Ideas inspiring your own designs, even if you "can't draw" Over 380 illustrations and photographs With hundreds of diagrams, tips, and tapestry designs, "Tapestry Weaving: A Comprehensive Study Guide" is essential reading for tapestry artists and handweavers alike.
| Author | : Syne Mitchell |
| Publisher | : Storey Publishing, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 297 |
| Release | : 2015-11-14 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1603428518 |
Rigid-heddle weaving is simple to learn, is easy to master, and offers a lifetime of possibilities to discover! Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom covers everything rigid-heddle weavers need to know about the craft, from the basics — how to select a loom, set it up, and get started — to a wide variety of fun techniques that yield beautiful results. Begin by exploring a variety of weave structures, including finger-manipulated laces, tapestry, and color play with stripes, plaids, and multicolor yarns. Then move on to more complex designs and irresistible projects, from pillows and curtains to bags, shawls, and even jewelry. Explore warp-face patterning, weft-pile weaving, weaving with fine threads, woven shibori, shadow weave, and the textural effects you can create with different yarns and with wire and conductive thread. Everything you need to know is here, with fully illustrated step-by-step instructions to ensure success.
| Author | : Nancy Harvey |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780914718833 |
| Author | : Micala Sidore |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2020-06-28 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780764359927 |
A colorful 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 six 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.
