Complex Cloth: A Comprehensive Guide to Surface Design

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Summary: Excellent Inspiration!
Review: Jane Dunnewold does an excellent job of creating an environment of experimentation and education. Her examples and descriptions of techniques inspire the readers to stretch their imaginations and use the basics of textile design to create their own imaginative works of art and soar. This is a book that travels with me from studio to bed to work in the car and everywhere in between as it stimulates ideas to take back to the studio. I love it. It's my number one resource for textile design and I'm an avid collector of textile design resources.

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Summary: Must have for fabric artists
Review: Terrific book and I've taken 4 of her classes. She keeps on coming up with ideas--enough for another book or two. This is an excellent resource and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in surface design on fabric.

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Summary: Must have for fabric artists
Review: Terrific book and I've taken 4 of her classes. She keeps on coming up with ideas--enough for another book or two. This is an excellent resource and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in surface design on fabric.

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Summary: Design?
Review: The title picture already looks horrendous.How can anyone call that Design? Sorry,but i mean...

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Summary: A very good book for the advanced or beginning fabric artist
Review: This book has clear and complete instructions for nearly every technique - dyeing, stamping, stenciling, silk screening, bleach discharge, etc. It's the best source I've seen on bleach discharge, and it has some of the most beautiful examples of combinations of several techniques, for inspiration. This book could be used by a beginner, but it has an immense amount to offer to a more advanced fabric artist.

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Summary: Excellent guide
Review: This book has clear and complete instructions for nearly every technique of coloring fabric - dyeing, stamping, stenciling, silk screening, bleach discharge, etc. It's a good source of instructions for bleach discharge, and it has some of the most beautiful examples of combinations of several techniques, for inspiration. This book can be used by a beginner, but it has an immense amount to offer to a more advanced fabric artist.

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Summary: I could not put this book down!
Review: This is a wonderful book - it is both inspirational and informative. The examples of the author's work are beautiful and make you want to begin making your own fabrics at once! The how to information is detailed and very helpful. Lots of good information on specific products and manufacturers is provided.