A collection of designs for tapestries, soft sculpture, baskets, coverlets, dresses, and other items illustrates ways artisans and craftsmen have combined unusual materials and new forms of needlework with such traditional forms as quilting, knitting, batik, and weaving. This edition is still available on Amazon, used for $2.00. First printing in 1980, paperback in 1983
The second edition of this book. Fiber artists applied to be in these books. There were at least seven editions, up through 2004, about a 20 year span. This edition is for sale on Amazon for $56.00 and in paperback for $22.95 Amazon says “This book will take you on a colorful tour of today's world of fiber art. With photos of the work of over 500 artists, this book documents the variety and vitality of current work in weaving,...
A beautiful hardcover book detailing the life and work of artist Morris David Dorenfeld, (1937-2023), who lived in Maine. He learned to weave in 1978 and brought his abstract expressionist roots as a painter to the medium, composing large tapestries—"paintings in fiber." During his almost 45-year career as a weaver, Morris Dorenfeld has exhibited throughout Maine and New England and also in Arizona, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, and Santiago, Chile. His tapestries emphasize harmony, proportion, balance, and above all...
Online magazine with auctions/art sales with lots of articles and thousands of original artist biographies. Contemporary work but not all is about fiber.
The Fiberarts Design Book (First Edition)