Author: ANN PACKER
Title: Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists
Description: Random House. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781869417888) Hardcover, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book, 256 pages, many colour illustrations. This is a stunningly beautiful, comprehensive book featuring work by the best fibre and textile artists currently practising in New Zealand. Includes portraits of ten artists in their studio or workspace. It covers a wide range of textile crafts, from finely detailed lace and woven beading to flax weaving and full-scale fabric art in public places, created by around 60 artists as geographically far-flung as Kerikeri and Queenstown. Approximately 150 different objects have been photographed, and the artists are alphabetically arranged so the different art forms are scattered throughout, giving colour and flavour to the book. This book showcases the very best of New Zealand's textile and fibre artists. The book focuses on the objects and their makers. Each object is lovingly photographed and the book design honours these objects and gives ample space to them. Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Keywords: 9781869417888


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