Unfortunately I did just that, forgot my blog! Perhaps because I'm so unaccustomed to blogging, I completely blanked it out of my brain. So now I am going to actively think about this page so that I can update it.
I have read two great textile books whilst not blogging though that can be found on Amazon. The first is Textiles Now by Drusilla Cole, which features amazing contemporary textile art and designs whilst separating them into three categories: "constructed textiles", 'dyed, painted and printed' & 'mixed media and stitched'. Some of my personal favs in here are Cressida Bell (textile designer who specializes in interiors), Ikka Timmonen (a photographer who creates interior textiles by digitally manipulating his photos) and Sandra Backlund (a textile designer who creates amazing knits), but all the work in the book is really amazing and inspiring.
The second is Twentieth Century Pattern Design by Lesley Jackson which I also borrowed from my professor, but only had the time to flip thorough before returning it. It of course had info about two designers who helped shape the industry and whose prints I find inspiring, Maija Isola from Marimekko Designs and Laura Ashley who created her self titled design house.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
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