An evocative exploration of how travel - local and far away - can
inform, inspire and enhance textile art.
Travel has always featured heavily in textile art, from artists'
'travelling sketchbooks' to large-scale installations mapping coastal
erosion or the effects of climate change. In this book, renowned textile
artist Anne Kelly shows how to capture your travels, past and present,
in stitch, with practical techniques sitting alongside inspiring images.
She begins the book by discussing maps in textile art, including their
iconography as well as incorporating actual maps into textile work. She
then goes on to explore the influence of different cultures from across
the globe on textile art.
From India and Peru to Scotland and Scandinavia, the book shows how to
harness traditional techniques, fabrics, motifs and colours for use in
your own work. The chapter 'Stopping Places' captures the moments in
time on a journey that can be distilled, remembered and documented to
create stitched postcards, sketchbooks and other pieces. The final
chapter, 'Space and the Imagination', explores the possibilities of
space travel as a source of inspiration, and covers inner space too,
with artists mapping their own emotional journeys.
Including a wealth of practical tricks and techniques as well as
exquisite photography of both Anne's own work and that of other leading
textile artists, this fascinating book will inspire all textile artists,
embroiderers and makers to use past travels to influence their work.
