Falcot's Weave Compendium: A Source Book for Textile Designers and Weavers

Falcot's Weave Compendium: A Source Book for Textile Designers and Weavers

by Ann Sutton

item Description: Deirdre McDonald Books, Bellew Publishing Co. Ltd. Hardcover. Book Condition:  198 pages. Edited and introduced by Ann Sutton, one of England's leading textile artists, this remarkable book brings together a wealth of nineteenth-century design inspiration and twentieth-century applications. It will be an indispensable source book for all weavers, teachers, makers, and textile designers. Part one contains over 100 illustrations of machines, tools and often forgotten techniques - each one accompanied by a detailed and informative commentary. This section will help weavers to re-discover neglected techniques, to make and find ways of adapting equipment and to open up new possibilities for weaving design. Part two consists of an invaluable collection of over 1, 500 peg-plans. These plans, which increase in complexity, can be used as drafts for any handloom but - more importantly for today's weaver - they provide a treasure-trove of data for weave-design computer programmes. Falcot's Weave Compendium is a practical and inspirational handbook that will be regarded as essen- tial in any weaver's library.