Books

By: Batik Oetoro

 

The Dyers Companion, Klos $31.95
A neat book containing everything you could ever need to know about dyeing including equipment, types and uses of dyes, receipes and procedures. An essential book for hand dyers. Spiralback 112 pages + 8 pages with colour charts.

 

To Dye For $14.95
25 great dying projects for the home. Contains full instructions and finished product images for each project.

Transforming Fabric, Dahl $39.95
Rarely does one book provide you with all the secrets, instruction,inspiration, and information you'll need for years of successful dyeing, painting and patterning fabric. Ms. Dahl takes the reader on a comprehensive and entertaining journey through the world of surface design. As an experienced teacher, she simplifies the materials, answers the questions often asked, and makes you feel she's present, leading you step-by-step through each technique.

Silk Painting For Beginners, Clay $39.95
Jill Clay's clear and practical explanations show just how easy it is to produce pieces to be proud of. This progressive course provides a thorough grounding in the skills and applications of painting on silk, with a range of projects and techniques to encourage beginners and inspire more advanced painters. Through cards, scarves, cushions and wallhangings, the uses of guttas, blocking and hombres, watermarks and overpainting are all made clear. - full descriptions of all materials & their uses - choosing & enlarging designs - basic colour theory - using dilutants, anti-spread & thickeners - - alternative methods for fixing dyes.

Silk Painting - New Ideas and Textures, Kennedy and Varrall $39.95
This book covers 12 silk-painting techniques in individual chapters: water, spray, salt, sugar, alcohol, wax, gutta, anti-spread, thickener, crayons, pens and sun. Each technique is described in detail with a list of materials, colour photographs and comprehensive instructions. There is an extensive reference section at the end of the book, covering the equipment and materials needed for silk painting, setting up a workroom, brushes and frames, the various methods of fixing dyes, crayons and pens and washing and caring for the finished items.

 

Beginners Guide to Silk Painting, Southan $27.95
Painting on silk is a popular pastime. Silk paints and materials are now widely available, and the craft is much easier than it looks. This guide presents step-by-step colour photographic sequences to show how easy it is to do. The book also contains ten projects for scarves, cushion covers, greetings cards and wall-hangings, in which readers combine the natural beauty of silk with silk paints to create attractive items.

Silk Painting - Flowers on Silk, Southan $30.95
A series of projects with complete step-by-step photographs show how to capture the beauty and translucency of orchids, daffodils, tulips, irises and poppies. The techniques are many and varied – they include using outliners and wax, blending colours, overpainting, painting on to dry and damp silk, painting with broken colour, etching on silk velvet and discharging. The glorious pictures will inspire all those interested in silk painting and textiles to explore the versatility and breadth of this exciting medium.

Complete Guide to Silk Painting, Hahn $33.95
This guide to silk painting contains ideas, designs and techniques that follows the "silk road" of discovery from fibre through to fabric, and takes readers, step-by-step, through the different techniques of this art. Colour illustrations detail the history of the silk trade in Asia and Europe, and the development of the modern silk-making process. There is also information and advice on material and equipment, and many ideas for gift and home-furnishing projects, as well as examples of wallhangings, pictures and designer clothing.

 

Artist's Guide to Gutta & Wax Resist Techniques, Moyer $54.95
This book covers the essentials of the silk painting art including the materials required and the basic palette of fabric dyes. Then, through a series of step-by-step lessons, demonstrates the procedures of the gutta method. Beginning with how to draw and design using gutta, Moyer describes the direct method, the salt crystal method, the droplet method, the alcohol method and the faux batik method of application. The book concludes with methods for fixing the dyes permanently with steaming and dry cleaning.

Inspirational Silk Painting fron Nature, Henge $30.95
The ideas in this book are beautiful and an excellent source for inspiration. The instuctions are clear and easy to understand, great for beginners and the more experianced. The work featured covers a variety of techniques from straight silk painting, both iron and steam fixed, to using salt effects and batik work. An excellent book.

Batik - The Weekend Crafter, Light $24.95
With some plain fabric, dye, wax, everyday materials, and the streamlined simple-to-learn process that unfolds in colorful photos, you can create 21 magnificent projects of all kinds. Unusual pillows to spruce up an old couch? A breathtaking card for a certain someone? Or decorate delicate café curtains with petals and a heart-shaped cookie cutter. It’s all here along with many more fun things to make. You can jump right in, creating these wonderful items as you try out a variety of techniques that take a fresh, contemporary approach to this traditional art.

 

Marbling - The Weekend Crafter, Sims $29.95
Once you see and get the hang of breathtaking designs that resemble stones; that feather, wave, and undulate; and that add eye-catching dimension, you won't want to stop. The basic process is very easy, consisting of only 8 steps, from setting up a bath for floating the paint to rinsing and drying the finished creation. You'll learn how to work with paper, fabric, and other materials. Layer different effects to enhance a print, or marble on a textured surface.

Colour Moves- Transfer Paints on Fabric, Kemshall $59.95
It's time to play with fabric like you never have before! In Color Moves, you'll learn how to create original designs on paper first, and then transfer them to fabric in a snap. Create glorious washes of color or intricate designs. Reproduce elaborate applique-style patterns without all the work. Even make miniature patchwork designs that skip the tricky piecing process.

Shibori- Creating colour and texture on silk, Brito $54.95
The book opens with an overview of the influences on the American version of the shibori technique. Then, it moves on to explain other important aspects of this unique process: "Dyeing Essentials," for example, discusses how to work with silk and acid dyes; "Creating Resists" illustrates several styles of resist, each of which produces stunning color combinations and elegant pleated effects. This wonderful guide brims with lavish, full-color photography as well as examples from American shibori artists.

The World of Rozome-Wax Resist Textiles of Japan Benjamin $94.95
This catalog detailing wax-resist textiles of Japan and their history covers both techniques and background, examining the works of contemporary and past Japanese masters and considering the development of Rozome. Numerous black and white and color photos detail the process and art of rozome.

Shibori, Inventive Art of Japanese resist Dyeing, Yoshiko Wada $87.95
Yoshiko Wada covers the scope of Shibori, its history, artists and techniques with expertise and beautiful photos. There are only a handful of books on traditional shibori in English. Here you will find an easy to read, well laid out format. Techniques are covered with clear, detailed instructions and diagrams. This is most helpful for beginners yet allows the advanced to become more proficient and precise.

Shibori -The Art of Fabric Tying, Folding, Pleating & Dyeing, Moller $27.95
The ancient Japanese craft of Shibori is a stunning form of fabric tying, folding, pleating & dyeing. Moller modifies traditional techniques & shows how simple it is to transform, silk, velvet & other modern fabrics. Clear & colourful step by step photos will guide you through all the techniques, including how to manipulate your fabric to create fantastic & unique patterns.

Memory on Cloth - Shibori now, Yoshiko Wada $139.95
Shibori can be used not only to create patterns on cloth but to turn fabric from a two-dimensional into a three-dimensional object. The word is used here to refer to any process that leaves a "memory on cloth". In addition to traditional methods it encompasses high-tech processes like heat-set on polyester (made famous by Issey Miyake's revolutionary pleated clothing), melt-off on metallic fabric, the fulling and felting that make it possible to turn all-natural fabrics into three-dimensional shapes, weaving resist (in which, for instance, a warp thread can be pulled to gather the cloth to resist dye), and devore, in which just one part of a mixed fabric is dissolved with chemicals.

 

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