The Intentional Thread

A Guide to Drawing, Gesture, and Color in Stitch

Susan Brandeis

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Schiffer Publishing Ltd
01 August 2019

Embroidery crafts

"Communicate your ideas using line, shape, colour, and texture with this reference and how-to exploration in one. Whether your particular interest is pictorial, portraiture, abstract compositions, or actual text, you can ""say"" almost anything with thread. More than 350 colour photographs translate the techniques of drawing, painting, and good composition into the world of stitch, and ""Try This!"" projects inspire your own individual approaches. Including the role of machine stitching, this design resource, learning tool, and inspirational reference helps practitioners at all levels, whether beginning student, dedicated amateur, or professional. Take a lyrical - but logical - journey of skill building, and begin to stitch intentionally and express your creative vision.

AUTHOR: Susan Brandeis is Distinguished Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University's College of Design and a studio artist. She founded the Southeast Fibers Educators Association and has been exhibiting, teaching, and writing about textile art and design for over 35 years.

SELLING POINTS: .

Draw and paint with your thread: explore lines, gestures, and colour to make stitches speak .

Dozens of projects and hundreds of photos inspire all levels, from beginner to accomplished embroidery artist .

Helps you find a personal voice in your embroidery through individual style plus good composition

350 colour images"

By: Susan Brandeis
Imprint: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm,
Weight: 1.542kg
ISBN: 9780764357435
ISBN 10: 0764357433
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 August 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Susan Brandeis is Distinguished Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University’s College of Design and is a member of the university’s Academy of Outstanding Teachers. She holds graduate degrees in both art education and textile art and is a studio artist who has been making, exhibiting, teaching, and writing about textile art and design for over 40 years. She founded the Southeast Fibers Educators Association. Her work has been pictured in leading publications in the field and exhibited throughout the United States; in Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Finland, South Korea, Colombia, the Netherlands, and the Philippines; and at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, and the International Biennial of Tapestry in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is represented in numerous private and public collections, including the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery. She is also the author of the surface design books The Cumulative Cloth: Wet Techniques and The Cumulative Cloth: Dry Techniques.

Reviews for The Intentional Thread: A Guide to Drawing, Gesture, and Color in Stitch

Many books deal with stitch types in a bland similar manner. Brandeis here incorporates suggestions within this book, such as how to use text in a thread way.merging handwriting with expressionin stitch! -Ailish Henderson, Mr. XStitch Magazine