Drawn to Stitch: Line, Drawing, and Mark-Making in Textile Art
Line is an essential component of all textile and surface art. When used effectively, line and mark-making convey texture, tone, form, movement, and mood. With Drawn to Stitch by your side, learn creative uses of line in embroidery and textile art.\ Artist and teacher Gwen Hedley shares a series of exercises designed to explore line’s potential as well as develop your creativity. Drawn to Stitch also covers line and mark-making tools, materials, and processes, including printing and...
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Line is an essential component of all textile and surface art. When used effectively, line and mark-making convey texture, tone, form, movement, and mood. With Drawn to Stitch by your side, learn creative uses of line in embroidery and textile art.Artist and teacher Gwen Hedley shares a series of exercises designed to explore line’s potential as well as develop your creativity. Drawn to Stitch also covers line and mark-making tools, materials, and processes, including printing and mixed-media techniques. Gwen explores stitch, explaining how to interpret different line qualities from crisp and sharp to soft and diffused and from raised and overlaid to recessed and inlaid. Full of inspiring ideas, Drawn to Stitch is illustrated with stunning examples of stitched-textile work from leading artists. Biography Gwen Hedley is an author, teacher, and embroiderer who exhibits widely. She is a member of the Society of Designer-Craftsmen and the Practical Study Group. She is the author of the best-selling book Surfaces for Stitch. Gwen lives in Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire.
INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1:WORKING WITH THIS BOOKLooking for line Looking for color Looking for textureCHAPTER 2:BACKGROUNDS, MATERIALS AND TOOLSBackgrounds Altering grounds Coloring grounds Drawing tools Supplementary art materialsCHAPTER 3:LINE-DRAWINGAND MARK-MAKING PROCESSESMonoprinting Printing Lifting color Removing color Resisting color Exploratory marksCHAPTER 4:TEXTILE PROCESSESStitch as mark Line/design transfer Needle-felted lines and marks Fibrous grounds for stitchCHAPTER 5:INTERPRETING LINE QUALITY: DRAWING AND STITCHINGCrisp and sharp Soft and diffused Interrupted and implied Raised and overlaid Recessed and inlaidCHAPTER 6:USING LINELine for texture and tone Line for form and dimension Line for moodTO CONCLUDE
