The Surface Designer's Handbook

Discover the secrets to creating visual complexity and depth in fabric. This comprehensive guide brings together dyeing techniques and surface design in one book.

Beginning with studio practices and safety rules, this information-packed handbook:

• Covers all aspects of dyes favored by textile studios - fiber reactive, acid, vat, and disperse
• Explains step-by-step how to use these dyes to alter and change surfaces by discharging, screen printing, mono-printing, stamping, stenciling, resist dyeing, devore, and painting.
• Teaches embellishing your fabric with foiling, embroidery, beadwork, or collage.
• Offers hands-on resources, including dye worksheets, recipes, and instructions for all techniques plus tips and tricks
• inspires with color photos showcasing work from today's top fibre artists.

Whether your're a skilled surface designer or just starting out, this book is certain to become your essential reference tool!

Coil binding.