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

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. 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

ISBN:	9781913641153
Publisher:	Aurora Metro Books
Imprint:	Supernova Books
Published date:	12 Dec 2021
DEWEY:	746.082
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	1482
Number of pages:	279
Weight:	244g
Height:	168mm
Width:	244mm
Spine width:	17mm

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