Welcome Home: Kaffe Fassett [Hardcover]

Kaffe Fassett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1999

Discover the dazzling world of renowned colour and fibre artist Kaffe Fassett, including 11 impressive projects. Enter the London home studio of world-renowned colour and fibre artist, author, and teacher Kaffe Fassett. His passion for vivid and intricate design has inspired artistic knitting patterns, stunning needlepoint, unique fabrics, fantastic mosaics, and fabulous patchwork quilts. Filled with marvellous collections, Kaffe's home is an ever changing canvas where you'll discover how to combine rich colours and textures to create brilliant decorative accents of your own. For over 20 years, Kaffe has encouraged students to wake up their senses to a new appreciation of colour. In this spirit of discovery, Kaffe Fassett welcomes you to his home! This volume also includes complete instructions and templates for 11 dazzling projects, including designer pillows, glorious quilts, and whimsical rag rugs.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Kaffe Fassett (1937-) was born in San Francisco and graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at the early age of 19. He moved to London in 1964 and has subsequently become known for his colourful designs in the decorative arts - esp. needlepoint, patchwork, and knitting. His work was the subject of a one-man show at the V&A London in 1988, the first time a living textile artist was honoured in this way. He is a prolific author and occasional host of TV/radio shows for the BBC. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Martingale and Company (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564772780
• ISBN-13: 978-1564772787
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 9.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #443,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kaffe Fassett, an accomplished painter and designer of textiles, is widely acknowledged as a visionary in the use of color. In 1988 he was the first living textile designer to be given a one-person show at the V&A in London, where he lives. He is a fabric designer for Rowan Patchwork and Quilting and the primary knitwear designer for Rowan Yarns.

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145 of 152 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not up to Kaffe's usual standards, November 5, 1999

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This review is from: Welcome Home: Kaffe Fassett (Hardcover)

For the price, this isn't a quality book. The paper is not up to the standards in other books by Kaffe, although Welcome Home lists at the same or a similar price. There are some nice photos of the Minneapolis exhibition, some photos of Kaffe's house and working area, comparable to what we've seen in Glorious Interiors but again not up to the quality of that book, which was much more artfully and professionally photographed. As a knitter and a needleworker, I was disappointed to find no patterns in this book for either -- the patterns are for rag rugs or quilts. Part of the intent of the book is to showcase Fassett's new home fabrics, which aren't showcased as well as they can be if this were a catalog. There are a few finished needlepoint pieces -- three peculiar chairs with interesting tapestry inserts. A nice photo of a needlepoint roses vest -- without the charts, so you'd have to chart it yourself. I was looking forward to this book but was disappointed both in the quality of the book itself and in the lack of the traditional Fassett crafts -- the knitting and the tapestries. For those who like quilts, I'd recommend you get Glorious Patchwork rather than this book. It has many more quilts and a much better presentation.

52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars COLORS EXPLODE FROM THE PAGES, January 24, 2002

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Judith Miller (Bluemont, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Welcome Home: Kaffe Fassett (Hardcover)

This book features photographs of Kaffe Fassett's
home where he apparently does most of his work.
Beware, this book is not for the exponent of
monochromatic themes. Mr. Fassett lives with his
art and the colors in his house explode from the
pages of WELCOME HOME.

The artist says that "the house is like a constantly
changing set." In fact, his entire home appears to
be a working studio. On page eleven there are
pictures of the same room decorated in two distinct
and different styles, where even the fireplace mantle
has been changed.

From the papered or hand painted walls, to the quilts,
needlepoint rugs, chairs and pillows, the home abounds
in colors, textures and patterns. It's a treat to
just look at the photographs. If you feel so inclined,
the instructions are given for making some of the
quilts, rugs and pillows.

It's interesting to view the home environment of a
successful working artist and to see how different
objects are collected and used as sources of future
inspiration. I particularly enjoyed the pictures of
Mr. Fassett's blue and white pottery collection which
is also a favorite of mine. I also liked seeing his
bookcase, which from the point of view of a book
collector, looked well used and filled with cherished
books.

The section of the book called Museum Tour, shows
various exhibits of Mr. Fassett's work as a textile
artist. These photographs are from his show at the
Minneapolis Institute of Fine Art.

I highly recommend this beautiful book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can Kaffe please volunteer to redecorate my home?, March 28, 2006

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Missy Wombat (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Welcome Home: Kaffe Fassett (Hardcover)

I've always admired Kaffe Fassett so when I saw that this book was available at my local library I just had to borrow it. The colours do not disappoint and his home does not either. It is a continuous creative work in progress but it also looks very comfortable and lived in. I am not a crafty person but thanks to this book I went out and bought a latch hook, some hessian and found the bag of scrap material buried deep in a cupboard and now have a new easy hobby for in front of the TV that cost me less than $10 to get started with. His projects are achievable even for beginners and there is something for everyone. The beauty of this book is that it gives ideas and also an insight into how this fascinating man lives. It is not a specialist book but rather a broad overview of Fassett's interests.