Books

Stenciling, batik, block printing, tie dyeing, free-hand painting, silk-screen painting, as well as flocking and transferring pictures are all covered in this book. Over 350 illustration and complete step-by-step explanations. This is an unabridged republication of 1959 edition. 198 pp....

Newly revised! Lila Nelson, previous Vesterheim Textile Curator, originally wrote these instructions for how to use the cradle loom in 1977. Includes detailed drawings and updated full-color pictures. Softcover.

Learn the ancient craft of sewing and decorating a sheepskin coverlet with Solheim, who has taught skinnfeller at Vesterheim, Includes full-color photographs and patterns. Norwegian text. Hardcover.

The classic book on Norwegian tapestry. Profusely illustrated with over 220 black and white drawings, photographs, and 4 color plates. The translation combines the 1978 and 1988 editions. It includes: history, joining techniques (especially the Norwegian dovetail), looms, designing, weaving...

This is the first book in English to celebrate the little-known woven art of Scandinavia. It contains 46 full-color plates of rare and unpublished examples of indigenous tapestry designs, all of which display an astonishing variety of pattern, geometric, floral,...

Unfinished knitting projects are bearers of stories; we no longer remember what some of them were meant to be, while others continue to carry a dream of something splendid. It is as though they embody all this "otherness" precisely because...

Catalog of the popular Vesterheim exhibition, Handweaving In The Norwegian Tradition.Softcover, 30 pp.

Lichens have been used to create brilliant, versatile dyes for over 4,000 years. In this comprehensive guide based on 25 years of meticulous research, Casselman explains how to create and use dyes derived from these unusual plants. Filled with expert...