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Photographs of dozens of finished pieces, many of them by wellknown contemporary artists. This book is a digital download and is delivered to you immediately upon receipt of payment. Complete general instructions with diagrams and detailed project instructions with full color photos to make wall hangings, coiled basket, looped pillow, little brown bag, pillows, mirror frames, and plant holders. A beginners book of offloom weaving parker, xenia ley on. Weaving on a cardboard loom 1970s freeform flatloom. This book is for everyone who wants to weave but who has no space for regular looms and the materials they require. This book teaches you basic weaving techniques, and has patterns to make 15 off loom weaving. Weaving is such a fun and meaningful art form that i wanted it to be available to others to enjoy too. There are so many weaving tools that seeing a complete list might overwhelm a beginner. Exquisitely illustrated and succinctly written, it is a galleryhoppers tour of one of the most intriguing dimensions of contemporary textile artwork.
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