A stitch out of time / Anaïs Beaulieu ; photographs, Florent Leroy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beaulieu, Anaïs, author, artist.

Contributor:

Leroy, Florent, photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Embroidery--France--21st century.

Embroidery.

Nature in art--21st century.

Nature in art.

Plastic bags--Environmental aspects--In art.

Plastic bags.

Plastic bags--In art.

embroidering.

Physical Description:

30 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm

Place of Publication:

[Chennai, India] : Tara Books, [2022]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"French artist Anaïs Beaulieu learnt the craft of embroidery from her grandmother, a practice passed on through the generations of women in her family. A Stitch Out of Time features images of her embroidery on throwaway plastic bags, typically used for disposing waste. The book plays with two powerful themes: environmental degradation symbolised by the ubiquitous take-over of our surroundings by plastic and the slow time of creation, whether of a tree, or a piece of embroidery. A Stitch Out of Time is a result of collaborative artisanal processes: embroidery, tailoring, screen-printing and book-binding. Each cover features an inlaid panel of embroidered plastic, the endsheets are silkscreen-printed by hand and all copies are carefully packaged in cotton tote bags -- one side is specially embroidered and the other is for the readers to fill-in themselves."--

ISBN:

9789390037025

9390037026

OCLC:

1398183008