Mark Making: Fresh Inspiration for Quilt and Fiber Artists

by Helen Parrott

Discover how the simplest marks–stitched lines and knots–can be used to create graphically compelling art! In Mark Making , art quilter Helen Parrott, known for her strongly graphic and landscape-inspired textile art, demonstrates how marks can be used in textile work and explains the crossover between stitch and drawing. This fascinating book is divided into the different types of marks or lines that can be made on fabric varying in complexity, arrangement, and "feel." You'll also learn techniques in both hand and machine stitching, which offer limitless potential for surface effects. Mark Making aims to help you take inspiration from the world around you to create marks, develop your own mark-making skills, and strengthen your personal creative voice! This is an essential book for any textile artist.

Genres: Art

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 18, 2013

Reviews

[J · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent read for embroiderers, textile artists, quilters and more.

The book is full of inspiring photographs, and details on how the author developed ideas into real pieces of textile work.

This is a helpful book for anyone looking to progress their own work from a quick sketch or idea into stitched samples and finished pieces of work - I don't mean copying the ideas in this book, but rather seeing and understanding how one thing can lead on to another.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tons of great (and practical) ideas and inspiration.

[Tammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely inspiration for drawing, mark-making & stitching!