Art of The Loom

By Ann Hecht

Book Overview

Colorful and sometimes complex textiles are still produced in many parts of the world using only the simplest tools and equipment. The Art of the Loom focuses on eight areas of special... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847811476
• ISBN13: 9780847811472
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.8" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Across the world and across time

This fact-packed book has plenty to say. It is not a how-to book, but you will find some drafts that you can take straight to the loom. Many other tips can be directly applied to your skills. However, this book is primarily a travel book; we are carried through different cultures to see how they are similar: North America -The Navajo The Middle East – the Bedouin West Africa – Narrow-strip weaving South-East Asia – Indonesian Textiles East Asia, the Islands of J-a-p-a-n – Kasuri resist dyeing South Asia – Inlay weaving of Nepal Central America – Brocaded motifs from Guatemala South America – Peruvian tapestry weaving There are many color pictures of finished products with descriptions of what you are looking at. There are also many diagrams and hand-drawn images. I am just getting into dying and still using Kool-Aid. However, for people interested in colors in general and who find this book interesting, I suggest you read “A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire” by Amy Butler Greenfield, ISBN-13: 9780060522759