{"product_id":"reflective-stitch","title":"Reflective Stitch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis fascinating book explores how to introduce notions of time and place to your textile art practice, to give deeper meaning and emotional resonance to your work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned British textile artist Claire Wellesley-Smith demonstrates how these two fundamental concepts are linked – we experience time through place, and vice versa – and make endlessly rewarding themes for textile art. Practical ideas for incorporating time and place into your work include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Taking the time: how to observe mindfulness and care in choosing materials, and how to stitch with intention to create a more meaningful piece of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Textile temporalities: observing time passing through stitch, through daily embroidery journals and recording aspects of life, either environmental or personal, over certain durations of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Gathering together: Using textile art within the wider community to record memories, share ideas and create a sense of togetherness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Geographies of making: creating site-specific embroidery pieces, for display or otherwise, that are tied to a specific place and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Stitching connection: ideas for collaborating with other artists in group projects that are passed back and forth between the participants over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with exquisite examples of the author’s own textile work and that of other artists from around the world who embrace similar topics, this thoughtful, contemplative book offers a wealth of inspiration on how to incorporate these important themes into your own textile art practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Batsford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57257038414168,"sku":"9781849947541","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781849947541_9a06a4b6-3b37-452d-ad81-0bd7e4789e7d.jpg?v=1778823969","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/reflective-stitch","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}