Handweaving News (c. 1939): Importance of Texture in Handweaving Design
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A January 1939 article from Handweaving News by Nellie Sargent Johnson on using texture as a design element in handweaving. It reviews her earlier yearly design articles (1934-1938), then suggests texture experiments: striped samplers combining different yarns and threads, and weaving one simple abstract motif in techniques such as laid-in, embroidery weave, tufting, Spanish weave and Ghiordes knot rugs. It also explains how to enlarge designs on squared paper and argues for abstract rather than naturalistic design.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- c. 1939
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Archive notes
- Scanned from xerographic copy
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