Threads Contemporary Embroidery Art

Author: Charlotte Vannier

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  • : $80.00 NZD
  • : 9780500295458
  • : Thames & Hudson, Limited
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  • : September 2019
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  • : September 2019
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  • : Paperback
  • : Oct-19
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Barcode 9780500295458
9780500295458

Description

Showcasing over 80 international artists who incorporate embroidery into their practice, this book provides a survey of embroidery in contemporary art, illustrating the huge range of ways in which the craft has been embraced as a form of creative expression. Some artists evoke a kind of nostalgia, rediscovering skills that have fallen from fashion or promoting the value of ancient handicrafts in an industrialized world of mass-production. Others push boundaries by using embroidery on photographs, poetic installations, embroidered reproductions of everyday objects, or by using it to tackle political, personal or transgressive themes.


Threads is a captivating exploration of their creative journeys, their influences, the technical challenges they face and the message they wish to convey