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Colour on Cloth: Create Stunning Effects with Dye on Fabric
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Product Description
Unleash the power of color on your favorite fabrics with simple cold-water designs from the world’s leading colorist, Ruth Issett. Ruth shows you how to defy color rules and experiment with techniques to get the very best out of any textile work. She’ll inspire readers to try direct dyeing, layered dyeing, painting with dye, pattern dyeing, and folding techniques. While the book is aimed at all those involved in textiles—embroiderers, patchworkers, and textile decorators—it’s also a helpful guide for students and teachers of design.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #241802 in Books
- Published on: 2009-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
Features
- ISBN13: 9781906388348
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Renowned for her use of colour, Ruth Issett is acknowledged as one of the UK's best textile artists. She teaches and lectures internationally and is a member of the prestigious textile artists' collective the Practical Study Group. She has written three previous books for Batsford, including Print, Pattern and Colour 9780713490374, and writes regularly for leading embroidery magazines. She also exhibits widely and takes on private commissions. She lives in Shropshire.
Customer Reviews
Lives up to expectations
I began hand-dyeing fabrics for my quilting. I love the vibrant colors and have created many beautiful gradations. However, so far working with the information in my books and on-line classes I was left unable to truly predict my colors, and therefore unable to apply color theory. I bought this book hoping for that information. I got the book today, and have already read and re-read the sections that will help me in that area. I am so excited by the new information I have found here that I wrote this review now, because if her methods work as well as they appear that they will, I will be too busy dyeing to write reviews!!
WEALTH OF INFORMATION
I was privileged to see Ruth Issett at work at a stand at the Birmingham Quilt Show last year. What an amazing talented woman. I have her other book Colour on Paper. Anybody who 'plays' with dye, paints etc should have this book in their library. The book is well presented with great photos, techniques, recipes. A must for anybody involved in textiles.
PROCION MX DYERS - this is THE book for you!
This is THE book for those wanting to learn to those well versed in using Procion MX dyes. The author provides an amazing amount of information within the 128 pages of this book. I truly enjoyed the section on how she describes mixing a select few colors of dyes and then producing a large array of color combinations (color theory). Additional info within this great book are: materials needed in the processes described, types of fabric one can use with these dyes, various methods/recipes for dyeing fabric, list of suppliers (UK, Canada and USA), and most importantly, safety factors to remember when using these dyes. I also enjoyed learning a new type of resist - flour paste (although it has been around for years, I'm sure)! I cannot wait to begin using my Procion MX dyes a new way by applying some of things described in this book...now my number one book for dying fabric. What fun!!!
