Strange material : storytelling through textiles / Leanne Prain ; project photography by Jeanie Ow.
By: Prain, Leanne [author.]
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Contributor(s): Ow, Jeanie [photographer.].
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BookPublisher: Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2014Description: 257 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781551525501 (paperback); 155152550X (paperback).Subject(s): Textile crafts -- Social aspects | Storytelling in artDDC classification: 746 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 746 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00230011 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Strange Material investigates how, through the act of weaving and sewing, artists have redefined textiles as more than merely functional objects. Quilts, blankets and articles of clothing have all been appropriated by artists to tell stories. This book showcases crafters who take storytelling off the page and into the mediums of batik, stitching, dyeing, fabric painting, knitting, crochet and weaving. They create objects that bear their messages proudly, from personal memoir and cultural fables, to family history and even dream sequences. In full colour throughout.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Making meaning -- The stories we wear -- Poetic textiles -- Textiles of protest, politics, and power -- The fabric of remembrance -- Illustrative storytelling -- Fictional characters -- Humorous textiles -- Technology and new methods of storytelling -- Community storytelling through textiles.
The art of storytelling through textiles, exploring the many ways in which narrative can be expressed through cloth and needle.