Woven Treasures

Woven Treasures

<p>Renowned fiber artist Sara Lamb gives weavers an inside look at her groundbreaking work in <i>Woven Treasures</i>. From inspiration and project planning, to her signature hand-manipulated techniques, Lamb leads weavers through the steps of making exquisite bags using folk weaving techniques that evoke modern ideas in brilliant colors and textures.<br /><i>Woven Treasures</i> includes:<ul><li>An overview of Lamb's recent bag series.</li><li>An introduction for the weaver to the process of concepting and planning a woven piece.</li><li>A technique section of 6 folk weaving tutorials, such as hand-manipulating weaving techniques with a multi-technique sampler that gives basic instructions for soumak, twining, cut pile, cardweaving, inkle weaving, and plain weave.</li><li>Project instructions for 8 hand-woven bags.</li><li>Sidebars sprinkled throughout the book include the history of folk weaving techniques, as well as Lamb's signature beaded and stitched embellishment designs.</li></ul><i>Woven Treasure's</i> bag designs allow weavers an immediate sense of accomplishment, and the finished projects can be used and/or displayed as works of art.</p>