On Weaving : New Expanded Edition / Anni Albers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albers, Anni, author.

Contributor:

Cirauqui, Manuel.

Smith, T`ai.

Weber, Nicholas Fox.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weaving.

Textile design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs

Edition:

New Expanded

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The classic book on the art and history of weaving-now expanded and in full colorWritten by one of the twentieth century's leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is a luminous meditation on the art of weaving, its history, its tools and techniques, and its implications for modern design. First published in 1965, On Weaving bridges the transition between handcraft and the machine-made, highlighting the essential importance of material awareness and the creative leaps that can occur when design problems are tackled by hand.With her focus on materials and handlooms, Anni Albers discusses how technology and mass production place limits on creativity and problem solving, and makes the case for a renewed embrace of human ingenuity that is particularly important today. Her lucid and engaging prose is illustrated with a wealth of rare and extraordinary images showing the history of the medium, from hand-drawn diagrams and close-ups of pre-Columbian textiles to material studies with corn, paper, and the typewriter, as well as illuminating examples of her own work.Now available for a new generation of readers, this expanded edition of On Weaving updates the book's original black-and-white illustrations with full-color photos, and features an afterword by Nicholas Fox Weber and essays by Manuel Cirauqui and T'ai Smith that shed critical light on Albers and her career.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introductory Note

Preface

Weaving, Hand

The Loom

Draft Notation

The Fundamental Constructions

Modified and Composite Weaves

Early Techniques of Thread Interlacing

Interrelation of Fiber and Construction

Tactile Sensibility

Tapestry

Designing as Visual Organization

Plates

Acknowledgments

Afterword / Weber, Nicholas Fox

The Two Faces of Weaving / Cirauqui, Manuel

On Reading On Weaving / Smith, T'Ai

Contributors

Plate Credits

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

1-4008-8904-9

OCLC:

1132690759