Imprimer son propre tissu

Il y a de nombreux livres (surtout en anglais) pour les artistes qui veulent imprimer leur propre tissu et le vendre par la même occasion. Voici une petite sélection :

Découvrez le livre de 208 pages "The Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric" de Laurie Wisbrun, à paraître le 15 octobe 2011.


«The Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric is a comprehensive handbook covering everything there is to know about designing and printing fabric. The book walks readers through the entire fabric design process, from finding inspiration, through step-by-step tutorials on how to design a pattern (both digitally and by hand), looking at different printing methods (such as digital printing, screenprinting, monoprinting, stamping, stencilling, resist dying, painting and inkjet printing), to establishing and developing a fabric collection, and approaching a manufacturer. The Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric is full of advice from established fabric designers with clear, easy to follow step-by-step tutorials. Textile design is a competitive industry and learning how to design fabric is something that both designers and crafters with an avid interest in fabrics are keen to learn more about. Companies such as Spoon Flower (spoon.flower.com) have emerged, offering customers an affordable way to design and print their own fabric: upload a design and they digitally print the fabric for you. This accessibility means fabric design is increasingly popular».

«Laurie Wisbrun is a pattern and textile designer specialising in art for textiles, craft/hobby products, home décor products, wallpaper, stationery and paper goods, children's apparel and more. She left her career in marketing in 2008 to set up her own business producing limited-run fabric. She quickly developed a strong following online, with her quilts becoming particularly popular. In addition to an exhibition at Surtex 2010 as a pattern and textile designer, several of her designs have been licensed for two collections of Robert Kaufman Fabrics».

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Découvrez le livre de 160 pages "A Field Guide to Fabric Design: Design, Print & Sell Your Own Fabric; Traditional & Digital Techniques; for Quilting, Home Dec & Apparel" de Kimberly Kight, à paraître le 15 octobre 2011.


«A complete guide to modern textile design and printing. Written by a devoted student and aficionado of textiles who covers all things fabric on her popular blog, True Up, this book introduces readers to every aspect of textile design. General information about design and color principles and fabric basics accompanies step-by-step tutorials that show readers how to design repeats by hand and on the computer, how to select and build color palettes, and how to prepare designs for digital or hand printing. Hands-on steps for small-scale DIY block and screen printing are also provided. Finally, there's advice on the ins and outs of designing for fun and for profit. A series of Designer Roundtables features tips and valuable advice from design professionals like Amy Butler, Anna Marie Horner, Tula Pink, Bari J. Ackerman, and many others. The complete and detailed Resources section is a go-to reference guide for everything from where to get your designs printed, to the best design software, to which design schools offer degrees in textile design».

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D'autres livres très prochainement…

Nouveaux livres à paraître

Voici une sélection de livres à paraître cet été, voire cet automne sur les loisirs créatifs. A réserver pour ne pas les louper… car parfois certains livres sont épuisés avant même leur parution.

Découvrez le livre de 224 pages "How to Sell Your Crafts Online: A Step-by-Step Guide to Successful Sales on Etsy and Beyond"de Derrick Sutton, à paraître le 14 novembre 2011.



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Découvrez le livre de 176 pages "Cool Craft: Explore Your Creativity" de Bridget Bodoano, à paraître le 30 septembre 2011.


«Craft is back and people of all ages are discovering or re-discovering, the joys of making something by hand. Not only is it a great antidote to conspicuous consumerism, it also gives you something to do while winding down, gossiping, watching TV or listening to your favourite music. The projects in this book are simple enough for the complete beginner with clear instructions and tips on basic techniques. The designs are deliberately chosen so that even a novice will be able to achieve a good finish and ensuring that 'home-made' is something smart and even chic and not a term of abuse. Cool Craft aims to lure style-conscious people into craft with the promise of things to make that they can be proud of and happy to wear or use. Divided into 7 chapters, each chapter is introduced with an opener with a photograph (showing one or two projects and possibly some materials) and a 'mission statement'. Under each category there will be advice on materials, techniques and tips followed by ideas and some specific projects, all accompanied by lots of illustrations. This is a book for all ages and for everyone who has wanted to try their hand at craft».

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Découvrez le livre de pages "Handbag Designer 101: Everything You Need to Know About Designing, Making, and Marketing Handbags" de Emily Blumenthal, à paraître le 1er septembre 2011.


«Handbag Designer 101 is the bible for handbag designers or women who aspire to make their own bags. Included in the book are instructions for creating the fifteen essential bag styles—clutch, hobo, tote, and more—made simple with easy-to-follow how-to illustrations, suggested difficulty levels, and color photography. Advice from famous bag designers and today’s hottest indie designers accompany each pattern. Also included is the inside scoop on turning your handbag hobby into a successful business. From designing, to making, to marketing, "Handbag Designer 101" teaches you everything you need to know
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Découvrez le livre de pages "Hand Printing from Nature: Create Unique Prints for Fabric, Paper, and Other Surfaces Using Natural and Found Materials" de Laura Donnelly Bethmann, à paraître le 1er août 2011.


«Decorative printing is one of the hottest trends in the design world today. Crafters can't get enough! In Hand Printing from Nature, readers will discover how to use found natural materials -- such as leaves, feathers, vegetables, fruit, shells, weeds, and wood -- to print on any surface, from paper and fabric to ceramics, wood, stone, and more. Simple step-by-step instructions coupled with beautiful photos make it easy and fun to learn the basic techniques. In no time at all, crafters of any experience level will be creating original nature prints on everything from furniture to stationery to jewelry. The book includes more than 50 exciting projects. Create delicate shower invitations featuring herbal prints -- or a huge room divider printed with huge, spiny zucchini leaves, tendrils, and flowers. Try making one-of-a-kind home dec items, such as curtains printed with scallop shells, flower pots printed with parsley and sage, a lampshade printed with tree bark, and a footstool printed with cinnamon sticks. Or make something to wear -- perhaps a scarf printed wiht a cross-sectioned apple -- that expresses your own personal style. Accessories include tote bags printed with peach stones and asparagus, picnic baskets printed with peppers and walnuts, a fan printed with celery, and much more. There's something here for every inventive crafter. Hand Printing from Nature has the information and inspiration you need to take decorative printing to a whole new level».

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Découvrez le livre de 192 pages "Harvesting Color: How to Find Plants and Make Natural Dyes" de Rebecca Burgess, à paraître le 29 juillet 2010.


«Beautiful natural dyes from plants found in the wild or grown in your own backyard. As more and more crafters are discovering, dyeing your own fabric can yield gorgeous colors. Now master dyer Rebecca Burgess identifies 36 plants that will yield beautiful natural shades and shows how easy it is to make the dyes. Pokeweed creates a vibrant magenta, while a range of soft lavender shades is created from elderberries; indigo yields a bright blue, and coyote brush creates stunning sunny yellows. Harvesting Color explains where to find these plants in the wild (and for those that can be grown in your backyard, how to nurture them) and the best time and way to harvest them; maps show the range of each plant in the United States and Canada. For the dyeing itself, Burgess describes the simple equipment needed and provides a master dye recipe. The book is organized seasonally; as an added bonus, each section contains a knitting project using wools colored with dyes from plants harvested during that time of the year. With breathtaking color photographs by Paige Green throughout, Harvesting Color is an essential guide to this growing field, for crafters and DIYers; for ecologists and botanists; and for artists, textile designers, and art students».

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