Tapestry Talking - by Micala Sidore (Hardcover)

About the Book

This gorgeous guide uses 326 works from around the world, arranged by 13 simple "four-letter" weaving words--from "size" to "yarn" to "woad"--to help weavers and others see how each one affects the finished tapestry.

Book Synopsis

This gorgeous guide uses 326 works from around the world, arranged by 13 simple "four-letter" weaving words--from "size" to "yarn" to "woad"--to help weavers and others see how each one affects the finished tapestry.

Featuring 326 intriguing tapestries from around the world, many not viewable elsewhere, this guide does not teach you how to weave. Instead, it shows you the wide range of results possible from 13 of the most basic weaving concepts.

It solves a common understanding gap for weavers, who are mostly educated in techniques, but not in what results each one enables you to weave.

This book's unexpected, entertaining new way to look at the simple language of tapestry has surprising results. Seeing tapestries more clearly and understanding what you see is just the start. Weavers will find an immense range of techniques they can play with, themes they can pursue, and much to inspire them.

• Learn from tapestries by 286 talented weavers from 6 continents; many are well-known, while others are underrepresented so especially important to discover.

• Learn new strategies, whether you're a weaver or onlooker, for clearer thinking about what you make and/or see.

• Understand the components that make up any tapestry, to more cleverly use each one.

• Go beyond knowing a technique to knowing what results it can lead to.

• Visually unfold answers that matter to your making What are some of the effects that various techniques can create? What themes that appear regularly in historic work are still pursued by today's tapestry weavers?

Review Quotes

"From the over 280 artists featured in the book . . . many of my favorite tapestry weavers are among them, but also surprises . . . [Sidore] knows her subject and is passionate about it . . . Tapestry weavers and non-weavers interested in the art of tapestry should not miss it!"--Beatrijs Sterk in Textile Forum

"The kind of book that any tapestry enthusiast simply must get their hands on . . . Wonderfully substantial."--Rapporter, reviewed by Susanne Lervad and Ulrikka Mokdad, Centre for Textile Research, Univ. of Copenhagen

"Reminiscent of a carefully curated exhibition, where works that are not normally shown together suddenly hang side by side and speak to the viewer in new and surprising ways. . . . Magnificent . . . can open the reader's eyes to the many different ways in which the magic of woven pictures unfolds."--Väv Magazine