My life seems just a tad overloaded at the moment, The Matchgirls coming up quickly, cat sitting for two sets of neighnbours, plant sitting for another, and so on and so forth. Two escapes to hold on to though, one is that I am excidedly waiting for the Spirit Cloth workshop to begin and when I want to shut of all together I dive into the "Celtic, Viking and Anglo Saxon Embroidery" by Jan Messent, I mentioned a short while ago.
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This book please on so many levels, as an inspiration and as pleasure to browse. Lavishly illustrated Jan t decribes how she made six books based on sources from these ancient times. She gives a brief summary of the history but the point that makes the book special for me is she emphasises the bond between stitchers now and then. Our basic tools are the same, as are our basic stitches.In one of her books she has a page based on a Bronze Age sleeve of a garment found in Denmark, it looks very like kantha stich, so popular at the moment.
Jan decribes the materials and techniques she has used on each page there are beautiful illustrations. Scattered through the book are fascinating snippets from achives of all kinds relating to embroiderers and their work. It makes my fingers itch and It will be a long time before I tire of delving into this book.
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5 comments:
Wow, what amazing work - no wonder you can hardly put that book down!
I ordered the book on your recommendation and I wasn't disappointed. Blogging really does have its advantages on top of making new friends.
I adore this book! Incredibly inspirational, I can just look and look at her wonderful work. She is so clever, I love her other books too. As soon as my copy arrived I ordered another for my daughter, who is equally besotted.
This is the most wonderful book. Incredibly inspirational!
Sorry! I thought the first post had been lost!
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