Mexican Tapestry Weaving (out of print) book by Joanne Hall

Description: From Preview: "There are many different satisfactory tapestry techniques which have been used y many cultures throughout the world and the Indians of the Americas have at some time used practically all of them. The Mexican weavers of today, however, have developed tapestry techniques which combine the skills of their ancient Indian culture with the imported weaving knowledge gained via the Spanish conquest. These tapestry techniques are fast, simple, and result in quality weaving. They can be combined with various other tapestry techniques and other weaving techniques to allow great flexibility and to give the weaver more freedom of expression....The book is organized so that the basic methods of this kind of tapestry weaving are explained before the specific pattern techniques of Mexico are described. This includes certain cultural aspects of loom preparation and the weaving techniques. This general introduction gives the beginning weaver a background of the necessary tapestry weaving techniques while also explaining interesting cultural aspects of Mexican weaving. A subsequent section on weaving a sampler provides the directions for the various specific tapestry techniques. It is suggested that these techniques be experimented with before a complete tapestry is designed so that their possibilities and limitations can be understood....The diagrams are important and are drawn for clarity to explain techniques....""synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. This is a classic, sought after book, well written, and illustrated. A great gift for a weaver who is not so lucky to have one on his or her shelf now.

Price: 190 USD

Location: Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

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