Experimental Embroidery - Hardcover

Experimental Embroidery book by Edith John

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> The physicist J Robert Oppenheimer said of the structure of life and of the universe 'It is not arranged in a line, nor a square, nor a circle, but with a wonderful randomness suggestive of unending growth and improvisation'. What a reassuring sentence that is to embroiderers who long to be free to follow their own lines of thought, and who (even in these days when one can say with some truth that needle- craft has burst beyond the narrow confines of yesterday), are all too frequently thwarted by friends and teachers who oppose originality. At this point a word of warning is necessary. No one can successfully experiment unless one understands with what one is experimenting. It follows, therefore, that a sound knowledge of traditional methods of embroidery and stitches is essential before one begins to overthrow all restrictions. Experimenting for experiment's sake is most stimulating, but the moment of truth can be a grim one if the experiment, though dazzling to the eye and satisfying to the inventor, is ne. Artikel-Nr. Batch-FM290-VG-7342

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