Hand-painted Textiles is an accessible and information rich guide with tutorials for surface painting on fabric by Sarah Campbell. Due out 18th April 2023 from Bloomsbury on their Herbert Press imprint, it's 176 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats.
This is a well written guide which is logically arranged and useful. It reads like a precisely planned and run workshop with a skilled facilitator/teacher. The chapters are arranged thematically: tools and supplies, making marks/getting started, making stamps, masking areas, stencils, resists, silks, pattern and color placement, matching and coordinating, bleach, some tutorials, and lots (and lots) of ideas for utilizing the fabrics, including some beautiful examples of painted fabric which is further embellished with embroidery and beadwork. I liked that the author doesn't push one particular brand and brand names are figleafed/obscured in tutorial photos.
Five stars. The book is absolutely stuffed full of inspirational and useful ideas and projects. It would be a great choice for public or school library acquisition, maker's groups, activity groups, classroom/workshop instruction, and the home studio.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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