A guide to harnessing the world of nature to create sustainable textile art.
Discover the ins and outs of creating stunning textile pieces inspired by the beauty of nature with guidance from textile artist Alice Fox. She encourages experimentation and a open-minded approach, utilizing locally sourced and unconventional materials to ground artists in the natural world.
Along with tips for planting and growing plants such as flax and nettles for creative purposes, this book offers practical suggestions for foraging materials like weeds and leaves for stitching, quilting, and shaping projects. Urban treasures like stones, shells, and wood can also be transformed into unique pieces with the creative touch of a skilled textile artist.
Book Marks - A capsule collection celebrating examples of accidental marks in Bodleian books.
- Hardback
- 128 pages, 224 x 283 mm
- ISBN:9781849947879
- Publisher: Batsford Books
- Publication date: 01/09/2022
Alice Fox is a Yorkshire based artist whose work explores found objects, gathered materials and natural processes. She brings together different materials to form tactile surfaces and structures. Following a first career in nature conservation, Alice studied Contemporary Surface Design and Textiles at Bradford School of Art (2011), followed by an MA in Creative Practice at Leeds Arts University (2019).
