Imagery on Fabric

by Jean Ray Laury

Book Overview

Recent advances in image-transfer technology, plus new colour photographs, are features of this second edition. Almost any image - cherished family photographs, a child's drawing, the words of a love... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571200347
• ISBN13: 9781571200341
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: C&T Publishing
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Great for Quilting!

This book has a full range of methods for printing images of fabric. The author assumes the reader has no previous experience, so she explains everything in detail. Includes transfer, computer printing, silk-screening, freezer-paper stenciling, light-sensitive & other photo printing techniques, stamping, drawing, and painting directly on the fabric.

The most comprehensive I've read

I own lots of fabric art books, and none of them come close to the amount of techniques this book has for putting color and images on fabric. It doesn't matter how many supplies I may run out of, because I can always turn to this book for *something* that I can still use. Easy to read and understand and lots of great examples. I always have this book nearby when a creative impulse strikes me.

Very helpful for all fabric work w/ very good illustrations

This book is a very good guide to all sorts of transfer methods on fabric for any kind of fabric work. It is very user friendly because the wording is clear and concise with very good full color examples that go along with the text. Troubleshooting hints are included with each method as well a lot of other useful hints. The examples and pictures of the actual work are very helpful in that they show many different applications of each technique and really help to get you thinking of ways to be able to further play with and modify the methods shown. Also, it is very clearly laid out into categories per chapter that make it very easy to use as a quick reference. A reference chart is included in the book telling the basic overview of each technique with information concerning the permanence of the method, fabric types recommended for each method, as well as many other useful info that really make this book very easy to use and covers the basics of most any kind of transfer method you could need. I originally had to buy this book for a fibers class I was taking but it has been more helpful after the class ended because it really was a very easy to use by being very easy to quickly reference with it's clear layout and detailed description of all of the advantages and disadvantages of each of the methods clearly labeled. It is a very good book and would recommend it to anyone interested in any kind of quilt or fabric work.

Imagery on Fabric

After seeing the demonstration today on the Carol Duval Show on HGTV, I am definitely ordering this book! What intersting ideas for quilting fabric! Loved it!

Fiber Artist's Bible

From high tech computer photo transfer to the ancient art of leaf hammering, this book is a comprehensive presentation of fabric manipulation and imagery. Avoiding the "cutesy" trap of so many crafts books, this volume is sophisticated and will be useful to artists and crafters of many styles and sensibilities. Imagery on Fabric is smartly organized by method, rather than individual project, allowing for much more creativity from the reader. Each process is thoroughly explained and accompanied by fabulous photos of work by professional fiber artists as well as hobbyists. Laury also includes a useful list of resources for the various products and equipment that she discusses in her book. When I bought this book I was just fiddling with fabric and art quilts. Laury and her book singlehandedly motivated me to fully embrace fiber arts as an exciting means of artistic expression.