Woven Treasures: One-of-a-Kind Bags with Folk Weaving Techniques

by SaraLamb (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $7.83

  Renowned fiber artist Sara Lamb gives weavers an inside look at her groundbreaking work in Woven Treasures. From inspiration and project planning to her signature hand-manipulated techniques, Sara leads weavers through the steps of making exquisite bags, using folk weaving techniques that evoke modern ideas in brilliant colors and textures. Woven Treasures includes: An overview of Sara's recent bag series An introduction to the process of concepting and planning a woven piece A technique section with 6 folk weaving tutorials, teaching hand-manipulated weaving techniques with a multi-technique sampler that gives basic instructions for soumak, twining, cut pile, cardweaving, inkle weaving, and plain weave Project instructions for 8 handwoven bags that can be made on a variety of simple looms Sidebars sprinkled throughout the book include the history of folk weaving techniques, as well as Sara's signature beaded and stitched embellishment designs Woven Treasure's bag designs give weavers an immediate sense of accomplishment, and the finished projects are equally lovely as functional bags or displayed as works of art.