This book will provide the only definitive record (and explores the potential) of the huge number of machines currently in use from the only remaining Schiffli and the traditional Irish Embroidery machine to the new generation of computerised sewing machines.
Machine Embroidery is hugely exciting in terms of its potential as a creative medium and is part of a flourishing creative industry both in design and production. MMU hosts a specialist embroidery department, which has been instrumental in artistic and educational innovations in this area since the 1960s. The lecturers, graduates and students have remarkable expertise in machine embroidery, and MMU is home to a rich and unique archive of machines, samples and artwork, both historical and contemporary. This book will celebrate this archive, as well as providing the only definitive record (and exploring the potential) of the huge number of machines currently in use from the traditional Irish Embroidery machine to the new generation of computerized sewing machines. The book will demonstrate how key machines can be applied to the artistic, industrial and domestic practice, and shows machine embroiderers how to combine techniques and develop their ideas using machine embroidery. Each contributor gives their own individual perspective on machine stitch.
Recenzijos
'Excellent and abundant illustrations are supported by equally excellent captions that include details of materials, methods and dimensions alongside the expected date, maker and title.' Crafts Magazine (January 2011) "Essential reading for textile students, embroiderers, designers and artists...Illustrating how to combine techniques and develop ideas, Machine Stitch Perspectives demonstrates the rich possibilities of the sewing machine as a creative tool." Sew Today Magazine (Feb 2011)
Daugiau informacijos
This will be the most important book for any textiles student or embroiderer to own, borrow, beg or pilfer. Written by a team of the most important and influential names in the field. Full colour throughout, with sections about industrial applications and development so suitable for all students and teachers. Wonderful book for absolutely anyone at all interested in machine embroidery specifically and in general textile arts as well.
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6 | (1) |
| Acknowledgements |
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| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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The Pleasures of the Machine-Stitched Mark |
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Drawing and the Chimera of Embroidery |
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34 | (14) |
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48 | (18) |
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An Emerging Image: Machine stitching the narrative |
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66 | (20) |
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Mixed Messages: An exploration of issue-based work |
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86 | (20) |
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106 | (14) |
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Random Precision: Stitch as a unit of rhythmic construction |
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120 | (18) |
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Professor Michael Brennand- Wood |
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A Fashionable Detail: A historical view |
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138 | (16) |
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Surface Sensibilities: Utilising machine stitch to render surface and mark-making |
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154 | (10) |
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It's Not Black and White: Discovering colour through machine stitch |
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164 | (12) |
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176 | (8) |
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An Eye on the Future: Working with the computerised sewing machine |
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184 | (18) |
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202 | (6) |
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| Glossary of Terms |
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208 | (7) |
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| Artists' Profiles |
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215 | (6) |
| Further Reading |
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Alice Kettle is Research Associate at MMU, and one of the UK's finest textile artists. Jane McKeating was Embroidery Programme Leader at MMU and is currently the Principal Lecturer, and she is a key figure in the embroidery and textiles field, and a major prize winner in the 2008 'Art of the Stitch' International Open Exhibition. Other contributors include: Michael Brennand-Wood, Dr Nigel Hurlestone, Dr Melanie Miller, Judy Barry, Lynn Setterington, Isabel Dibden Wright, Sue Prestbury, Jill Boyes, Ann Gibson, Prof Anne Morrell and Dr Jennifer Harris.
