The Textile Artist: Sculptural Textile Art: A practical guide to mixed media wire sculpture

by Priscilla Edwards

Priscilla’s contemporary mixed media artworks offer a refreshingly different approach to embroidery, taking stitch to an impressive new level within wire sculpture.



Working both two- and three-dimensionally, Priscilla combines colour, stitch, shape and texture, layering to transform surfaces into beautiful, whimsical sculptures full of character, curiosity and charm. With her imaginative use of the needle and her love of retro vintage nostalgia, Priscilla has picked up on an enduring trend, exploring excitingly different ideas and pushing the boundaries with her original ways of working.



The book explores a playful mixed media approach to creating 3D textile sculpture, using a variety of media to transform plain papers and fabrics through colour, texture and mark-making; including both free-machine embroidery and hand stitch. Paving the way for the reader to tackle the five projects that follow, which build in complexity.

Genres: Art

Kindle Edition

First published May 9, 2022

Reviews

[Deb · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has a great balance between the necessary things like materials, equipment and embellishments, to techniques and then projects. What I really like is that author is always giving options and challenging you to think and move beyond the examples in the book. Her photos are full of colour and generous with helping us to visualize what she is describing. If I had one wish, I would have like to see other options to the doll heads. I think heads out of papier mache or upended paint brushes might expanded the choices for the readers. That being said, I was so excited to receive this book for Christmas as it was the one item I had on my list! I am exciting to get home and get going on these multimedia projects and vary them with the bits and pieces I have just waiting for instruction like this!

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a wonderful book. Full of beautiful art and inspiring projects.