Here is a wide selection of books I’ve found on the subject of textile art.
My all-time favorite:
2. Vitamin T: Threads and Textiles in Contemporary Art – Phaidon Editors, Jenelle Porter.
3. The Textile Artist: Layered Cloth: The Art of Fabric Manipulation – Ann Small.
4. Bead Embroidery Chinese Style – Han Yu.
6. Textiles: The Art of Mankind – Mary Schoeser.
8. Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art – Claire Wellesley-Smith.
9. RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Bead Embroidery – Shelley Cox.
10. Resilient Stitch: Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art – Claire Wellesley-Smith.
11. Rébé, broderies haute couture – Nadia Albertini.
12. Poetic Cloth: Creating meaning in textile art – Hannah Lamb.
14. Organic Embroidery – Meredith Woolnough.
15. Maison Lesage: Haute Couture Embroidery – Patrick Mauriès.
16. Goldwork Embroidery: Techniques and Projects – Lizzy Pye.
17. Fragmentation and Repair: for Mixed-Media and Textile Artists – Shelley Rhodes.
18. Fashion Embroidery: Embroidery Techniques and Inspiration for Haute-Couture Clothing – Jessica Pile.
PS: please choose your independent bookstores over Amazon
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