Author: Esther Warner Dendel Publisher: ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
Provides numerous examples of decorative articles and clothing including a caftan inspired by a museum piece, a hanging sculpture utilizing a rice bat weaving technique etc...
Author: Shirley Friedland Publisher: Schiffer Craft ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
A pictorial survey of printed fabrics - includes abstract and geometric, floral and animal prints. There is a companion volume entitled "African Fabric Design."
Author: Adaku Parker Publisher: CICO Books ISBN: 9781782498773 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
All the techniques, step-by-step instructions, and patterns you need to make 25 African wax print garments and accessories. INCLUDES FULL SIZE PATTERNS FOR US DRESS SIZES 4 TO 22 African wax prints are colorful designs created by dyeing cotton fabric using wax-resist techniques, and then overprinting. The result is a fabric that is bright, colorful, and super-easy to use. Adaku Parker has developed 25 step-by-step projects to make a wide range of stylish pieces with this fabric. There are instant wardrobe classics like a shirt dress, A-line skirts, and culottes, as well as wonderful accessories such as tote bags, a zip purse, and a headband. The basic techniques you will need are all explained, so you’ll feel confident with essentials like attaching waistbands, gathering, pleats, making buttonholes, and adding linings. There are projects suitable for all skill levels so all you need is some gorgeous African wax print fabric and a sewing machine, and you’ll be on your way to updating your wardrobe with unique pieces that will help you stand out from the crowd.
Author: Chris Spring Publisher: Smithsonian Institution ISBN: 1588343804 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 259
Book Description
African Textiles Today illustrates how African history is read, told, and recorded in cloth. All artifacts or works of art hold within them stories that range far beyond the time of their creation or the lifetime of their creator, and African textiles are patterned with these hidden histories. In Africa, cloth may be used to memorialize or commemorate something - an event, a person, a political cause - which in other parts of the world might be written down in detail or recorded by a plaque or monument. History in Africa can be read, told, and recorded in cloth. Making and trading numerous types of cloth have been vital elements in African life and culture for at least two millennia, linking different parts of the continent with each other and the rest of the world. Africa's long engagement with the peoples of the Mediterranean and the islands of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans provides a story of change and continuity. African Textiles Today shows how ideas, techniques, materials, and markets have adapted and flourished, and how the dynamic traditions in African textiles have provided inspiration for the continent's foremost contemporary artists and photographers. With a concluding chapter discussing the impact of African designs across the world, the book offers a fascinating insight into the living history of Africa.
Author: Anne Grosfilley Publisher: Prestel Publishing ISBN: 9783791384368 Category : Batik Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Reveals the complex origins of African wax print textiles and traces the process of printing and dying the fabric, involving wax or indigo, to its West Indian roots. Also explores the differences of mass-produced and artisanally sourced fabrics, tracking where textiles go from the manufacturing centers to markets and cities throughout Africa and the world
Author: Esther Warner Dendel
Author: Magie Relph
Author: Shirley Friedland
Author: John Gillow
Author: Adaku Parker
Author: Harry P. Curtis
Author: Chris Spring
Author: Anne Grosfilley
Author: Alisa LaGamma
Author: Roy Sieber