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Forage & Stitch : Using Natural Materials in Textile Art, Paperback / softback Book

Forage & Stitch : Using Natural Materials in Textile Art Paperback / softback

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Find a wealth of instruction and inspiration on how to incorporate naturally foraged materials into your artwork.

In the process, discover a range of textile techniques – suitable for all levels and abilities – to complement your design.

These include hand and machine stitching, solar dyeing, felting, hapa-zome and more.

Using natural materials in textile art is way of connecting a place directly with its artistic representation, but it also makes the artist tap into and observe the true rhythms of the natural world: the seasons, the weather and time.

Incorporating consciously foraged goods in art gently forces you to slow down, to take note of each season's bounty, and kindle – or rekindle – an awareness that we are all part of one big eco-system. Each technique forms one of many pillars of Caroline's large body of work, and she has carefully created eight projects, each introduced after a technique, so you can put your new skills into practice.

Throughout, Caroline stresses the importance of taking your time  and working organically, letting your foraged goods guide your design.

This is an approach that not only encourages an intuitive creative process, but develops a more mindful, positive experience for the artist too.  Interwoven with practical guidance and projects are Caroline's stunning gallery of works, offering inspirational examples of how to take your work farther, and simultaneously demonstrating nature's abundance and variety.  This is an enriching book on textile and natural art that celebrates the maker's relationship with art and the natural world. 

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