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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Preface: Fabric Painting in the 80's
  • About the Author
  • CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION TO FABRIC PAINTING
    • General Statements on Clothing
    • A Definition of Fabric Painting
    • Fabric Decoration Methods
    • Advantages of Fabric Painting
    • Holistic Design
    • Fabric Painting as Art and Craft
    • Design Integrated with Form
    • The Clothing Revolution
  • CHAPTER II: FABRIC PAINTING, A HISTORY
    • Ancient History-
            PreColumbian Fabric Painting
            American Indian Fabric Painting
            African Fabric Painting
            Eastern Fabric Painting
    • Modern Fabric Painting
    • Aesthetic Environment
    • Sociological Environment
    • Modern Fabric Painters
  • CHAPTER III: FABRIC PAINTING, A BEGINNING
    • The Paint, The Brush, The Cloth
    • Listing and Identification of Common Fabrics
    • Natural Fibers
    • Synthetic Fibers
    • Textural Properties of Cloth
    • Simple and Beginning Ideas-
            The Line, The Square, The Circle & The Triangle
            The Scattered Motif
            Lines Across the Fabric
            Theme and Variation
            Selling as Craft
            Selling as Art
    • Basic Design for Fabric Painting
    • The Painting Environment
    • Hazards of the Painting Environment
  • CHAPTER IV: MATERIALS AND THEIR MESSAGES
    • Classification of Paint Materials
    • Acrylics
    • Textile Paint
    • Oil Paints
    • Natural Dyes and Paints
    • Mordant Painting
    • Dyes-
            Atmospheric Steaming
            Other Steaming Methods
            Painting on Silk
            Dyeing on colored Fabrics
            Overdyeing Painted Fabrics
    • Inks
            Textile Inks
            Drawing Inks
    • Marking Pens
    • Transfer Pencils
    • Embroidery Paints
    • Fabric Crayons, Dye Pastels, and other Art Markers
  • CHAPTER V: PERCEPTION, INSPIRATION, CREATION
    • Origins of Painting
    • Design Ideas from:
            Prmitive Art
            Alphabets and Other Symbols
            Literature
            Motifs from PreColumbia
            Motifs from American Indian Cultures
            Motifs from African Cultures
            Motifs from Eastern Cultures
            Needlework
            Crafts
            Sewing and Historical Dress
            Nature
            The Fine Arts
            Sculpture
            Printed Textiles
  • CHAPTER VI: TECHNIQUES AND METHODS
    • Indirect Painting Techniques-
            Monopainting
            Marbling
            Collographs
            Found Objects
            Stamps
            Rubber Stamp Art
            Airbrush Painting
            Spray Painting
            Stenciling
            Resist Processes
            Japanese Stencil Dyeing with Paste-Resist (katazome)
            Rubbins
            Fold and Dye
            Bound Resists
            Heat Transfer Processes
            Photographic Processes
    • Spontaneous Painting Techniques
    • Direct Painting
    • Drawing
    • Tonal Exercises
    • Color Exercises
    • Watercolor Techniques
    • Oil Techniques
    • Acrylic Techniques
    • Pastel Techniques
    • Still Life
    • Landscape
    • Cityscape
    • Waterscape
    • Figure Drawing
  • CHAPTER VII:COMPOSITION AND CONSTRUCTION
    • Clothing Composition
    • Basic Clothing Construction
    • Modern Clothing Design
    • Ready-to-Wear and Handsewn
    • Clothing
    • Holistic Design
    • Elements of Design
    • Types of Painted Clothing
    • Design Notebook-
            Accessories
            Home Furnishings
            Other Fabric items
    • 'Quick and Easy' Projects for Beginners
    • Especially for Kids
  • CHAPTER VIII: MIXED MEDIA
    • Painted Weaving
    • Painted Patchwork
    • Soft Sculpture and Dolls
    • Combining Ideas
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Bibliography
  • Photo Credits
  • General Index
  • Index of Paint Materials
  • How This Book Came to Be
  • About the Author

Title: The Complete Book of Fabric Painting
Author/Designer: Linda S. Kanzinger
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1986
Publisher: Alcott Press, Spokane, WA
Language: English
Page Count: 246
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0961618000

SUMMARY- The '60's called, and they want their tie-dye back. All photos in this book are black-and-white, which I think hurts it considerably. The author did a huge amount of research, and decided we needed to know all of it, whether it was relevant to the task of actually painting fabric or not. Sorry, I'm tired and I just got done typing in two pages of Table of Contents. When I started reading, the binding came apart, so I now have a collection of loose pages in a ringless binder of sorts to juggle while I try to absorb useful knowledge with glazed eyes. What I did absorb is that she will take half a page to say something that could be said in a paragraph, or a sentence. There is surely a lot of useful information here, but you're going to have to dig for it, and dig, and dig, and dig. This was written with the renaissance of textiles as an art medium in full swing and it is clear she was quite conscious of this.

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