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Book Synopsis Beyond the Tanabata Bridge by : Seattle Art Museum
Download or read book Beyond the Tanabata Bridge written by Seattle Art Museum and published by Seattle Art Museum. This book was released on 1993 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Startling in their capacity to embody aesthetic and social values, the woven arts from Japan suggest that culture's long history and rich tradition of producing textiles that can truly be considered an art form. Exquisitely quiet yet graphic communication, the fibers, color, weave, and style of these objects tell us both about their makers and the individuals for whom they were made - his or her place in society, including status, wealth, and associations. This volume authoritative guide to folk textiles of Japan from the 18th to 20th century based on one of America's most comprehensive collections at the Seattle Art Museum. Illustrated are Ainu textiles, sashiko, kogin and hishizashi, kasuri, shiborizome and koshi patterns, and textiles of Okinawa.
Book Synopsis Traditional Japanese Textiles by : William Rathbun
Download or read book Traditional Japanese Textiles written by William Rathbun and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flowers, Dragons & Pine Trees by : Mary M. Dusenbury
Download or read book Flowers, Dragons & Pine Trees written by Mary M. Dusenbury and published by Hudson Hills. This book was released on 2004 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated volume introduces a little-known but outstanding collection of Asian textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art at teh University of Kansas.
Download or read book Japanese Fashion written by Toby Slade and published by Berg. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the entire sweep of Japanese clothing history, from the sophisticated fashion systems of late-Edo period kimonos to the present day, providing possible theories of how Japan made this fashion journey and linking current theories of fashion to the Japanese example. The book is unique in that it provides the first full history of the last two hundred years of Japanese clothing. It is also the first book to include Asian fashion as part of global fashion as well as fashion theory. It adds a hitherto absent continuity to the understanding of historical and current fashion in Japan, and is pioneering in offering possible theories to account for that entire history. By providing an analysis of how that entire history changes our understanding of the way fashion works this book will be an essential text for all students of fashion and design.
Book Synopsis Japanese Studio Crafts by : Rupert Faulkner
Download or read book Japanese Studio Crafts written by Rupert Faulkner and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful presentation of outstanding works of craft being created in Japan today.
Book Synopsis The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook by : Susan Briscoe
Download or read book The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook written by Susan Briscoe and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let an expert teach you the traditional craft of Japanese country quilting, “the perfect simple, low-cost hobby to get you off your phone” (Slate). Sashiko, the traditional Japanese technique of needlework quilting, uses a simple running stitch to create beautiful patterns ideal for patchwork, quilting, and embroidery. Sashiko, pronounced shash-ko, means “stab stitch” and refers to the small running stitch that is worked to build up hundreds of distinctive decorative patterns. This book begins by exploring the origins of the technique: to strengthen clothes and to make them warmer. The “Getting Started” section describes everything you need to begin stitching, including selecting suitable fabrics and threads, marking out patterns on the fabric, as well as the stitching technique itself. Ten project chapters show how easy it is to use sashiko patterns to make beautiful items for the home. The sashiko patterns are described in step-by-step detail in the pattern library, showing you exactly how to achieve each individual pattern with ease. Finally, a gallery of work by contemporary Japanese textile artists provides extra inspiration. “A book I would suggest anyone getting started with sashiko would benefit from having in their library . . . Susan Briscoe writes with an obvious fondness for Japanese culture.” —The Ardent Thread
Book Synopsis Modern Fashion Traditions by : M. Angela Jansen
Download or read book Modern Fashion Traditions written by M. Angela Jansen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Fashion Traditions questions the dynamics of fashion systems and spaces of consumption outside the West. Too often, these fashion systems are studied as a mere and recent result of globalization and Western fashion influences, but this book draws on a wide range of non-Western case studies and analyses their similarities and differences as legitimate fashion systems, contesting Eurocentric notions of tradition and modernity, continuity versus change, and 'the West versus the Rest'. Preconceptions about non-Western fashion are challenged through diverse case studies from international scholars, including street-style identity in Bhutan, the influence of Ottoman cultural heritage on contemporary Turkish fashion design, and an investigation into the origins of the word 'fashion' in Chinese. Negotiating tradition, foreign influences and the contemporary global dominance of Western fashion cities, Modern Fashion Traditions will give readers a clearer understanding of non-Western fashion identities in the present. Accessibly written, this ground-breaking text makes an essential contribution to the study of non-Western fashion and will be an important resource for students of fashion history and theory, anthropology, and cultural studies.
