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Creating Sketchbooks for Embroiderers and Textile Artists

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Sketchbooks are typically mentioned as part of a painter or sketcher's art, but they're also an invaluable tool for modern textile and embroidery artists - and finally here's a book for this audience. Leading textile artists contribute their works and techniques to a unique coverage which follows first sketches to finished works, showing textile artists how to develop ideas, record observations, use sketchbooks for rough drafts and technique experiments, and more. Creating Sketchbooks For Embroiderers and Textile Artists is a 'must' for any serious about their craft.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Wondeful photos, original and beautiful Art, but I'm still not sure to have completely understood the exact subject of this book. And I was waiting for something else when I ordered it, but I don't regret to have bought it, and it's more Art than Craft, I think. It's very, very original and very different from most books sold. It is very "avant-garde", and has nothing to do with the traditional Art & Craft books. If you like what is different and new, this book is for you,
Yael

This book generated many ideas for my work in textile art; and allowed my own individual creative process to develop. Also, there are great visuals, particularly for mark making using "paint" or stitchery. Recommend for artists as well as serious hobbists.

This is an excellent and inspiring book. It gives an artist plenty to think about for constructing an idea book or journal. There are lots of high quality photos of examples that are powerful artistically. The book is well written and thoughtfully considered.

Kay Greenlees provides a great range of techniques for dealing with 'the white page' in a visual diary. Her ideas for mark making and collecting sources of inspiration are very helpful, particularly to those not in the habit of keeping a sketchbook. I've recommended the book to many of my adult art students who work in a really diverse range of media.

I was very disappointed with this book. The text was uninteresting. The examples were not how to build your sketch book, rather it was focused on completed work.