Art Textiles of the World: Canada

Edited by Matthew Koumis

"Telos titles bring the world of textiles beyond these shores a lot closer and with great style. This is a lavishly illustrated survey of a selection of Canadian artists... There is no finer way to explore art textiles" Embroidery, Jan/Feb 2010.

"a great group of talented and influential artists. The essays provide a frame work in which to see how these artist and these types of work fit into the world of museums, galleries and educational institutions. As a representative cross section of style and methods of production it opens the door to world so many can meet and see what is good in Canadian Textile art".

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192 pages, over 250 colour photos Introductory essays by Alan Elder, Sandra Alfoldy, PhD, JR Carpenter, Lisa Vinebaum, foreword by the Editor. Featured artists: Jennifer Angus, Ingrid Bachmann, Louise Lemieux Berube, Sandra Brownlee, Dorothy Caldwell, Lyn Carter, Kai Chan, Barbara Hunt, Barbara Layne, Marcel Marois, Mindy Yan Miller, Lesley Richmond, Ruth Scheuing, Joanne Soroka, Joanna Staniszkis, Patrick Traer, Barbara Todd, Laura Vickerson, Yvonne Wakabayashi, Susan Warner Keene

a lavishly illustrated survey of some of Canada's leading artists working across the spectrum of contemporary textile art

Art Textiles of the World: Great Britain vol 3 (out of print)

Ed. M Koumis, introduction by Jeremy Theophilus

Over 130 colour photos, 144 pages, 286 x 242, softback only featuring:
Caroline Bartlett, Dail Behennah, Pauline Burbidge, Noel Dyrenforth, Jilly Edwards, Susie Freeman, Frances Geesin, Fiona Hutchison, Shizuko Kimura, Norma Starszakowna, Janet Stoyel, Sarah Taylor, Rosalind Wyatt

sorry out of print

Art Textiles of the World series, 8 volumes (save £35)

Various

8 volumes in Art Textiles of the World series: £260 (price as from July 7 2011).

• Canada
• Australia vol 2
• Korea
• Japan vol 2
• Scandinavia vol 1
• Scandinavia vol 2
• USA
• Netherlands

Art Textiles of the World: Australia vol 2

Introduction by Robyn Daw. Edited by Matthew Koumis with Beth Smith and Rosie Tatham

"Thirteen outstanding Australian textile artists are included. This is a unique series, with magnificent images, biographical details and a very readable introduction by Robyn Daw." Textile Fibre Forum. 142 colour photographs, 120 pages 286 x 242mm softback only. Available from: Britain: Contemporary Applied Arts, London, Embroiderers’ Guild; USA http://www.textilemuseum.org/ Australia: http://www.ggcreations.com.au/tafta/ http://www.artisan.com.au/ or from the featured artists Featured artists: Anne Farren, Pamela Fitzsimons, Beth Hatton, Greg Leong, Sara Lindsay, Zoe MacDonell, Jeannie Mooney, Rosemary O'Rourke, Julie Ryder, Nalda Searles, Ilka White, Jane Whiteley, Liz Williamson

Korea Volume One

Edited with an introduction by Prof. Mi-Kyoung Lee

Featured artists: Kea-Nam Cha, So-Lim Cha, Kyung-Yeun Chung, Shin-Ja Lee, Young-Soon Kim, Ja-Hong Ku, Sung-Soon Lee, Soo-Chul Park, Burn-Soo Song, Kyung-Ae Wang.

112pages 286mm x 242mm

Art Textiles of the World: Scandinavia, Vol Two

Editor Matthew Koumis

now available Artists featured: Agneta Hobin, Maija Lavonen, Silja Puranen (Finland); Nina Hart, Kirsten Nissen, Grethe Wittrock (Denmark); Bente Saetrang, Ingunn Skogholt (Norway); Monica Nilsson (Sweden); Gudrun Gunnarsdottir (Iceland).

July 2005 100 colour photos 112 pages

Art Textiles of the World: Scandinavia Volume One

Edited with an introduction by Matthew Koumis

Profiles of 13 exciting exponents of contemporary textile art from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland.
Includes lavishly illustrated profiles of Gunvor Nervold Antonsen, Hildur Bjarnadottir, Inger-Johanne Brautaset, Annika Ekdahl, Ane Henrkisen, Aino Kajaniemi, Astrid Krogh, Anna Lindal, Marianne Mannsaker, Piila Saksela, Ulla Maija Vikman, Wagle & Lovaas

100 colour photos, 112 pages

Art Textiles of the World: Japan vol 2

Edited by Matthew Koumis

Lavishly illustrated profiles of fourteen leading exponents of Japanese textile art: Edited by Matthew Koumis with an essay 'Becoming Japanese: The Birth of an Art Movement'.; plus an introduction by Keiko Kawashima Director of Kyoto International Contemporary Textile Art Centre., essay by Laurel Reuter (co-author of Whole Cloth by Constantine and Reuter). the featured artists, mostly producing installations which are impossible to categorise, are: Chika Ohgi (kozo, ganpi, thread, mirror), Jun Mitsuhashi (mixed media installations including wire, silk organza, stone, paper), Shihoko Fukumoto (indigo dyed shibori), Tsuguo Yanai (hemp, paper, wood), Koji Takaki (cotton cloth), Suzumi Noda (clothing related installations including felt, plastic yarn and knit), Hisako Sekijima (baskets made of willow, walnut, mulberry etc), Tetsuo Fujimoto (machine embroidery on hemp cloth), Hiroko Ohte (cotton, jute), Takehiko Sanada (animal hair, fleece), Noriko Narahira (lace-influenced hangings of felt, organza), Yuka Kawai (installations using hemp, cane, metals), Reiko Sudo (textile design, fabric design, textile artist), Kumai Kyoko (installations using wire sculpture and stainless steel filaments)

