Ann Richards 
Weaving Textiles That Shape Themselves [EPUB ebook] 

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Weaving Textiles That Shape Themselves sounds like a contradiction in terms, but this book sets out to show how textiles can do precisely that: shape themselves. Weaving with high-twist yarns and contrasting materials can create fabrics with lively textures and elastic properties. Although these fabrics are flat on the loom, they are transformed by washing – water releases the energy of the different yarns and the fabrics ‘organize themselves’ into crinkled or pleated textures.

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Ann Richards trained and worked as a biologist, before going on to study woven textiles at West Surrey College of Art & Design where she later worked as a lectu...

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 192 ● ISBN 9780719843600 ● File size 101.2 MB ● Publisher The Crowood Press ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9525020 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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