Three-Dimensional Embroidery Details Use this book to - • Develop your ideas from two into three dimensions, using observational drawings, abstract design work, models and mind maps. • Make beautiful bags and boxes. • Build geometric shapes or natural forms from flat pieces. • Construct three-dimensional vessels using continuous lengths of fibre. • Manipulate and distort fabric to create form and surface texture. • Incorporate hand-made or manufactured beads into your three-dimensional designs. • Create elegant edges, bases, feet and lids to finish off your work. From the front flap The third dimension of depth offers endless scope for design that can be much more exciting and challenging than flat, two-dimensional work. In Three-Dimensional Embroidery, textile artist Janet Edmonds explains the design processes that can help you to take the image off the drawing board and into three dimensions, from sketchbook studies to scale models. She explores a wide range of construction methods, including coiling with wrapped cords, building with flat pieces, manipulating fabric with tucks and gathers, and creating forms with heat-reactive or dissolvable fabric. Packed with original ideas for unique three-dimensional textiles, this book shows how you can combine these structures with decorative surfaces that are integral to the form. Richly illustrated with stunning colour photographs of finished work, diagrams and drawings, Three-Dimensional Embroidery will inspire you to create beautiful bags and boxes, as well as more advanced geometric shapes and stunning, free-form embroidered pieces. Hard cover, 128 pages. Price: $49.95 ($45.41) Contents: Introduction 1. DESIGN The design brief Research: gathering information Thinking time Selecting a starting point The design process 2. MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT Materials Tools and equipment 3. CONSTRUCTING WITH FLAT PIECES Geometries Free form 4. CONTINUOUS LENGTHS Coiling Free-form building with continuous lengths 5. MANIPULATED METHODS Fabrics Manipulative techniques Working with a former 6. BEADS Soft beads Hard beads Building with beads 7. FINISHING TECHNIQUES Edges and rims Bases, supports and feet Lids Conclusions Resources Index