Tuft the World is a colorful very well illustrated tutorial and technique guide to tufting rugs and decor written and curated by Tiernan Alexander and Tim Eads. Due out 16th April 2024 from the Princeton Architectural Press, it's 208 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.
It's nice to see arts/crafts tutorial instruction books aimed at other things than drawing and painting. This one is well written and accessible and probably fine for beginners to intermediate crafters. The introductory sections cover a bit of background, history, and a good overview on tools and supplies including selection, maintenance, technique, and safety. The authors also cover some color theory, design, and finishing. The book is beautifully photographed throughout in color.
The following chapters contain tutorials
which build up progressively from simple to more advanced techniques and
projects. Each tutorial includes tools and supplies in a bullet list
along with both written and photographic tutorial instructions.
Templates are not included in the physical
book. Important alternatives and creative ideas are provided in
highlighted text boxes in the tutorials.
The author and
publishers have also included some useful appendices including a
glossary and bibliography links which are refreshingly
international in scope. This is a well made book which would make a
superlative choice for group artists' studio, makers' groups, school or
public library acquisition, activity groups, and the artist's home
studio. The authors are clearly accomplished artists and they write out their working processes well on the page.
Five stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes
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