Paper, Metal & Stitch

by Maggie Grey

With the number and variety of surfaces used for embroidery and textile art expanding, this is a timely book that concentrates on two of the key new materials now incorporated into textiles paper and metal. Paper is of great interest to embroiderers. It can be used as a base for a variety of techniques and to enhance and embellish work. It can be manipulated, cut, torn, stitched, and moulded into any shape or form. You can add colour, texture and metallic effects. Metal has long been associated with stitch in the form of metal thread embroidery, but new sources of metal are available, such as metal shim - very thin, stitch-friendly slices of real metal; glittering metal meshes, wires and coils, beads and foils and recycled domestic metals. Stitch is the ultimate enhancer and possible effects range from delicate tracery to enliven a silver and pastel scheme to the heavy stitch and rich gold of old icons and frames. With several step-by-step photographs of key techniques plus images of finished pieces, the book is divided up as Making and Shaping Paper; Texturing and Colouring Paper; Metallic Effects on Paper; Stitch into Paper (with and without fabric); Varieties of metals

Genres: Reference, Art, Nonfiction, Crafts

Hardcover

First published September 16, 2004

Reviews

[Reading]

A great creative resource for some unconventional combinations.

[LemontreeLime]

This was fun to look at, and i appreciated the creativity and work that went into it. I personally will probably never make anything described and explained from it's pages, but i give full kudos to those who will and do.