Complex Cloth: A Comprehensive Guide to Surface Design 
asked by macfan on November 12, 2006 11:05 AM
Discover textile artist Jane Dunnewold's secrets to creating visual complexity and depth in fabric. In this comprehensive guide, Jane explains her system of layering simple processes to produce intriguing surface designs.
• Experiment with fiber-reactive dyes, household bleach, fabric paints, water-based resists, photocopy transfers, foiling, silk screening, stenciling, stamping, embroidery, and beading
• Dozens of full-color photographs of fabric, quilts, and clothing provide a sampling of Jane's beautiful results
• Includes detailed instructions for applications, processes, and embellishments, plus tips for organizing work space and finding the right supplies
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This book is a totally practical guide to surface design. The step by step pictures of the processes are particularly helpful. The finished items where the author has built up a cloth through her repertoire of techniques are inspirational.
reviewed by janmueller on November 26, 2006 12:48 AM
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If you are just getting into dyeing fabric or already have got your feet blue and orange and green from spills, this book holds lots of tips and tricks and just plain "how to". Dunnewold's book can be read and used as a reference or browsed and used as a stimulus for "what can I do today?" Organized well, straight forward text and good explanations. Get some dye and make your cloth complex...layers and layers and layers of lovely.
reviewed by geo on November 27, 2006 6:55 AM
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Terrific book and I've taken 4 of her classes. She keeps on coming up with ideas--enough for another book or two. This is an excellent resource and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in surface design on fabric.
reviewed by jazzman on November 29, 2006 5:48 PM