Strange Material: Storytelling through Textiles
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155152550X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Arrived quickly, as described.. Five Stars After only a quick look-through I can't wait to read in depth. Thought provoking and creativity stirring!. Smart, Inspiring Book! Kathryn Vercillo If I had to pick one favorite book of 2014 it would have to be Leanne Prain’s Strange Material: Storytelling through Textiles. It looks at textiles, including a few pieces of crochet, and how various artists have transformed them into narrative-based artworks. I believe that everyone and everything has a story. I believe that there is power in sharing those stories and in re-shaping those stories. This book does that in such a unique way for a niche topic. I love it. This is a smart book that is intended to inspire the reader to tell their own story through handmaking.
She lives and crafts in Vancouver, BC.. A professional graphic designer, Leanne holds degrees in creative writing, art history, and publishing. Leanne Prain: Leanne Prain is a knitter and the author of Yarn Bombing: The Art of Knit & Crochet Graffiti (with Mandy Moore) and Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery
Edifying and inspirational. Rob Walker, co-founder of SignificantObjects and Unconsumption.tumblr (Rob Walker 2014-07-06)Whether the artists are being irreverent, capturing memories, speaking truths, creating political tools or building community, Strange Material makes a strong case that some stories are best told through craft. Rabble (Rabble 2015-02-26)The book strikes a balance in proposing a strategy and then providing a framework to use in thinking about the role of narrative in art. Perhaps they are so imbedded in daily life that they are easy to overlook? Whatever the reason, this book reminds us of the sheer variety of stories - new and old - told through textiles. Prain reminds us that t
Strange Material explores the relationship between handmade textiles and storytelling.Through text, the act of weaving a tale or dropping a thread takes on new meaning for those who previously have seen textiles—quilts, blankets, articles of clothing, and more—only as functional objects. A professional graphic designer, Leanne holds degrees in creative writing, art history, and publishing.. This book showcases crafters who take storytelling off the page and into the mediums of batik, stitching, dyeing, fabric painting, knitting, crochet, and weaving, creating objects that bear their messages proudly, from personal memoir and cultural fables to pictorial histories and wearable fictions.Full-color throughout, the book includes chapters on various aspects of textile storytelling, from "Textiles of Protest, Politics, and Power" to "The Fabric of Remembrance"; it also includes specific projects, such as the well-known and profoundly moving Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, as well as poetry