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Unravelling Women's Art: Creators, Rebels, & Innovators in Textile Arts

by Unravelling Women's Art: Creators, Rebels, & Innovators in Textile Arts

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The author unpicks the threads that link female textile artists and the arts they produce, revealing a global and historic patchwork of assorted roles, identities and representations. Entertaining as well as informative, this book offers a unique overview of female-centric textile art production including embroidery, weaving, soft sculpture and more. Includes over 20 interviews with contemporary textile artists, providing fascinating insights into their practices, themes and personal motivation.

This book tells us:
How knitting became a spying device in wartime
Why dress design was so important for the Suffragettes
Why spiders were emblems in ancient times and now
How women's arts and crafts moved from the backroom to the gallery showroom

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Product Details

  • Supernova Books Brand
  • Dec 15, 2021 Pub Date:
  • 9781913641153 ISBN-13:
  • 1913641155 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 9.5 in * 0.7 in * 6.6 in Dimensions:
  • 2 lb Weight: