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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Unravelling Women's Art: Creator, Rebels and Innovators in Textile Arts

Unravelling Women's Art: Creator, Rebels and Innovators in Textile Arts

Henderson, P. L.
Robson, Cheryl
Romeo, Rachelle

Paperback

General ArtIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $29.99

ISBN10: 1913641155
ISBN13: 9781913641153
Publisher: Supernova Books
Published: Dec 15 2021
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.60 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
#Amazon #1 bestseller The author unpicks the threads that link female textile artists and the arts they produce, revealing a global and historic patchwork of assorted roles, identities and representations. Entertaining as well as informative, this book offers a unique look at women in art with an overview of female-centric textile art production including embroidery, weaving, soft sculpture and more. Includes over 20 interviews with contemporary textile artists, providing insight into their practices, themes and personal motivations.

Tells us:
How knitting became a spying device in wartime
Why dress design was so important for the Suffragettes
Why women and their textile arts were entangled in a web of global mythology
How women's arts and crafts moved from the backroom to the gallery showroom

Includes over 20 interviews with contemporary textile artists, providing fascinating insights into their practices, themes and personal motivation.

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