{"product_id":"strange-material-storytelling-through-textiles-9781551525501","title":"Strange Material: Storytelling through Textiles","description":"\u003cp\u003eStrange Material explores the relationship between handmade textiles and storytelling.  Through text  the act of weaving a tale or dropping a thread takes on new meaning for those who previously have seen textilesquilts  blankets  articles of clothing  and moreonly as functional objects. This book showcases crafters who take storytelling off the page and into the mediums of batik  stitching  dyeing  fabric painting  knitting  crochet  and weaving  creating objects that bear their messages proudly  from personal memoir and cultural fables to pictorial histories and wearable fictions.  Full-color throughout  the book includes chapters on various aspects of textile storytelling  from \"Textiles of Protest  Politics  and Power\" to \"The Fabric of Remembrance\"; it also includes specific projects  such as the well-known and profoundly moving Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt  as well as poetry mittens  button blankets  and stitched travel diaries. Offbeat  poetic  and subversive  Strange Material will inspire readers to re-imagine the possibilities of creating through needle and fabric.  Leanne Prain is the co-author (with Mandy Moore) of Yarn Bombing  now in its third printing  and the author of Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery. A professional graphic designer  Leanne holds degrees in creative writing  art history  and publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67661006635061,"sku":"ByrdShop_155152550X","price":345.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781551525501.jpg?v=1791907647","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/strange-material-storytelling-through-textiles-9781551525501","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}