Shibori For Textile Artists By Janice Gunner Publisher : Batsford Edition Hardback Size 216 x 276 mm Illustrations 115 Pages 128 Janice Gunner is a leading textile artist particularly known for her quilting and her shibori in both the UK and the US. She won the Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship for International Quilt Teachers and attended Quilt Market & Festival in Houston, Texas in 1999 and 2000. She is the Vice President of The Quilters Guild of the British Isles and part of the Contemporary Quilt group of the QGBI. She has been teaching patchwork, quilting and shibori for 30 years. Janice lives in London. Janice Gunner's book is aimed at quilters, embroiderers and textile artists who not only want to master the techniques of shibori but also find ways of using the fabric once created for quilting and embroidery. Shibori is one of the richest textile traditions in the world. Commonly associated with Japan, it is in fact a technique long used in Africa, India and South America. Shibori is the Japanese term (from the word 'to squeeze or wring'), for the dye-resist technique of binding, clamping or gathering the cloth up tightly so that the dye cannot reach certain parts. This results in that most powerful of combinations - a carefully structured design with the organic freedom of the unpredictable. In recent years a resurgence of the art has brought out its full potential and author Janice Gunner's book is aimed at quilters, embroiderers and textile artists who not only want to master the techniques of shibori but also find ways of using the fabric once created for quilting and embroidery. The book covers briefly the historical and cultural background to the techniques before explaining clearly, with step-by-step instructions, how to make a wide range of stunning fabric. It covers: tied resist, stitched resist, wrapped resist, clamp resist, folded and pleated resist, heat set techniques, discharge dyeing techniques, immersion and other dyeing techniques. Richly illustrated throughout with new and old shibori examples with many finished quilted and embroidered pieces that have incorporated shibori techniques to show the full potential of the art. Shibori techniques aimed at quilters and embroiderers. Technique information given in clear step-by-step text. An inspirational and practical book. The Textile Directory Bookstore postal charges: UK 1 book = £2.50 2 books = £4.50 3 books = £7.00 4 books or more = £9.00 Overseas 1 book = £6.00 2 books = £10.00 3 books = £14.00 4 books or more = £18.00 To read a review of this book please click here Price: £18.99