Textiles

Marypaul Yates

Overview

Textiles: A Handbook for Designers is a thorough study of the textile industry and the design processes and techniques used by professionals. With an overview of the textile industry and a thorough explanation of the designer's role, the text encourages adaptation of any design expertise into the processes, techniques, and formats characteristic of the textile industry.

Textiles is a compilation of information obtained from many different designers. Because each designer may work for years within only one segment of the market, this comprehensive view of studio practices throughout the industry should be meaningful even to practicing professionals. An indispensable reference work for artists who aspire to work with textile design as well as for professionals in the textile industry and related fields of interior and apparel design, Textiles has now been updated to cover the most recent developments as well as traditional practices, including:

• Terminology and types of textile designs
• Methods of fabric design
• The designer's studio and materials
• Printing and weaving processes
• Color choices
• Rendering techniques
• Computer technology
• Environmental concerns

  Acclaim

  "Experienced designers will recognise this as the book they wish they had when they were starting out."

  --Fibrearts Magazine

  

  ISBN: 0-393-73003-4
  1996
  208 pages, 252 illustrations, 40 four-color photographs, 7\" x 10\"