Forage & Stitch: Using Natural Materials in Textile Art

by Caroline Hyde-Brown

Techniques and projects for textiles that celebrate and use natural everyday objects.

Step outside with Caroline Hyde-Brown and learn how to find natural materials to great beautiful fiber art.

Suitable for all levels and abilities, find a wealth of instruction and inspiration on how to incorporate naturally foraged materials such as leaves, grasses, lichen and dried flowers into your artwork.

Throughout, Caroline stresses the importance of taking your time with each method and working organically, letting your foraged goods guide your design. This is an approach that not only encourages an intuitive creative process, but develops a more mindful, positive experience for the artist too.

Interwoven with practical guidance and projects are Caroline's stunning gallery of works, offering inspirational examples of how to take your work farther, and simultaneously demonstrating nature's abundance and its variety.

Genres: Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2023

Reviews

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

A creative inspiration for the stitcher or felter, the wonderer and gatherer of nature.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

a uk based foraging/fabric art book. a wide range of techniques reviewed including dying and using plant matter in fabric projects.

[Evie Wilkinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely for anyone interested in textiles and the natural world. Pages are all so informative, aesthetically pleasing and easy to follow to make beautiful pieces

Love it! X

[cindy guillas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Forage and Stitch is a fabulous collection of ideas, techniques and projects in fibre art. The projects are great starting points to create your own work using natural elements!