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Complex Cloth: A Comprehensive Guide to Surface Design

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This book has clear and complete instructions for nearly every technique of coloring fabric - dyeing, stamping, stenciling, silk screening, bleach discharge, etc. It's a good source of instructions for bleach discharge, and it has some of the most beautiful examples of combinations of several techniques, for inspiration. This book can be used by a beginner, but it has an immense amount to offer to a more advanced fabric artist.

I have a very large collection of books about surface design and fabric dyeing, and this one stands above all the others, even though many of them are very very good. I find myself returning to this book again and again, not just for the excellent instructions, but for the glorious pictures as well. Also, every technique is followed by a series of alternative ideas for using the technique, and at the end of the book is a wonderful series of project plans, not to mention comparisons of various fabric paints and a list of resources. If this book doesn't get your creative juices going, you need taxidermy.

I read this book from cover to cover--could not put it down! It has some of the BEST IDEAS for combining techniques and shows OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES of each technique. Everything is explained so clearly and the author is so encouraging that I didn't feel intimidated at all. In fact, my friend and I are getting together for a project, we just haven't decided yet what technique(s) to try first. A MUST for any textile artist.

Jane Dunnewold does an excellent job of creating an environment of experimentation and education. Her examples and descriptions of techniques inspire the readers to stretch their imaginations and use the basics of textile design to create their own imaginative works of art and soar. This is a book that travels with me from studio to bed to work in the car and everywhere in between as it stimulates ideas to take back to the studio. I love it. It's my number one resource for textile design and I'm an avid collector of textile design resources.

Dunnewald's book is outstanding in every way. Directions are clear, organized, and illustrated in step-by-step photographs and in text. A wide variety of contemporary techniques are presented. Wonderful photographs of completed works are found throughout the book. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in textile design and production.

This book has clear and complete instructions for nearly every technique - dyeing, stamping, stenciling, silk screening, bleach discharge, etc. It's the best source I've seen on bleach discharge, and it has some of the most beautiful examples of combinations of several techniques, for inspiration. This book could be used by a beginner, but it has an immense amount to offer to a more advanced fabric artist.

Absolutely wonderful book with techniques and design elements to help any artist or textile lover create new and exciting cloth! Shows you how to create depth and interest/movement. Have just finished a 5 day workshop with Jane and between the book & the workkshop am bursting with new ideas...

Terrific book and I've taken 4 of her classes. She keeps on coming up with ideas--enough for another book or two. This is an excellent resource and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in surface design on fabric.

If you are just getting into dyeing fabric or already have got your feet blue and orange and green from spills, this book holds lots of tips and tricks and just plain "how to". Dunnewold's book can be read and used as a reference or browsed and used as a stimulus for "what can I do today?" Organized well, straight forward text and good explanations. Get some dye and make your cloth complex...layers and layers and layers of lovely.

Terrific book and I've taken 4 of her classes. She keeps on coming up with ideas--enough for another book or two. This is an excellent resource and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in surface design on fabric.