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Alphabet Inspirations in Coloured Bobbin Lace Ref: 713489057


Author
Sandi Woods

Sandi Woods is a working lacemaker and teacher. She has exhibited and taught widely in Britain, Europe and the USA. She has won several major awards for her work, and frequently writed for Lace magazine, among other periodicals. Sandi lives in Rochester, Kent.

Summary

To create her stunning coloured bobbin lace designs, award-winning lacemaker Sandi Woods often takes inspiration from the letters of the alphabet, shaping, manipulating and combining them to form organic, sinuous shapes. She likens the process to the game 'Chinese Whispers' - a pattern starts as a simple letter, but is developed further, often until the original form is barely recognisable. Sandi's painterly use of coloured thread to suggest shape and form adds further beauty to her work.This fully illustrated book contains instructions for the exquisite 'Leafy Glade Alphabet'. Each letter has one basic template but two alternative designs, one using simple bobbin lace stitches, the other using more complex Milanese braids. Though each letter is worked in a different set of colours, all the colourways are interchangeable and, of course, they can be worked in white.The book then goes on to include 24 more abstract designs, such as 'Chinese Seedling' and 'Blackthorn Sprig', all of which were originally developed from the letters of the alphabet.Comprehensive instructions are given for each pattern, including prickings, linear outlines, pin reference charts and full pin-by-pin directions.

Create a full alphabet in exquisite coloured bobbin lace24 further patterns show the potential of the alphabet as a design sourceShowcases author's unique use of coloured threadComprehensive instructions including prickings and pin reference charts


No of pages
144pp

Format
BB Hardback

Publisher
Batsford

ISBN
713489057

EAN
9780713489057

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Price:    £17.99

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