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Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles

by Matilda McQuaid, Cara McCarty
$15.90
Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles
Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles

Japanese textiles' innovation transforming global design.

If you appreciate both artistry and practical design, this book will resonate with you. It offers a window into how Japanese textile designers have influenced the fabric of our lives, quite literally. With its stunning illustrations, you'll get an intimate look at the materials and methods that continue to shape fashion, fabrics, and interiors worldwide.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles

by Matilda McQuaid, Cara McCarty
$15.90
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ISBN: 9780870700767
Authors: Matilda McQuaid, Cara McCarty
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Date of Publication: 2002-07-02
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Art
Related Topics: Art Books Monographs, Crafts, Design
Goodreads rating: 4.36
(rated by 11 readers)

Description

Contemporary Japanese Textiles bound between covers draped in a contemporary textile, Structure and Surface lushly and in great detail illustrates more than 60 exotic and beautiful fabric creations that have emerged from Japan in the past few years. Texts describe materials used--banana fiber, newspaper, copper, stainless steel, and feathers, combined with silk, cotton, wool, linen, and polyester--and an array of ingenious techniques--pounding, scrubbing, scraping, and treatment with chemicals and acids--which together create radically new textures and finishes. For centuries Japan has been associated with a rich textile tradition and was a leading center of cotton and silk production, but as this book demonstrates, in recent years it has emerged as a newly influential and vital force in the industry. Included are biographies of the 30 artists, designers, and manufacturers represented, as well as a useful glossary.
 

Japanese textiles' innovation transforming global design.

If you appreciate both artistry and practical design, this book will resonate with you. It offers a window into how Japanese textile designers have influenced the fabric of our lives, quite literally. With its stunning illustrations, you'll get an intimate look at the materials and methods that continue to shape fashion, fabrics, and interiors worldwide.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.