96 pages, 82 colour illustrations, 12 b&w illustrations 286 242mm

Art Textiles of the World: The Netherlands

Edited with an essay by Dery Timmer

A lavishly illustrated book of ten profiles of leading exponents of textile art from Holland aka the Netherlands. Edited with an essay by Dery Timmer 'Textile - A Bird's Eye View - Thoughts on textile in Netherlands' introduction by Ietse Meij, Curator of Costume and Fashion, Municipal Museum, The Hague, Netherlands.
Featuring Marijke Arp (tyvek, foil, thread, paper), Sonja Besselink (engraved and painted lines on perspex), Marian Bijlenga (sculptures made of horse hair, cotton), Hil Driessen (textile design, digital design, digital print on silk organza), Maryan Geluk (mixed media installation art including paper, rubber, wood, velvet), Ella Koopman (fabric design including dispersion dyes on organza), Wilma Kuil (digital and photo prints on fabric) Nel Linssen (paper jewellery) Karola Pezarro (soft scultpures made of painted cotton lawn and wire, wire sculpture), Marian Smit (paper and wire sculpture)

96pp · 52 col. illus, 10 b&w illus. · 286 x 242mm

Art Textiles of the World: Japan (out of print)

Edited with an essay by Matthew Koumis

A lavishly illustrated book containing profiles of thirteen leading exponents of Japanese textile art and Japanese installation art. Edited with an essay by Matthew Koumis 'The Art of Harmony' and an introduction by Keiko Kawashima, Director of Kyoto International Contemporary Textile Art Centre.

Artists featured are Shindo Hiroyuki (handwoven cotton, hand-woven hemp, traditional indigo dye) Takada Yuko (installations of tracing paper, fishing line), Tanaka Chiyoko (hand woven ramie, linen), Honda Masashi (screen print, heat transfer print), collaborative and individual work by Naomi and Masakazu Kobayashi (silk, aluminium, cotton thread, washi paper, silk, bamboo), Honma Haruko (dyed cotton, printed and painted cotton and hemp), Agano Machiko (installations of fishing net, silk organza, bamboo), Shimada Kiyonori (soft sculpture using dyed cotton cloth), Uemae Chiyu (hand embroidery, cloth, stitch), Toyazaki Mitsuo (mixed media installations including buttons, clothing, silk flags), Fujino Yasuko (tapestry), Bamba Masae (shibori, cotton cloth)

Art Textiles of the World: USA vol 1

Edited with an introduction by Matthew Koumis

Edited with an introduction by Matthew Koumis in which the series editor proposes regular international touring exhibitions of work by leading textile artists. Essay by artist and writer Ilze Aviks: 'The Art Textile, a conversation in progress'. The featured artists, all of whom introduce their work to the book reader, mostly work in unique ways which are difficult to categorise! Artists: Kyoung Ae Cho (pine needles and burn marks, hair), Virginia Davis (handwoven ikat linen canvas, double weave), Deborah Fisher (found objects, velvet, linen, satin), Ann Hamilton (sculptural installations), Linda Hutchins (woven tapestry), Jane Lackey (acrylic, ink, cork, birch, ink, dictionaries), Susan Lordi Marker (text and cloth, devore, cloque), Charlene Nemec-Kessel (double or triple weave pick up, embroidery), Jason Pollen (silk, fiber reactive dyes, vat dye discharge), Jane Sauer (soft sculpture, knotted waxed linen threads)

94pp · 61 col. illus, 10 b&w illus. · 286 x 242mm ·

Art Textiles of the World: Great Britain vol 1

Edited by Matthew Koumis

out of print
Edited by Matthew Koumis with an essay by Amanda Fielding Ten exciting textile artists from Britain open their studios to the public in words and pictures: Dawn Dupree (dyed, printed and painted cotton sateen), Sara Brennan (woven tapestry), Sally Greaves-Lord (hand painted on spun silk, textile design, rug design), Nicola Henley (silk-screen printed and painted and embroidered on dyed calico), Marta Rogoyska (woven tapestry), Lynn Setterington (hand embroidered quilt), Jo Barker (woven tapestry), Greg Parsons (textile design, woven triple cloth) Jeanette Appleton (dyed wool, printed silk organdie, stitch), Kate Blee (textile design, paint on wool, silk, rug design)

Art Textiles of the World: Great Britain vol 2

Edited with an introduction by Dr Jennifer Harris

Featuring Janet Ledsham (felt, plant material, stitch), Michael Brennand-Wood (mixed media, stitch, inlaid fabric in wooden base), Jo Budd (hand stitched dyed silk and cotton), Caroline Broadhead (installations, wire, cloth, paint), Shelly Goldsmith (tapestry, silk, nylon monofilament), Rushton Aust (printed and painted textile designs and hangings), Lesley Mitchison (woven, printed/devore, embroidered and assembled cotton etc), Polly Binns (linen, painted and stitched), Sally Freshwater (architectural installations from toughspun, aluminium, etc), Alice Kettle (machine embroidery, free embroidery)

Art Textiles of the World: Australia

Edited by Matthew Koumis


Essay by Prof Sue Rowley Featuring Patricia Black, Elena Gallegos, Pam Gaunt, Ruth Hadlow, Jan Irvine-Nealie, Elsje van Keppel (King), Valerie Kirk, Tori de Mestre, Patrick Snelling, Utopia Awely Batik Aboriginal Corporation

ISBN: 0 952626 70 5 (softback only)

Out of Print