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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 746.6 EAN: 9780873496162 ISBN: 0873496167 Label: Krause Publications Manufacturer: Krause Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: March 20, 2004 Publisher: Krause Publications Studio: Krause Publications Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Early textile dyers signed oaths that they would not reveal any of the process. Fortunately, author Carolyn Dahl openly shares the secrets of dyeing, painting, and patterning beautiful cloth she has gleaned in art schools. This guide is the next best thing to having a master artist in the studio. Entertaining stories awaken memories of childhood colouring books, leaf prints, ironon designs and the tie-dyed T-shirts most of us experienced at some point in our lives. Readers will be inspired as they follow step-by-step photographs and instructions full of hints and secrets for using luminous colour to transform white cloth into artistic masterpieces. Connoisseurs of the decorative arts and those who are merely curious about the fabrics they wear and use in everyday life will find much to interest them. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great Book/ awful smellTransforming Fabric: Thirty Creative Ways to Paint, Dye and Pattern Cloth The book is very informative, but I have not been able to spend much time with it due to the smell. I do not know where it was stored, but it smells like it was in the garage with puppies or kittens. The ideas & methods in the book are clearly presented & I am hoping that the smell will disipate to the point where I can use the book to it's full advantage. Rating: - Transforming Fabric: Thirty Creative Ways to Paint, Dye and Pattern Cloth A good book if you are looking for technical information concerning ways to colour cloth. However, the book does not contain much in the way of finished examples, an element which I always appreciate in a do-it-yourself craftbook. Rating:  - CLEAR and PRECISEI think it is the clarity and precision with which the author presents her ideas. Very good resource material for my daughter. She uses it! Rating: - Great Addition to My Fabric Painting Resource LibraryI've already collected a number of painting/dyeing/surface design books for working with fabric, and this makes an excellent addition. I don't think it could stand alone as the be-all and end-all, but it is comprehensive in the sense that the author presents all kinds of ideas and inspiration, as well as photographs and instructions/resources. The one thing I might have found more helpful would be greater detail in the steps she took to achieve certain results. Although she does offer descriptions, ... Read More Rating: - Explains whyThis book is particularly strong on explaining the theories behind the different fabric types and why they react as they do to dyes and paints. Some of the instructions are very clear and good photos of stamps and other printing techniques. I found the finished items and cloth a bit messy - not really my style. But a good addition to the library. 
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