bibliography 2

Henry Moore edt Chris Stephens Tate 2010

I can't tell you what Moore's shapes and shadows do to me except it is better than going through the wardrobe into Narnia !!

Textile Treasures at the Glasgow school of art Liz Arthur Herbert Press 2005 isbn 10 - 0 - 7136 - 7188 - 9 Wonderful resource book stumbled upon in a junk shop. Particularly drawn to naive embroidery - middle European

Color Works - the crafter's guide to color Deb Menz Interweave Press 2004 isbn 1 - 931499 -47 - 0 This has helped break down Itten's work into sections I can get hold of with exercises and shapes given related to spherical colour orb. It is also a lot more easily available and affordable to modern textile students.

Textiles : A World Tour Catherine Legrand Thames and Hudson sorry I could find no isbn or date reference on this book. This is the only fault, for this book is one everyone should own who loves our world. Full of faces and peoples of the world and their textiles. Total inspiration and a joy. I used a photo of the Pupeo skirt from Vietnam as a source when trying out coloured stitches on black silk.

Techno Textiles revolutionary fabrics for fashion and design Sarah E Braddock and Marie O'Mahoney Thames and Hudson

Oh I had no idea !! the world moves on at such a pace and fabric is so much more than I had realised before reading this book.

here are notes random thoughts I want to go back to and refer to.

healing fibres - impregnation of fibres with vitamin c or seaweed extract

perfumes

so that on contact with the skin a sense of healing and well being is more than skin deep !
use of metals and fabrics - contrasts and form wonderful ideas

fibreoptics - in fibre construction - how does this work?

ribbon in woven grid held together with rubber buttons

ecological concerns in manufacture of fabric

renewable resources

what is biodegradable

use of waste products - silk selvedges and polyurethane to create new fabric

importance of textiles to modern world - place in space travel

air travel

sport

cad importance and place of computer in design process

carbon fibre materials and use of sound deadening properties in car design for eg

carbon footprint idea - shape of footprint in metal

Look up Norma Starszakowna - textile designer Dundee university - her Winchester project white on white cloth

Randomly pleat organza - spray on dye

unfold and press flat

Devore technique on velvet - see simple shift dress pg 93

Look up work of Donna Karan

Leaf printed fabric - printed with sunlight on chemically treated fabric see pg 109

see Rebecca Earley - printing design on fabric

see pg 113 design

Isse Miyake - look up "Pleats please"

pleats originated with Egyptians

idea of macrame type fabric over metal frame - shaped and then stiffened - see pg 130

Biomimetics see pg 137 - extraction of good design from nature

Kyoto museum - new textile artists - look up

International Textile design Mary Schoeser Laurence King publisher

A wonderful visual resource but frustrating as many of the techniques eg dobby woven fabric outside my scope and there was little explanatory notes as to design and technique