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Abstract textiles colour, shape and pattern in textile art

From Amish quilts through to contemporary makers, abstract textile work is a captivating art form that can capture a mood or feeling. In this book, textile artist and tutor Anne Kelly shows you how to incorporate the abstract into your own work through experimentation and process, with practical tip...

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Main Author: Kelly, Anne (Anne Catherine) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London : Batsford, 2025.
Subjects:
Art, Abstract.
Textile crafts.
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Summary:From Amish quilts through to contemporary makers, abstract textile work is a captivating art form that can capture a mood or feeling. In this book, textile artist and tutor Anne Kelly shows you how to incorporate the abstract into your own work through experimentation and process, with practical tips on how to progress from the realistic to the abstract within your own practice. Beautiful illustrated throughout with examples of abstract work by the author and other leading textile artists from around the world.
Physical Description:127 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN:9781849949415
1849949417
Author Notes:Anne Kelly is a textile artist and tutor. She trained in Canada and the UK and now teaches and speaks to guilds and groups. Her work is exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions, including private collections in the UK and abroad, the Vatican Collection in Rome, and the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto, and she was artist-in-residence at Sussex Prairie Garden in West Sussex and exhibited at the international World of Threads Festival and the Prague Patchwork Meeting. She is the author of several books published by Batsford: Textile Portraits , Textile Nature , Textile Folk Art , and Textile Travels , and was the coauthor with Cas Holmes of Connected Cloth . She lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

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