Tapestry Weaving

by Glasbrook, Kirsten

• ISBN13: 9780855329389
• ISBN10: 0855329386
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Search Pr Ltd

Summary

Kirsten Glasbrook's beautiful designs, with their brilliant color ranges and evocative images, are combined with easy-to-follow instructions and detailed step-by-step photographs to create this inspiring guide. The tapestries the author makes are strong and durable and they look wonderful on walls - adding both color and a feeling of warmth and comfort. Miniature designs are worked using very fine yarns, or they can be worked on a huge scale with thick bundles of mixed fibres. The basic techniques are similar and all you need is a frame or a very simple loom. This book contains everything you need to know about the materials you need to get started, how to start and how to create wonderful patterns, landscapes and images. The author uses her stunning work to illustrate the techniques and a series of projects teach how to build up confidence and skills. This colorful, exciting book offers a rich source of stimulating and innovative ideas that will appeal to all abilities.

Author Biography

Kirsten Glasbrook trained as a weaver in Denmark where she was born. After moving to London in the 1960's she spent time restoring antique tapestries. She taught part time at the Bath Academy of Art for many years, and now lives and works in Devon, running workshops and classes for adults and children. Her commissions have included work for the Forestry Commission and numerous private collectors in the UK and other countries. Using mainly wool, linen and cotton, she designs and weaves tapestries, often with a mythological, mystical or meditative theme. The weaving techniques are simple and traditional and the brilliant color ranges, and diversity of texture in the different yarns, are a constant challenge and excitement.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(8)
Materials	8	(7)
Warp	8	(1)
Weft	8	(2)
Frame or loom?	10	(2)
Other weaving equipment	12	(1)
Mounting and framing equipment	13	(2)
Basic Techniques	15	(35)
Winding warps	16	(2)
Preparing weft yarns	18	(2)
Weaving the hem	20	(2)
Knotting a soumak	22	(2)
Horizontal stripes and spots	24	(2)
Pick and pick	26	(1)
Hatching	27	(1)
Diagonal shapes and curves	28	(2)
Vertical slits	30	(1)
Shading	31	(1)
Distorted weft	32	(2)
Outlining shapes	34	(2)
Cutting the tapestry from the frame	36	(2)
Other ways of finishing warp ends	38	(2)
Sun sampler	40	(2)
Peruvian birds	42	(2)
Cat and fishes	44	(2)
Simple landscape	46	(2)
Cover design	48	(2)
Further Techniques	50	(16)
Warp and weft variations	50	(4)
Weaving from the side	54	(4)
Curved and irregular edges	58	(4)
Cushions	62	(4)
Mounting & Framing	66	(4)
Gallery	70	(26)
Secrets	70	(2)
Give me space	72	(2)
The soul needs more space than the body	74	(2)
At the still point	76	(2)
Journey	78	(2)
All shall be well	80	(4)
Moroccan courtyard	84	(1)
No limits	85	(1)
Sacred lake	86	(2)
Anna's window	88	(1)
Solitude	89	(1)
Remember Marrakech	90	(2)
Fragments of a friendship	92	(1)
One for every occasion	93	(1)
Free as a bird	94	(1)
Body language	95	(1)
Bugatti	96	(1)
Index	96