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Machine Embroidered Seascapes

Machine Embroidered Seascapes


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NEW IN PAPERBACK Building on the success of her previous books, Alison Holt shows you how to produce incredible seascapes using various combinations of just two simple machine stitches. The techniques are broken down into clear, step-by-step instructions, and there are five stunning projects as well as many examples of Alison's original and exquisite work to delight and inspire you. Alison 'paints' her threads on to hand-coloured backgrounds, blending her stitches and achieving stunning results. The raised effects of the embroidery produce a beautiful three-dimensional look and her clever use of perspective is effective and easily achieved. This book covers everything, including the materials required; how to compose a picture from photographs that have inspired you; painting backgrounds; and all the basic stitch techniques you need to know. Detailed instructions explain how to create realistic scenes, from the sunlit glow of the Mediterranean to the drama of a stormy, windswept beach in winter. Alison also introduces a new technique that combines paper, fabric and stitch to produce embroideries with a more abstract feel. This is an inspirational book for artists, embroiderers and textile artists alike, and a ‘ must-have’ instructional book for anyone interested in learning about free-motion machine embroidery.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 6 Materials & equipment 8 Inspiration 12 Composition 20 Planning an embroidery 24 Starting to stitch 30 Elements of seascapes 34 Skies 50 Project: Sunset 52 Paper & Stitch 56 Project: Relentless Waves 58 Project: Pebble Beach 62 Project: Crashing Wave 74 Project: Splash! 88 Index 96

About the Author :
Alison Holt studied Fine Art, Textiles and Embroidery at Goldsmiths College, London where she experimented with many textile techniques before choosing machine embroidery as a medium. She started to explore her love of gardens and the countryside through embroidery, finding it the perfect vehicle to express the various textures and forms she finds so fascinating. She now teaches machine embroidery, silk painting and surface decoration and runs courses at her studio. She also works to commission, and exhibits her embroideries in Britain and America. Her work is sold to private collectors all over the world.

Review :
The author has produced an inspiring book using the patterns and textures observed in the sea and sky to make machine embroidered Artworks. This book will be of great value to stitchers who wish to develop their machine embroidery techniques. The contents cover materials and equipment, inspiration and how to plan work. She utilises threads in the same way that artists use paint and explains how she uses free motion embroidery to create the rich surfaces and textures of the seaside using her sewing machine. There are clear and informative illustrations and explanations of her working methods, which have developed recently into incorporating paper into her work to create even more interesting surfaces. She includes five projects which help the reader to develop their own ideas and create stunning landscapes of their own. Chapters on painting a background, elements of seascapes and skies would also be invaluable to anyone interested in developing machine embroidery techniques. This inspirational book is full of creative ideas.-Megonline.co.uk The sea is a notoriously tricky subject to depict in art, and in Alison's latest book she admirably captures the subject in all its moods. From choppy seas, frothy waves and rolling surf, to sandy dunes, pebble beaches and coastal skies, step-by-step photographs demonstrate how to present the image in detail, so realistic that one can almost taste the salty sea spray! With the addition of collaged textured papers, Alison introduces a further dimension to the stitched image. This is a must-have volume for all her fans.-East Kent Embroiderers Guild To review a book by Alison Holt is always a pleasure. Machine Embroidered Seascapes is another truly inspirational work, filled with beautiful illustrations of what can be achieved with a sewing machine, threads and just two simple stitches. Stunningly realistic pictures, full of mood and atmosphere, are created by using threads as an artist would use paint, ranging from waves crashing onto a rocky, windswept shore to sunlight dancing on a bright blue Mediterranean Sea. The book clearly lists all the materials and equipment you will need and moves smoothly into sources of inspiration and how to capture them with sketch and camera, composition and planning. Five stunning projects allow you to create beautiful seascapes of your own, and there are numerous examples of Alison's original and exquisite work to delight and inspire.-Flair


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781844486847
  • Publisher: Search Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Search Press Ltd
  • Height: 280 mm
  • No of Pages: 96
  • Weight: 731 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1844486842
  • Publisher Date: 08 May 2012
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 216 mm


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