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Stitching Pictures:
Combining mixed media and print with stitch
Author: Sandeep Jandu
Publisher: A&C Black, Bloomsbury, London


A gorgeous and inspirational book, showing how to create pictures with thread. Increasing numbers of textile artists and designers now use thread to draw with, on a wide range of mixed-media - including paper, flat fabric, manipulated fabric, various resistant materials including ceramics - experimenting with stencils and stitching, combining stitch with monoprinting, using both hand and machine stitch, and using everyday materials such as baking paper and newspaper to create one-off pieces. Packed with wonderful examples of work by contemporary makers, this book shows how to design and develop your own work using needlework, paper, print, sketching, and stitching.

Featured artists include: Cos Ahmet, Bronia Daniels, Catherine Green, Alex Huthinson, Sandeep Jandu, Sammy-Jane Kenny, Caroline Kirton, Emily Mackillop, Marta Mattsson, Georgie Meadows, Debbie Smyth, Julie Vermeille

The book had it's officially launch on 24 May 2012.


About the Author
Sandeep Jandu graduated from Goldsmiths College, University of London with a degree in Media and Communications, specialising in illustration, in 2009. Inspired by the catwalk, she has since turned her attention to fashion, writing articles for Matches Fashion, working for L'Oréal UK & Ireland and now working as part of the Marketing team at Sassoon.