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Home & Interior Design books:
Transforming Fabric: Thirty Creative Ways to Paint, Dye and Pattern Cloth

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Entertaining stories awaken memories of childhood coloring books, leaf prints, iron-on designs, and the tie-dyed T-shirts most of us experienced at some point in our lives. Readers will be inspired as they follow step-by-step photographs and instructions full of hints and secrets for using luminous color to transform white cloth into artistic masterpieces. Connoisseurs of the decorative arts and those who are merely curious about the fabrics they wear and use in everyday life will find much to interest them.

* Produce successful results without an instructor * Author relates own experiences, telling why a technique is done, giving more control to the dyer * Contains lots of fresh ideas


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.6
EAN: 9780873496162
ISBN: 0873496167
Label: Krause Publications
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2004-03-20
Publisher: Krause Publications
Studio: Krause Publications


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Handpainting Fabric: Easy, Elegant Techniques
• The Surface Designer's Handbook: Dyeing, Printing, Painting, and Creating Resists on Fabric
• Fabric Art Workshop: Exploring Techniques & Materials for Fabric Artists and Quilters
• Fabric Dyeing for Beginners
• Dyes & Paints: A Hands-On Guide to Coloring Fabric


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Transforming Fabric: Thirty Creative Ways to Paint, Dye and Pattern Cloth -
A good book if you are looking for technical information concerning ways to colour cloth. However, the book does not contain much in the way of finished examples, an element which I always appreciate in a do-it-yourself craftbook.

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CLEAR and PRECISE -
I think it is the clarity and precision with which the author presents her ideas. Very good resource material for my daughter. She uses it!

Great Addition to My Fabric Painting Resource Library -
I've already collected a number of painting/dyeing/surface design books for working with fabric, and this makes an excellent addition. I don't think it could stand alone as the be-all and end-all, but it is comprehensive in the sense that the author presents all kinds of ideas and inspiration, as well as photographs and instructions/resources. The one thing I might have found more helpful would be greater detail in the steps she took to achieve certain results. Although she does offer descriptions, it seems that sometimes steps and/or details of the process are missing.

Explains why -
This book is particularly strong on explaining the theories behind the different fabric types and why they react as they do to dyes and paints. Some of the instructions are very clear and good photos of stamps and other printing techniques. I found the finished items and cloth a bit messy - not really my style. But a good addition to the library.

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Comprehensive -
This book is wonderfully comprehensive of the latest methods for embellishing with dyes and inks. I would have liked to have seen other artists results with her techniques, but I find the technical information more than compensates.