Hand-Painted Textiles - by Sarah Campbell (Hardcover)

About the Book

This beautiful and inspirational book written by a doyenne of British textile design explores the art of painting and making patterns on cloth.

Book Synopsis

This beautiful and inspirational book written by a doyenne of British textile design explores the art of painting and making patterns on cloth.

Fabrics bring colour and vibrance to our lives, adding inventiveness and charm to both our clothes and our domestic interiors.

In this book, lifelong textile designer Sarah Campbell takes you through her world of pattern and colour to uncover the joys of design from dots, stripes and checks to more surprising decorative solutions. Painting straight onto fabric is a very different experience to designing for digital production. Everything is unique, the placing of the patterns and colours is in your hands. The beauty is that the pattern doesn't have to repeat - there can be just one bird or just one square, if it's in the right place. Beautifully illustrated with Sarah's colourful and internationally acclaimed work, her fabric designs show the comforting rhythm and universal language of pattern.

- Learn how to create your own unique designs using a range of tools and techniques including brushes and potato-cuts, stencils and simple 'kitchen cupboard' resists.

- Explore the delights of painting on different fabrics such as cotton, linen, silk and calico/muslin.

- Develop your understanding of scale, colour, tonality and the organisation of pattern ideas, alongside suggestions on how to use your finished fabrics.

Review Quotes

"I cannot think of a better artist than Sarah Campbell to introduce would-be designers to produce hand-painted textiles. Sarah has made a career focusing on the delights of pattern in simple, but deliciously varied, directions. Anyone who notices pattern will have spotted her witty designs on so many furnishing items. Here she stimulates her readers to play with basic brushstrokes, creating bold geometry, and arming them with techniques to create endless personal flights of fancy. My fingers itch to play with all the possibilities that dance in my head each time I thumb through this delightful book." --Kaffe Fassett MBE, Artist & Author

"Hand-painted Textiles by Sarah Campbell is just the sort of book I've wanted. Jam-packed with Sarah's signature hand-painted style, giving all her techniques and inspiration to inspire anyone to have a go. My eye is dancing with possibility." --Brandon Mably, Designer & Author

"This book is the perfect result of Sarah's ability to create uplifting and joyful patterns combined with her passion for sharing her enthusiasm for making them. Sarah embraces hand painting and printing, guiding the reader through wide ranging techniques and considerations for design projects. Visually rich and highly accessible, the pages are full of flowers, geometrics, birds & beasts to inspire the reader. With an impressive back catalogue of highly successful textile designs for industry some of which are included, Sarah helps you to be brave and playful, sharing in her joy of colour, rhythm and motif on cloth." --Kate Farley, Designer & Academic

"with brush, paint and fabric [Sarah] shows us how to get hands-on with joyful and playful pattern" --UPPERCASE Magazine

"Flicking through the pages of this book makes you want to grab your brushes and get painting." --Handprinted

About the Author

Sarah Campbell is an internationally acclaimed textile designer who, together with her late sister Susan Collier, founded and ran a groundbreaking and renowned design partnership, creating iconic motifs for the industry's greatest names for more than 50 years. Love of pattern and colour and an inventive freshness are the hallmarks of her work. She now works on her own - making, teaching, writing, and continuing to paint designs on cloth and paper both for commercial production and to special commission.