Rennie Mackintosh : Inspirations in Embroidery

If you are drawn to the designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh & the Glasgow Style, this book provides pages of inspirational work to help you transfer the most simple to the most complex motifs on to fabric. It covers: Design inspirations taken from their enamel work, stained glass, mosaic, stenciling, bookbinding, & metal work; Interpreting motifs such as stylized leaves & seed heads, the geometrical rose, plant forms drawn from early herbals, & the attenuated & conventionalized female form; Techniques including hand & machine embroidery, stained glass & reverse appliqué, quilting, black binding, braid work, dyeing, stenciling & transferring designs to fabric; & Using natural materials in the soft colors of the period. Lavishly illustrated. Beautifully designed!Wood, Dorothy is the author of 'Rennie Mackintosh : Inspirations in Embroidery', published 2007 under ISBN 9781422391471 and ISBN 1422391477.