Friday, August 31, 2012

Three dimensional fibre forms...

Janet Edmonds' book Beginners' guide to embroidered boxes (Search Press, Tunbridge Wells, 2002) provides guides to the creation of three dimensional vessels as well as books that could be stored in these containers. This provides pathways to presentation techniques for artists' books. Edmonds combines machine embroidery, hand embroidery, applique and quilting techniques.

Three dimensional fibre forms...

I have recently begun to expand my own professional of texts related to three dimensional fibre forms related to embroidery techniques. I was initially interested in three dimensional embroidered forms through an interest in stumpwork and fabric dollmaking, but interest in 'three dimensional embroidery' has expanded in recent years. Janet Edmonds has produced a number of texts - I really enjoyed her Three-dimensional embroidery. Methods of construction for the third dimension. (Batsford, London, 2005).