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  • Hardcover: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Beaux Arts Editions; Reprint edition (November 1997)
  • ISBN-10: 0883633256
  • ISBN-13: 978-0883633250
  • Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 10.8 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #706,888 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for needlecraft students, quilters & collectors., May 3, 2000
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art Quilt (Hardcover)
Robert Shaw draws upon his impressive expertise to celebrate the traditional bed quilt as a needlecraft art form that is a creative, emotional, example of "form following function". His insightful text traces the transformation of the quilt from bed cover to display piece, the quilter from homemaker to academically trained artist, the workshop from kitchen to studio, and the materials from simple to complex. The Art Quilt is superb survey of an art form grounded in tradition and, at the same time, committed to originality and innovation. The works of such superb contemporary quilters as Michael James, Yvonne Porcella, Julia Pfaff, Nancy Crow, and more than two hundred others, serve to illustrate the quilt as art -- and the art of the quilt. The Art Quilt is enhanced with 300 full-color reproductions and numerous insightful sidebars of important technical processes and leaders int he art quilt field. The Art Quilt is highly recommended reading for needlecraft students, quilters, collectors, and popular culture enthusiasts.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendously inspiring - gorgeous photography, December 1, 2001
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I'm a weekend quilter - and love working with rich color. This is not only a coffee-table beautiful book but it inspires creative ideas far beyond normal quilting. You don't have to be a quilter to enjoy - the art is wonderful. And if you do quilt, this will inspire you to all sorts of radically new ideas.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A "must have" for anyone interested in art quilts., November 24, 1998
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This book is carefully researched, very well catergorized into sections of color, embellishment, pictorial quilts, etc. Photographs of quilts are good and copy is well presented. Robert Hughes has covered the world of the art quilt in depth. Missed a few of the very early art quilters, e.g. Maria McCormick-Snyder but all in all the best I have seen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Art Quilt
Beautiful color plates. If you are an artist or quilter who prefers to emphasize color and design, then this book is invaluable for ideas and inspiration. Read more
Published on January 23, 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible quitls, great gift
From the moment I set eyes on this book I knew I had to have it. The quilts are totally incredible. The skill of these quiltmakers & the detail they obtain is astonishing... Read more
Published on May 2, 2000 by Angel Lee

5.0 out of 5 stars good book
Was a very informative book on quilts, but was puzzeled by the caption on page 56 of the quilt titled Hank Williams. Read more
Published on June 11, 1999

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