Book Synopsis The Shishu Ladies of Hilo by : Shiho S. Nunes
Download or read book The Shishu Ladies of Hilo written by Shiho S. Nunes and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A carefully documented and illustrated account of the stitching community on the Big Island of Hawai'i from the mid 1930s to the late 1960s. This award-winning book traces the teaching of shishu (Japanese embroidery) in Hawai'i and describes in detail the modifications made to traditional motifs and materials. In the 1930s Ima Shinoda began teaching groups of predominantly nisei women in and around Hilo the centuries-old art of Japanese embroidery known as shishu. Trained in Japan, she combined her talents for teaching and stitchery to inspire and instruct a new generation in the demanding art form. Together with her husband, Yoshio, who created the distinctive, eye-catching designs used by hers students, Ima Shimoda was responsible for not only furthering the practice of shishu in Hawai'i but ensuring its existence as a vital link for many nisei to their cultural past and its traditions.
Book Synopsis Japanese Quilt Blocks to Mix and Match by : Susan Briscoe
Download or read book Japanese Quilt Blocks to Mix and Match written by Susan Briscoe and published by Kodansha America. This book was released on 2007-01-05 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Japanese quilting blends Eastern and Western techniques to create quilts of extraordinary style and beauty. Using designs borrowed from a rich decorative arts heritage, and often incorporating traditional kimono fabrics, Japanese quilters have developed a distinctive style based on unusual motifs and striking color combinations. With Japanese Quilted Blocks to Mix and Match, any quilter can create exquisite and unique works of patchwork art in the Japanese tradition. The book presents more than 125 different block patterns, each with complete instructions and a color photograph, representing a variety of pattern sources: kamon (family crests), Hakone yosegi (parquetry) and traditional textiles, such as kasuri weave. Each 9-inch block includes a full cutting guide and fabric palette; suggestions for use, either mixing and matching or adapting to an all-over design; and icons indicating techniques and skill level. The blocks on each spread are related in design and technique. In addition to the Block Directory, Japanese Quilted Blocks to Mix and Match features an Inspiration Gallery, showcasing examples of finished quilts from leading quilters. Using these examples, author Susan Briscoe explores such topics as color ideas from traditional Japanese textiles and quilts, motifs, and recommendations for combining fabric patterns and block designs. An extensive section on technique, as well as several pages about the fabrics themselves and a listing of suppliers and organizations make this volume as practical and informative as it is beautiful.
Book Synopsis Newsletter, East Asian Art and Archaeology by :
Download or read book Newsletter, East Asian Art and Archaeology written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1994 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Textilforum written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bonds of Civility written by Eiko Ikegami and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-28 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines sociological insights in organizations with cultural history.
Book Synopsis The Kimono Inspiration by : Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)
Download or read book The Kimono Inspiration written by Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.) and published by Pomegranate. This book was released on 1996 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the use and meaning of the kimono in America and traces the transformation of the garment from its ethnic origins, through its many appearances in fine art, costume, and high fashion, to its role in the contemporary Art-to-Wear Movement. It explores the American use of the kimono as a garment, as a symbol, and as an art form.
Book Synopsis A Mirror of Japanese Ornament by : Dover
Download or read book A Mirror of Japanese Ornament written by Dover and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent treasury of 100 full-color plates — many with multiple images — ranges from ornate florals, elegant cranes, and fierce dragons to Silk Road imports and Edo-era textile patterns.
Download or read book Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 2132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cannabis written by Robert Clarke and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the natural origins and early evolution of this famous plant, highlighting its historic role in the development of human societies. Cannabis has long been prized for the strong and durable fiber in its stalks, its edible and oil-rich seeds, and the psychoactive and medicinal compounds produced by its female flowers. The culturally valuable and often irreplaceable goods derived from cannabis deeply influenced the commercial, medical, ritual, and religious practices of cultures throughout the ages, and human desire for these commodities directed the evolution of the plant toward its contemporary varieties. As interest in cannabis grows and public debate over its many uses rises, this book will help us understand why humanity continues to rely on this plant and adapts it to suit our needs.
Download or read book Textiles Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
