Tullio Lombardo by Alison Luchs, hardback published by Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-15667-6, price 45.00 from www.yalebooks.co.uk
Subtitled ‘and the Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture’, this handsome book is a pictorial representation of Venetian sculpture. The accompanying learned text is from many contributors. Links are seen with the work of Bellini and others, at the same time [...]
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Tullio Lombardo by Alison Luchs
Swing, Swagger, Drape by Jane Slicer-Smith
Swing, Swagger, Drape by Jane Slicer-Smith, softback published by XRX books in the USA. Available in the UK, ISBN 978-1-19306417-8, price 17.99 from www.searchpress.co.uk
Wow, transport yourself to Australia with this collection of tremendous knits. I like most of the knits in this book. Jane has gone out there, researched, brought her own style and shape [...]
Complex Cloth by Jane Dunnewold
Complex Cloth by Jane Dunnewold, softback published by Martingale in the USA. ISBN 978-1-56477-149-0, price 29.99 from www.martingale-pub.com
Certainly one of the best books of its time, this book is still worth reading. The instructions are clear with many photographs and the examples of work are outstanding. I like the section on foiling best. It could [...]
More Twice Quilted Designs by Glorianne Cubbage
More Twice-Quilted Designs by Glorianne Cubbage, boxed published by Martingale in the USA. ISBN 978-1-56477-876-5, price 26.99 US dollars from www.martingale-pub.com
Following on from the first set of designs, here are more quilt designs for continuous line quilting that quilters must find a godsend. Interlacing designs from animals to flowers that are easy to sew if [...]
Knits from the North Sea by Carol Rasmussen Noble et al
Knits from The North Sea by Carol Rasmussen Noble and Margaret Leask Peterson, softback published by Martingale in the USA. ISBN 978-1-56477-832-1, price 27.99 from www.martingale-pub.com
16 lace-knit scarf type patterns. The tremendous designs are beautifully photographed and are presented in an easy to use format of just 80 pages. Most of the deigns are in [...]