Inspired to Stitch: 21 Textile Artists

by Diana Springall

This is a fascinating look at the exciting world of textile design and how artists in this field develop their work through the use of sketches, photographs, collages etc. Focussing on the work of 21 British textile artists from the past 50 years, this book displays drawings and pages from workbooks, preliminary designs and models as well as the finished product. The result is a fascinating and practical look at how well-known designers get their inspiration and then translate it into finished work. British textile design is a world leader and its influence tremendous so this book should have wide appeal.

Winner of the Textile Textile Book of the Year

Genres: Nonfiction

240 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2005

Reviews

[Tashina Knight]

Lovely book but a bit outdated at this point. Worth taking a look at though.

[Jo]

Fantastic collection of bios of UK textile artists. From the very start it is excellent - a brilliant foreword (by E Lucie-Smith) on Stitchery & Society, covering the gendered history of embroidery; the contemporary art world's current disrespect for and suspicion of manual skill in art-making; a new and different breach between the world of fine arts & crafts; the issues around the continued male dominated fine art world and female dominated craft world. Following the introductions are varied and interesting bios of passionate and accomplished textile artists born between the 1920's and 1960's.