Handweaver and Craftsman
Title | Handweaver and Craftsman PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Hand weaving |
ISBN |
Handweaver & craftsman
Title | Handweaver & craftsman PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 562 |
Release | 1953 |
Genre | Handicraft |
ISBN |
Macrame
Title | Macrame PDF eBook |
Author | Virginia I. Harvey |
Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold Company |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9780442231910 |
The Politics of Vietnamese Craft
Title | The Politics of Vietnamese Craft PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Way |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2019-10-03 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 135000703X |
Jennifer Way's study The Politics of Vietnamese Craft uncovers a little-known chapter in the history of American cultural diplomacy, in which Vietnamese craft production was encouraged and shaped by the US State Department as an object for consumption by middle class America. Way explores how American business and commerce, department stores, the art world and national museums variously guided the marketing and meanings of Vietnamese craft in order to advance American diplomatic and domestic interests. Conversely, American uses of Vietnamese craft provide an example of how the United States aimed to absorb post-colonial South Vietnam into the 'Free World', in a Cold War context of American anxiety about communism spreading throughout Southeast Asia. Way focuses in particular on the part played by the renowned American designer Russel Wright, contracted by the US International Cooperation Administration's aid programs for South Vietnam to survey the craft industry in South Vietnam and manage its production, distribution and consumption abroad and at home. Way shows how Wright and his staff brought American ideas about Vietnamese history and culture to bear in managing the making of Vietnamese craft.
On Weaving
Title | On Weaving PDF eBook |
Author | Anni Albers |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2017-10-24 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1400889049 |
The classic book on the art and history of weaving—now expanded and in full color Written 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.
Weaving a Life
Title | Weaving a Life PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Meigs Atwater |
Publisher | |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Hand weaving |
ISBN | 9780934026772 |
Hearings
Title | Hearings PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1434 |
Release | 1957 |
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