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Artist, textile designer, and author Lena Corwin highlights the work of 100 talented and diverse American fiber artists in a new book for all who are inspired by weaving, quilting, dyeing, and other heritage techniques.
Craft for a Modern World presents 150 of the The Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery’s 2,000 artworks in a new light, celebrating the restoration and reopening of its historic landmark home.
"At once a dictionary and an essay, a historical overview and a style analysis, [...] the book achieves the feat of being original, and above all, both useful and interesting for novices and textile enthusiasts." » The Art Object , « The Book of the Month »
The complete guide to craft: 33 techniques - from embroidery and clay to collage and baskets - and more than 150 contemporary artists and inspirational project ideas
An evocative exploration of how travel - local and far away - can inform, inspire and enhance textile art.
Stories exploring how migration shapes art and aesthetic practices and vice versa. Dedicated to the stories of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and exiles, this collection asks how these stories are interwoven with art, art practices, activism, reception, and (re-)presentation.
This volume is an anthology of current groundbreaking research on social practice art. Contributing scholars provide a variety of assessments of recent projects as well as earlier precedents, define approaches to art production, and provide crucial political context.
Quilts and Human Rights offers a new understanding of the history of global human rights as seen through textiles of awareness and activism.
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