Threads Contemporary Embroidery Art

Showcasing over 80 international artists who incorporate embroidery into their practice, this book provides a survey of embroidery in contemporary art, illustrating the huge range of ways in which the craft has been embraced as a form of creative expression. Some artists evoke a kind of nostalgia, rediscovering skills that have fallen from fashion or promoting the value of ancient handicrafts in an industrialized world of mass-production. Others push boundaries by using embroidery on photographs, poetic installations, embroidered reproductions of everyday objects, or by using it to tackle political, personal or transgressive themes. Threads is a captivating exploration of their creative journeys, their influences, the technical challenges they face and the message they wish to convey

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Vannier
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2019
• EAN: 9780500295458
• ISBN: 978-0-500-29545-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 1520 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art