Recommended Reading

  • Three-Dimensional Embroidery by Janet Edmonds, Batsford, 2006
  • The Artful Paper Doll by Terry Taylor, Lark Books, 2006
  • Cloth Paper Scisscors Magazine, published by www.quiltingarts.com
  • Complex Cloth: A Comprehensive Guide to Surface Design by Jane Dunnewold, Fiber Studio Press, 1996; www.janedunnewold.com
  • Improvisational Screen Printing by Jane Dunnewold, 2003; www.janedunnewold.com
  • Fabric Dyeing and Printing by Kate Wells, Interweave Press, 1997 Fiber Arts Magazine
  • Imagery on Fabric by Jean Ray Laury, C & T Publ., 1997 (second edition)
  • Machine Embroidery–anything by Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn such as “Vanishing Act: Machine Embroidery on Soluble Fabrics”; available from www.quiltingarts.com
  • Ornament Magazine
  • Photo Transfer Handbook by Jean Ray Laury, C&T Publ., 1999
  • Quilting Arts Magazine available at www.quiltingarts.com
  • Sewing Sculpture by Charlene Kinser
  • Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing by Yoshiko Wada, Mary Rice and Jane Barton
  • Memory on Cloth: Shibori Now by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
  • Surface Design Journal, quarterly publication of the Surface Design Association, www.surfacedesign.org

SOURCES OF VISUAL INSPIRATION

The Art of James Christensen: A Journey of the Imagination, with Renwick St. James, The Greenwich Workshop, Inc., 1994

Faire-ality, by David Elwand, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2002

The Art of AnneMeike Mein: Wildlife Artist in Textile, Search Press, 1994