Janet Edmonds

This is theoretically interesting, but isn't a big help for me. To start off, the artists she works from are all late 19th to early 20th century, a period that I generally dislike, and she doesn't include my very few exceptions.

Her method of working wouldn't work for me, as my fingers usually do what I want with textiles, but not with other media. She goes through several design stages with paper before picking up a needle. Fine if your brain and hands work that way.

One last comment. Making show more rectangular boxes to celebrate Hundertwasser shows an amazing lack of understanding of what he was trying to do. show less

"From Print To Stitch" by Janet Edmonds, published by Search Press - is one of those books that you know you will be returning to time and time again. If you love cloth and love to print and stitch (as the title says) then this is a book that should be in your library.
Ms. Edmonds previously published book was called was called "Beginners Guide to Embroidered Boxes" and now I am afraid that I have to get this one too - her work is so exciting.
The contents page of "From Print To Stitch" is a show more good introduction to fabulous techniques that lurk within the book's pages. She thoroughly covers materials and tools, how to develop a theme in your work and a short but very well done lesson on color and color theory. The next section is on printing and the topics include: block printing, lino cuts, mono printing and how to make great impressions from found objects. Naturally the next section is about stitching. Hand stitching and machine stitching. One of my favorite sections in this part of the book is her gallery of hand stitches. Lots of grist for the artistic mill in here.
The techniques for working with lino, sponges and a host of other easily found printing methods are thoroughly explained and photographed with step-by-step instructions. In this section of the book I am especially fond her use of collagraph prints and I am eager to give this a try. The author describes collagraph as "made from a block that is created from low tech collaged material". Can you spell play day?! This book is just chock full of really fun techniques that are bound to spark your creativity and give your many hours of fun - you may not look at plain cloth in the same way again. Yes. I am really enjoying this excellent book!

This book is one of those “must have” addition to your library if you are a textile enthusiast of any sort! show less

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