CraftWinter2024

14 | RECENTLY RELEASED ISBN: 978-0-7643-6757-1 Size: 8 1/2" x 9 7/8" (216 x 251 mm) Pages: 240 Price: $39.99, £36.99, 56.99 CAD Illustrations: 350 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Fiber Arts & Textiles Intermediate & Advanced Punch Needle Rug Hooking Techniques, Projects, and Inspirations By Amy Oxford, with Louise Kulp Learning specialized techniques to enhance your work is made easy through carefully designed projects and examples from guest experts Colorful contemporary-style projects let you master and experiment with each new skill The projects are perfectly “learning” sized, saving you commitment, time, and expense as you practice The first guide taking punch needle crafters to intermediate and advanced levels with expertly explained techniques, exciting projects, and inspiring examples by 26 Oxford Certified Instructors. Everything needed for punch needle lovers to reach the next level of skill and enjoyment with their craft. Amy Oxford, the inventor of the craft’s standard tool (the Oxford Punch Needle), provides the projects and artistic inspiration needed, together with Kulp and 26 guest instructors who offer examples of their works that highlight the techniques, from shading with handpainted yarn to succeeding with narrative designs. Amy Oxford , inventor of the Oxford Punch Needle, is an internationally renowned instructor. Founder of the Oxford Rug Hooking School, she is the author of the bestselling Punch Needle Rug Hooking . She lives in Cornwall, Vermont. Louise Kulp is a painter, fiber artist, art educator, and Advanced Oxford Instructor. She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. www.amyoxford.com ISBN 978-0-7643-6757-1 ISBN: 978-0-7643-6722-9 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) Pages: 344 Price: $59.99, £54.99, 85.00 CAD Illustrations: 560 color images and diagrams Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Fiber Arts & Textiles The Cumulative Cloth, Dry Techniques A Guide to Fabric Color, Pattern, Construction, and Embellishment By Susan Brandeis The complete how-to book for adding color and pattern using dry surface design techniques like embroidery and appliqué Includes 45 projects to activate your learning and develop your skills Don’t miss the companion volume on Wet Techniques on page 29! A comprehensive how-to reference that teaches dry textile surface design techniques for making custom cloth, including appliqué, embroidery, layering, and more. The complete (and enjoyable!) how-to reference for creatives interested surface design for textiles. Learn to create rich and personally expressive fabric surfaces through the application and layering of textile dyes and pigments in wet techniques. Handy and comprehensive for all surface designers, from the novice to the experienced professional, it’s a practical go-to reference to constantly expand your expressive capabilities. Susan Brandeis is Distinguished Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University’s College of Design and a studio artist. She founded the Southeast Fibers Educators Association and has been exhibiting, teaching, and writing about textile art and design for over 40 years. She lives in Cary, North Carolina. www.susanbrandeis.wordpress.ncsu.edu ISBN 978-0-7643-6722-9