{"product_id":"embroidering-the-everyday-isbn-9781849947114","title":"Embroidering the Everyday","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspiration and practical tips on incorporating the everyday into textile art.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEmbroidering the Everyday\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed textile artist Cas Holmes explores the ‘everyday’ and the ‘domestic’, generating a wealth of inspiration and raw material to create textile work that resonates with time and place. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCas invites us to re-examine the world and use the limitations sometimes imposed by geographic area or individual circumstances as a rich resource to develop ideas for mixed media textiles in a more thoughtful way. With techniques and projects throughout, the book explores: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow to be more resourceful\u003c\/b\u003e with what we have to hand, including working with vintage scraps, \u003cb\u003ehomemade dyes\u003c\/b\u003e and papers, and even teabags and biscuits.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRediscovering family history\u003c\/b\u003e and how photographs and objects can provide inspiration, including Cas’s own exploration of her Romani heritage.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDrawing inspiration from our \u003cb\u003elocal landscape\u003c\/b\u003e and how it changes through the seasons.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to transform materials with \u003cb\u003emark-making, printing, image transfer, collage\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003estitch\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with inspirational work from the author, and other leading practitioners who place the everyday at the heart of their work, this treasure trove of ideas, techniques and practical projects is an essential guide for our times.‘A plethora of ideas and techniques’ - The Quilter || \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘If you’re feeling a bit short on inspiration, this book from Cas Holmes is just the thing to get you finding the wonderful in everyday items’ - Simply Sewing || \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The book is full of ideas and small exercises that may not take long in themselves but will fire off other ideas and send you in new directions’ - Book Treads - Alex Messenger || \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘There is so much inspiration here, from the ideas themselves to the many ways of developing them into textiles. ... Much wisdom is tucked away in this book.’ - WOW Book Looks Newlsetter - Maggie Grey\u003cb\u003eCas Holmes\u003c\/b\u003e is one of UK’s most renowned textile artists. She exhibits widely and runs courses at West Dean College in West Sussex. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTextile Landscape, Stitch Stories, The Found Object in Textile Art\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConnected Cloth\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Batsford. She has also written for magazines and websites including \u003ci\u003eEmbroidery, The Quilter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTextileArtist\u003c\/i\u003e and for the The Festival of Quilts. She lives in Maidstone, Kent.","brand":"Batsford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299934130405,"sku":"NP9781849947114","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781849947114.jpg?v=1769560915","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/embroidering-the-everyday-isbn-9781849947114","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}