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On Weaving : New Expanded Edition / Anni Albers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: New ExpandedDescription: 1 online resource (272 p.) : 105 color + 28 b/w illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691177854
  • 9781400889044
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 677/.028242 23
LOC classification:
  • TS1475 .A42 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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 -- The Two Faces of Weaving -- On Reading On Weaving -- Contributors -- Plate Credits
Summary: The classic book on the art and history of weaving—now expanded and in full colorWritten 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.
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Frontmatter -- 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 -- The Two Faces of Weaving -- On Reading On Weaving -- Contributors -- Plate Credits

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The classic book on the art and history of weaving—now expanded and in full colorWritten 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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)