Hoopla : the art of unexpected embroidery / Leanne Prain.

A showcase for those who take the craft of embroidery where it's never gone before, Hoopla profiles innovative stitch artists who specialise in unusual, guerrilla-style patterns such as subway maps, feminist Girl Guide badges and metal band letterforms, demonstrating that modern embroidery artists a...

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Main Author: Prain, Leanne
Language:English
Published: Vancouver [B.C.] : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Embroidery.
Embroidery > 21st century.
Embroidery in art.
Physical Description:400 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 21 x 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The evolution of embroidery
  • Charting unknown territory
  • Tools and materials - Stitch-witchery
  • Freeform work
  • Graphically inclined
  • Unexpected stitching
  • Finishing techniques
  • Stitching resources
  • Without reservation..