{"product_id":"textile-portraits-people-and-places-in-textile-art-hardcover","title":"Textile Portraits: People and Places in Textile Art - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA creative and beautiful book packed with inspiring ideas to help you capture likenesses and explore personalities in stitch, from a well-loved textile artist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnne Kelly's evocative and nostalgic work often incorporates portraits--of friends, family, historical figures, and even pets. Within these pages she shares her approach to textile portraiture, bringing in a wealth of different embroidery techniques, including hand and machine embroidery, quilting, and appliqué, to render in cloth the nuances of facial expressions and the personalities of her subjects. The book covers: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelfies at Home: making the perfect self-portrait in cloth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepresentation and Culture: how portraits have been used in textile art for cultural expression around the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStylized Imagery: going beyond the traditional portrait into abstraction. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlace and Time: creating a sense of place with portraiture, sometimes incorporating photographs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStory and Text: how to create a fuller narrative with deeply personal ephemera and related imagery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePet Projects: immortalizing your pets in your textile work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully illustrated with stunning examples of her own work and that of intriguing textile artists who specialize in portraiture from around the world, this is the ideal book for embroiderers and textile artists who want to introduce this often tricky subject area into their work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Kelly \u003c\/b\u003eis 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 at the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto. 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 three books published by Batsford, \u003ci\u003eTextile Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTextile Folk Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTextile Travels\u003c\/i\u003e, and was the co-author of \u003ci\u003eConnected Cloth \u003c\/i\u003ewith Cas Holmes. She lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 11 x 8.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764991787296,"sku":"9781849947534","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7bf65a6ea82ebd991c309517093c3d70.webp?v=1780259722","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/textile-portraits-people-and-places-in-textile-art-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}