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Textiles : The Whole Story : Uses, Meanings, Significance

Discusses the significance of fabric throughout human history, from the Stone Age to the 21st century--integrating craft, art, science, history, and anthropology and drawing on examples from around the globe. Covers topics such as the universality of textiles in human language and experience; their social role in bonding families and communities, from sewing bees to guerrilla knitting; the importance of textiles in world trade; the many spiritual and sacred aspects of fiber and textiles; and the work of artists who use textiles as their medium.

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  • "Discusses the significance of fabric throughout human history, from the Stone Age to the 21st century--integrating craft, art, science, history, and anthropology and drawing on examples from around the globe. Covers topics such as the universality of textiles in human language and experience; their social role in bonding families and communities, from sewing bees to guerrilla knitting; the importance of textiles in world trade; the many spiritual and sacred aspects of fiber and textiles; and the work of artists who use textiles as their medium."@en
  • "Discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic and spiritual ways. This title illustrates the many uses of textiles in our everyday lives. It outlines how textiles are a means of communication functional, political and artistic and a metaphor for transcendence."
  • "Discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic and spiritual ways. This title illustrates the many uses of textiles in our everyday lives. It outlines how textiles are a means of communication functional, political and artistic and a metaphor for transcendence."@en
  • "TEXTILE ARTS. There are few aspects of our lives--physical, emotional, spiritual--in which thread and fabrics do not play a notable part. Beverly Gordon reminds us memorably and movingly of the powerful significance of fabric throughout human history. Her expertise is enriched by her own hands-on experience: spinning silk from silkworm cocoons, weaving cloth, and creating natural dyes. In addition, she has studied thousands of textiles in a curatorial context; her familiarity includes the processing and handling of textiles as well as the making of them. The author bridges past and present, from the Stone Age--when humans first learned to make cordage and thread--to twenty-first-century "smart fabrics," which can regulate body temperature or measure the wearer's pulse. Her discussion integrates craft, art, science, history, and anthropology, and she draws on examples from around the globe."@en

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  • "Textiles : the whole story; uses, meanings, significance"
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