Caroline Crabtree Livres

“This fantastic starting point for those beginning in the art of beadwork aptly covers the long record of the art form throughout the world.”—Booklist French mourning wreaths‚ Ukrainian Easter eggs, Norwegian bodices, Chinese slippers, Pakistani hair tassels, Egyptian belly-dancing outfits, Maasai wedding dresses, Sioux moccasins . . . from Greenland to Bali, beadwork from all over the world is illustrated and its history revealed. The earliest drawn glass beads were produced from around 200 BC in various locations in India and exported for centuries along the major trade routes to Africa and Asia. From the sixteenth century on, beads made in Europe became highly desirable trade items and spread throughout the world. This book is organized into five sections, with more than forty topics in all. Each of four main regional sections—Africa; the Americas; Europe; and Asia, Oceania, and the Arabian Gulf—outlines the history of beads in that area before examining production in detail. A fifth section surveys techniques, from brick stitch and herringbone weave to lazy stitch and three-dimensional structures. Includes information on collecting and conserving beadwork and a list of public collections around the world.

A comprehensive and invaluable survey of these universally appealing textiles for anyone interested in art, craft, decorative objects, and interior design. Native American Seminole clothing, Dutch quilted petticoats, Swedish wedding cushions, African-American narrative quilts, Italian appliquéd furnishings, Eastern European braided waistcoats, nineteenth-century American block patterns, traditional English quilts, Korean pojagi , Turkish strip patchwork prayer rugs, Pacific tivaivai quilts, Indian appliqué, Thai baby-carrying cloths, Ghanaian flags, French trapunto , Japanese sashiko , and Spanish inlay appliqué saddle trappings...the traditional crafts of quilting, patchwork, and appliqué are universal and their uses astonishing. This book is the first worldwide survey of these wonderfully decorative quilting, in which layers of fabric are stitched together; patchwork, in which old or new fabric pieces are cut and re-stitched to produce a new textile; and appliqué, in which old or new fabric pieces adorn another fabric. It is organized in three main The book also includes advice on how to care for your objects, a guide to collections around the world, a detailed glossary, and a bibliography. Caroline Crabtree trained as an embroiderer in the UK and is coauthor of A World Guide . Christine Shaw has taught patchwork, quilting, and dyeing for many years, and her own quilts have been widely exhibited.

Die ersten gezogenen Glasperlen entstanden seit 200 v. Chr. in Indien und wurden von dort jahrhundertelang über die grossen Handelsrouten ins übrige Asien und nach Afrika exportiert. Seit dem 16. Jahrhundert wurden in Europa hergestellte Perlen zu einem begehrten Artikel, mit dem auf der ganzen Welt gehandelt wurde. Der „Atlas der Perlenarbeiten“ beginnt mit einem einleitenden Überblick über die Zentren der Perlenherstellung in Europa und Asien. Vier der fünf Hauptkapitel umreissen dann Geschichte und Handelswege verschiedenen Weltregionen (mit der entsprechenden Landkarte) und stellen die einzelnen Produkte detailliert dar. Der letzte Hauptabschnitt gibt Einblick in Konstruktion und Techniken beim Ziegelsteinstich und Fischgrätgeweben bis hin zum Lazy Stitch und dreidimensionalen Strukturen. Mit mehr als 600 zum grössten Teil farbigen Illustrationen, Informationen zum Sammeln und zur Pflege von Perlenarbeiten, dazu einer ausführlichen Übersicht über Museen und Sammlungen, die der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich sind, ist der „Atlas der Perlenarbeiten“ von Crabtree und Stallebrass das Nachschlagewerk für Hersteller/innen von Perlenarbeiten, Sammler und Designerinnen sowie für alle, die sich für Kunst, Kunsthandwerk und Mode interessieren.