Woven Optical Illusions:Patte and Design from four to 24 shafts

by: Stacey Harvey-Brown(Author),Katharina Kronig(Author)

Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd

Publication Date: 12 April 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 208 pages

ISBN-10: 0719843391

ISBN-13: 9780719843396

Book Description

Woven Optical Illusions explores a variety of optical effects through the medium of weaving. Suitable for weavers of all experience levels, it explains the basic principles behind the illusions and shows how to create the effects in selected weave structures to give a wide range of examples and possibilities. Projects are taken from concept through weave design and development to a woven result. With over 500 illustrations, including detailed drafts and images, this fascinating book is designed to whet the appetite of anyone who is interested in optical play. Includes Clear step-by-step explanations of the complete design process and describes the science behind the optical effects and some of the history of their discoveries. It also incorporates inspirational images from other weavers working in optical effects and projects range from plain weave through to advancing twills, featuring tied weaves such as summer and winter, taqueté and beiderwand, double cloth, colour-and-weave, shadow weave, and deflected double weave.

About the Author

About the Author STACEY HARVEY-BROWN is a weaver and writer based in south-west France with many years of experience as an artist and teacher. She eaed her MA exploring how the processes of nature, in particular geology, could be translated into dimensional and sculptural form in weaving. She exhibits inteationally and teaches and lectures widely. She is especially known for her work on texture and surface dimension, as well as optical effects.KATHARINA KRONIG trained and worked as a mathematician before changing direction to qualify and work in interior design and architecture. However, she realized that her real passion was for textile design, specifically weaving. She has been a freelance designer for the industry and has sold her work inteationally. Originally from Germany, she is based in the UK; her current focus is on the design of woven art.