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34 |  Metallic Textile Designs. Tina Skinner. They’re hot, they’re shiny, and they’re oh-so-glamorous. This book revisits metallic’s past, with historic fabric swatches from Europe and Japan dating back to the 1950s, and takes us to today’s top European couture houses in a visual exploration of metallics’ allure • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 237 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-0635-8 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD Naturally ’70s Fabric. Constance Korosec & Les- lie Piña. Bold and dizzying complementary color patterns dominated the 1970s, displayed on two general groups of textile: the naturals and the syn- thetics. This book presents a sampling of silks, cotton, flax, and wool with solid, stripe, plaid, geometric, floral, and paisley prints. • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •275 color photos •112 pp. •978-0-7643-1030-0•PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Stripes: A Survey of Fabric Designs. Tina Skin- ner. A zigzag tour through seventy years of stripes. Historic fabric swatches from all over the world. Woven-in and imitation weaves, wavy lines, to prim and proper pin stripes. The largest photo album of striped textiles ever • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 557 color photos •112 pp. •978-0-7643-0482-8•PB• $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Paisley: A Visual Survey of Pattern and Color Variations. Tina Skinner. Organized into a sweeping visual survey including orderly foulard patterns, elab- orate borders, experimental media, and ornate florals of printed and woven fabrics alike • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 561 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643- 0546-7 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Plaids: A Visual Survey of Pattern Variations. Tina Skinner. More than five decades of twentieth century plaids. Photographs of actual printed and woven textiles. A sweeping survey of plaids, from the standard checks and ginghams, to the furthest reaches of designers’ imaginations • 81/2"x11" (215 x 279 mm) • 558 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643- 0481-1 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Terry Cloth. Monique Combes. This book— the first devoted specifically to terry cloth— contains more than 500 images that trace the fabric from its origins to modern fashion. Vintage advertisements, sewing patterns, apparel, and design fabrics showcase styles from dainty florals to fabulous geometrics, especially from the 1950s to the 1970s • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 481 color & 25 b/w images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643- 4185-4 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD | WEAVING & TAPESTRY Tartans: MacNichol to Yukon. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 400 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-1029-4 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Tartans: Frederickton to MacNeil. • 11"x81/2" (279x215mm) •over 400color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-0962-5 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD The Synthetic ’70s: Fabric of the Decade. Les- lie Piña & Constance Korosec. Experience an era through bold prints, geometric patterns, and “psy- chedelic” colors on polyester and stretch knits. Vivid close-up color photographs, informative captions, a glossary, and an index. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 261 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-0717-1 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Centuries old, tartan is the very fabric of Scotland. These three volumes provide over 400 colorful and vividly striped tartans each, plus brief historical background, definitions of related terms, and (for the tartan weaver) thread counts. Tartans: Abbotsford to Fraser. • 11"x81/2" (279x215mm) •over 400color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-0961-8 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Vintage Children’s Fabrics. Kay Hanauer. Relive childhood memories through this collection of vintage children’s fabric. Chapters highlight similar themes with displays of letters and number block and prog- ress through various childhood points of interest. Collectors, designers, and fabric buffs will find this an invaluable resource • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •500 color images •144pp. •978-0-7643-3855-7•PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Vintage Textured Barkcloth. Margaret Meier. Barkcloth was the textile of choice for window treat- ments and other household textiles of the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s. This book explores its scintillating combi- nation of pattern, texture, and color in nearly 300 full-color photos and in-depth text • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 290 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643- 2663-9 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD WEAVING & TAPESTRY 3-D Hand LoomWeaving: Sculptural Tools and Techniques. Sally Eyring, Foreword by Stacey Har- vey-Brown. For the first time, weavers have the tools and techniques to weave the 3-D shapes they want— on an ordinary hand loom! Explains how to weave three-dimensional shapes, using processes and tools that are easy to fashion at home and lead weavers to sculptural forms. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 260 color images anddiagrams •192pp. •978-0-7643-5990- 3 • HCw/ spiral • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Contemporary International Tapestry. Carol K. Russell. Featuring more than 40 top international artists spanning three generations, this book presents full-view color images of tapestries as well as detail shots, and provides insight into contemporary ap- proaches to the handwoven art. The appendix includes a glossary, artist and gallery contact information, bibliography, and more. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •153 color images •112pp. •978-0-7643-4869-3•HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Easy Weaving with Supplemental Warps: Overshot, Velvet, Shibori, and More Deb Essen. A weaving classic is back in a revised and updated edition! • 8 1/2" x 11" (280 x 215 mm) • 200+ color images & illustrations • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-6470-9 • HC • $29.99 US / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Anatomy of a Tapestry: Techniques, Materials, Care Jean Pierre Larochette,Yadin Larochette, illustrations by Yael Lurie Renowned artist Jean Pierre Larochette and conservation expert Yadin Larochette teach 30 traditional tapestry processes and techniques to expand the skills of advanced weavers and aid begin- ners who want a historical grounding in tap- estry’s rich traditions. • 11" x 8 1/2" (215 x 279 mm) • 190 color & b/w images and drawings • 162 pp. • 978-0-7643-5933-0 • Spiral • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD The Art Is the Cloth: How to Look at and Understand Tapestries. Micala Sidore, Fore- word by Charissa Bremer-David. A colorful guid- ed tour from an expert, enabling weavers and textile lovers to notice and appreciate what tapestries can do and how they do it. Learn the basic elements of weaving that makers use to create effects. You’ll discover six ways in which tapestries call attention to themselves as cloth. • 9" x 10" (228 x 254 mm) • 304 color and b/w photos • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-5992-7 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Archie Brennan: Tapestry as Modern Art. Archie Brennan, as told to Brenda Osborn. Renowned for bringing "pop" into the ancient art. In his long-awaited book, Brennan explains, remem- bers, and continues his legacy of over 70 years. One of the world's most influential tapestry weavers, Archie Brennan (1931–2019) pushed the boundaries of the medium, developing a unique approach to weaving and tapestry design. worth it. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 332 color images • 296 pp. • 978-0-7643-6249-1 • hardcover • $65.00 US / £59.99 / 95.00 CAD The Art of Weaving, 4th Edition. Else Regen- steiner, with, Afterword by Margie Thompson. Now in its fourth edition, this handbook is a must-have resource for weavers of all skill levels. Weave struc- tures covered include weaves, tapestry techniques, knotted, pile, and flat-woven rugs, and two- and three-dimensional wall hangings. This classic now features examples of contemporary work and dis- cusses using digital tools for hand weaving • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •52 color &380b/wphotographs •216pp. •978-0-7643-4856-3•PB•$34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD The Art of Weaving a Life: A Framework to Expand and Strengthen Your Person- al Vision. Susan Barrett Merrill. This one-of- a-kind guide shows how the simple art of weaving can help each of us—whether we’re weavers or not—to enrich our inner life. A system of seven “keyform” projects, ranging from an amulet, to a mask, to a belt of pow- er, helps beginners and seasoned weavers alike to discover their innate wisdom • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 276 color & b/w images • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-5264-5 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD