The Pattern Base
Over 550 Contemporary Textile and Surface Designs
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- $33.99
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- $33.99
Publisher Description
This book showcases textile and surface design by some of the most exciting up-and-coming designers worldwide and points to the future of this vibrant field.
It includes illustrative, abstract, geometric, floral, representational and digital designs; and knitted, woven, hand-dyed and digitally printed fabrics. In tandem with the rise of exciting new technologies is a renewed appreciation of traditional craftsmanship and the handmade; of the tactility and construction of fabrics of all kinds. Illustrated biographies introduce 13 of the most significant and innovative textiles designers working today. The book reveals new ways to communicate, experiment and become inspired.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This collaboration between textile designer O'Meara and several contributing artists is equal parts inspirational guide, reference title, and visual feast. It presents a plethora of textile patterns by a wide range of present-day artists. The book is divided thematically into geometric, florals, representational, digital, abstract, and illustrative, concluding with a section of fabric swatches. Some patterns are conventionally appealing, while others push boundaries, such as Kelly Parsell's "Rupture" (a representational design repeat in browns and pinks in which images of a girl, a pi ata, a tree, and a log all work together to create a weird, beautiful whole) and O'Meara's own "Quetzalcoatl's Coat" (a colorful, complex conglomerate of overlapping shapes and textures). The most interesting part of the book profiles 13 contemporary textile designers from around the world. The book, which began as a website, artfully showcases the creative work produced in textile today and serves as a solid resource for aspiring designers.
