Colour on cloth - Ruth Issett

NEW IN PAPERBACK
Author Ruth Issett is one of the world's leading colourist in textile art today. Her stunning colour combinations defy colour rules and she shows you how to experiment with techniques to get the very best out of any textile work. The book is aimed at all those involved in textiles - embroiderers, patchworkers and textile decorators, as well as students and teachers of design. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs of finished fabrics, this simple colour 'recipe' book gives guidance and reassurance on the technical aspects of colour and dyeing. It shows how to dye different natural fabrics, including heavy cotton, silk, satin, linen, and cotton velvet as well as threads. It offers colour mixing and inspiration: colour combinations; tones, tints, shades; and, complementary schemes. It offers detailed guidance on the dyeing processes, including equipment, shades, colour families, over-dyeing, pre-treatment of fabric, and fabric types.It provides ways of applying dye from the very, very simple onwards. It features: techniques, including the various types of resists as well as discharge and bleached effects; and, advanced techniques and combinations, including the use of thickeners and over-dyeing. This is the ultimate book on adding colour to fabric new in paperback. It explores the creative possibilities of applying dye to fabric. It is packed with dye 'recipes' and practical, in-depth technical information. It also features beautiful colour textile pieces to inspire and instruct.
It includes:
How to dye different natural fabrics, including heavy cotton, silk, satin, linen, and cotton velvet as well as threads
Colour mixing and inspiration: colour combinations, tones, tints, shades; complementary schemes
Detailed guidance on the dyeing processes, including equipment, shades, colour families, over-dyeing, pre-treatment of fabric, and fabric types
Ways of applying dye
Techniques, including the various types of resists as well as discharge and bleached effects
Advanced techniques and combinations, including the use of thickeners and over-dyeing

Ruth Issett is a lecturer in Creative Studies. A highly experienced textile artist, she teaches all over the UK on courses and workshops and carries out private commissions, ranging from wallhangings to garments. She regularly demonstrates textile and paper techniques for Viv Arther of Art Van Go at large textile shows and exhibitions. Ruth lives in Ashford, Kent.