This book is a fantastic guide to practice: a starting point for new makers; a reference for established makers; and a pleasure to read for anyone interested in woven forms.

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Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). A simple under and over weaving technique is great as you can play with lots of different fibers and obtain so many different results.Many long leafy plants such as daylilies, Watsonia, NZ Flax, Red Hot Poker and even daffodils are ideal. If you are a weaver of ANY material or method, I would strongly suggest you add this book to your library. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I try to pick these early in the morning while they are still moist with dew, because then I can use them straight away.

After reading Ruth Woods’ new book, Finding Form With Fibre, which profiles the work of 14 talented Australian artists and offers different techniques for working with plant fibers, I immediately headed outside to gather plant materials that I could transform into an artistic piece. The pages are filled with resources and ideas for how to weave and the immense variety of materials to use. The pages are filled with resources and ideas for the how to weave and the immense variety of materials to use". The Artist section is inspirational, highlighting the work of 14 artists weaving in a wide variety of materials and methods.

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