The Cumulative Cloth, Wet Techniques

A comprehensive how-to reference that teaches wet and dry textile surface design techniques for making custom cloth. Learn surface design for textiles, to create rich and personally expressive fabric surfaces. Projects by expert Susan Brandeis (author of the bestselling The Intentional Thread) helps novices and experienced professionals to experiment with each method. . In part 1, wet techniques: application and layering of textile dyes, pigments, and chemicals to add color, pattern, and images . In part 2, dry techniques: how to combine these handmade fabrics (or store-bought fabrics) using cutting, piecing, layering, building, and embellishing . What’s the “Cumulative Cloth”? A single cloth that readers add to with each chapter’s techniques, eventually creating a piece of art. . Serves as a go-to reference to check technical procedures and safety guidelines (many methods and ingredients require caution) . Praise for the author’s previous book: “Brandeis takes us on a journey into the expressive nature of stitch . . . reveals how to manipulate stitches much like an artist might a pencil or paintbrush.” -Embroidery Magazine AUTHOR: Susan Brandeis is Distinguished Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University’s College of Design and a studio artist. She founded the Southeast Fibers Educators Association and has been exhibiting, teaching, and writing about textile art and design for over 40 years. She lives in Cary, North Carolina. www.susanbrandeis.wordpress.ncsu.edu SELLING POINTS: . The complete how-to book for adding color and pattern to make custom cloth, or to combine fabrics for art . Teaches both wet and dry techniques and includes projects to help your skills develop . You’ll add new features to a single cloth with each chapter to create a cumulative cloth artwork 800 colour images

Author Biography

Susan Brandeis is Distinguished Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University’s College of Design and is a member of the university’s Academy of Outstanding Teachers. She holds graduate degrees in both art education and textile art and is a studio artist who has been making, exhibiting, teaching, and writing about textile art and design for over 40 years. She founded the Southeast Fibers Educators Association. Her work has been pictured in leading publications in the field and exhibited throughout the United States; in Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Finland, South Korea, Colombia, the Netherlands, and the Philippines; and at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, and the International Biennial of Tapestry in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is represented in numerous private and public collections, including the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery. She is also the author of The Intentional Thread: A Guide to Drawing, Gesture, and Color in Stitch and the companion book to this title, The Cumulative Cloth: Dry Techniques.