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On weaving / Anni Albers ; with an afterword by Nicholas Fox Weber and contributions by Manuel Cirauqui and T'ai Smith.
Author
Albers, Anni
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
New expanded edition.
Published/Created
Princeton : Princeton University Press, in association with the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, [2017]
©2017
Description
xi, 258 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Availability
Available Online
De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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TS1475 .A42 2017
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Subject(s)
Textile design
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Weaving
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Weaving
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Pictorial works
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Textile design
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Pictorial works
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Author of afterword
Weber, Nicholas Fox, 1947-
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Contributor
Cirauqui, Manuel, 1978-
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Smith, T'ai Lin, 1975-
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Summary note
Written by one of the twentieth century's leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is a luminous meditation on the art of weaving, its history, its tools and techniques, and its implications for modern design. First published in 1965, On Weaving bridges the transition between handcraft and the machine-made, highlighting the essential importance of material awareness and the creative leaps that can occur when design problems are tackled by hand. With her focus on materials and handlooms, Anni Albers discusses how technology and mass production place limits on creativity and problem solving, and makes the case for a renewed embrace of human ingenuity that is particularly important today. Her lucid and engaging prose is illustrated with a wealth of rare and extraordinary images showing the history of the medium, from hand-drawn diagrams and close-ups of pre-Columbian textiles to material studies with corn, paper, and the typewriter, as well as illuminating examples of her own work. Now available for a new generation of readers, this expanded edition of On Weaving updates the book's original black-and-white illustrations with full-color photos, and features an afterword by Nicholas Fox Weber and essays by Manuel Cirauqui and T'ai Smith that shed critical light on Albers and her career. Publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introductory note
Preface
Weaving, hand
The loom
Draft notation
The fundamental constructions
Modified and composite weaves
Early techniques of thread interlacing
Interrelation of fiber and construction
Tactile sensibility
Tapestry
Designing as visual organization
Plates
Acknowledgments
Afterword / Nicholas Fox Weber
The two faces of weaving / Manuel Cirauqui
On reading On weaving / T'ai Smith.
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ISBN
9780691177854 ((hardcover))
0691177856 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2017020109
OCLC
974676779
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