Wild Textiles: Grown, Foraged, Found

Textile artist Alice Fox encourages crafters to be open-minded and experimental, using local and unconventional materials, working with the seasons, and learning what materials are available at different times of year to integrate creative activity with a strong sense of place and character. The book is packed with practical ideas for foraging, such as weeds, dandelions, leaves, grass, wool, plastics, and mud, as well as stones, shells, and wood.

Format: Hardback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 01 September 2022
Publisher: Batsford Ltd

Textile artist Alice Fox demonstrates how to work with found, foraged, gathered, and grown materials to create stunning textile pieces inspired by and made from nature. She encourages crafters to be open-minded and experimental, using local (and sometimes) unconventional materials, working with the seasons, and learning what materials are available at different times of year to ground artists in natural cycles and integrate creative activity with a strong sense of place and character.

The book also includes advice on growing your own plants (such as flax or nettles) for creative work, as well as practical ideas for foraging. This includes weeds, dandelions, and other plants useful for making cordage, leaves that can be stitched, quilted, and shaped into vessels, grass, wool, plastics, and mud that can be gathered and repurposed by the textile artist. Other ideas for found materials include stones, shells, and wood that can be wrapped or woven into, as well as a multitude of urban treasures that find a new life in creative hands.

By harnessing the world of nature, textile artists can create sustainable and unique textile pieces that celebrate the beauty of the natural world.

Dimension: 276 x 216 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781849947879