In
the newest book from Dragon Threads, author
and internationally renowned quilt artist
M. Joan Lintault shares the philosophies and
techniques she uses to create amazing art
quilts. Involved in the fiber arts movement
since 1965, Lintault’s work has been
exhibited at, among other places, the Smithsonian
Institute, the American Crafts Museum, and
the American Museum of Quilts and Textiles.
This book is her latest artistic accomplishment
– dedicating in print the deeply personal
and elusive inner workings of an artist’s
mind.
Lintault
provides readers with invaluable insights
into her artistic process. For her, the process
of creating quilts is as much
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about
formal artistic principles and elements as
inspiration and intuition.
Striving to have quilts recognized as serious
art, Lintault employs her knowledge of “the
language of art” in her creations.
While
Lintault does explain some of her technical
processes in the book – including sketching,
fabric dyeing, layering, sewing and appliqué
techniques -- it is less a “how-to”
book as a “get yourself going”
book. Robert Shaw, quilt expert and author
of The Art Quilt raves, “I encourage
anyone interested in making art to read this
marvelous book…I cannot recommend it
highly enough.”
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