Dimensional Cloth: Sculpture by Contemporary Textile Artists

A look at 78 artists who are using cloth to reimagine traditional sculptural forms—includes 350+ fabric sculptures, artist profiles, and insights into their creative processes.

Sculpture is no longer limited to materials like stone or metal. Sculpting in fabric is shown in ingenious detail here, with more than 350 lavish photographs of 3-D cloth configurations along with insightful profiles of the 78 artists who created them. The images and text capture the currents that are powering these works, like the do-it-yourself (DIY) movement established in the 1990s and the current revival of the revolutionary sculptural cloth of the 1960s.

Works are approached through five themes: investigating nature, capturing the ephemeral, playing with space, telling a story, and "Take Heed." In her foreword, renowned fiber art expert Josephine Stealey helps us put this art form in context, from its origins in 1880 England’s arts and craft movement to today.

This is essential reading and inspiration for collectors, students, home artists, and anyone who appreciates innovative artwork. "A happy combination of overview and fine detail...a fantastic addition."
​ "With its eclectic approach and broad reach, underpinned by the clarity of writing, this book makes a useful addition to the lexicon of dimensional textiles."
"If you don’t know what people are doing with fiber, this book will be your doorway to a new world. If you do, you’ll be studying each photo and asking, ''Hmmm . . . how did she do that?''”
"A luscious range of processes, materials, textures and subjects . . . will compel you to look again and again."
"A primer on artistic rule breaking . . . a liberating celebration of boundary-pushing and experimental thinking that disrupts expectations and embodies endless possibilities for those interested in sculpture, contemporary art that happens to employ textile elements, and the breakdown of artistic categories in general."
A look at 78 artists who are using cloth to reimagine traditional sculptural forms—includes 350+ fabric sculptures, artist profiles, and insights into their creative processes. Sculpture is no longer limited to materials like stone or metal. Sculpting in fabric is shown in ingenious detail here, with more than 350 lavish photographs of 3-D cloth configurations along with insightful profiles of the 78 artists who created them. The images and text capture the currents that are powering these works, like the do-it-yourself (DIY) movement established in the 1990s and the current revival of the revolutionary sculptural cloth of the 1960s. Works are approached through five themes: investigating nature, capturing the ephemeral, playing with space, telling a story, and "Take Heed." In her foreword, renowned fiber art expert Josephine Stealey helps us put this art form in context, from its origins in 1880 England’s arts and craft movement to today. Dimensional Cloth;fiber art;textile sculpture;fabric art;sculpting with fabric;cloth art;cloth sculptures;book on fiber art;book on fabric art;photographs of sculpture;gift for art collector;gift for artist;gift for fiber artist;gift for art student

• | Author: Andra F. Stanton
• | Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jun 28, 2018
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780764355363
• | ISBN-10: 0764355368