Research Guides: Craft and Material Studies: Fibers

Browsing Fibers & Textiles Books

Use these call numbers to browse for books at the Cabell Library:

NK 2775-2898 -- Decorative Arts. Rugs and Carpets.
NK 2975-3049 -- Decorative Arts. Tapestries.
NK8800-9505.5 -- Decorative Arts.Textiles
TS1300-1865 -- Textile industries
TT697-927 -- Arts and crafts, including sewing, embroidery, decorative crafts

Fibers Research Tip

Try keywords such as fiber art, soft sculpture, fibers, textiles, cloth & fabric
when doing research on this topic in Databases and the VCU Libraries Search.

Fiber & Textile History

World of Art World Textiles
Call Number: NK8806 .S36 2003
Publication Date: 2003-06-17
Surveys, from prehistory to the early twenty-first century, how textiles are made, what they are made from, how they function in society, the ways in which they are valued and given meaning, and the messages they contain.
Fiber: sculpture 1960-present
Call Number: NB1203 .F53 2014
Documents the developments in the field of fiber-related art over the past half century. Influenced by postmodernist ideas, these works are the product of experimentation with materials and technique while at the same time confronting important cultural issues.
Textile Designs
Call Number: NK9500 .M45 1991
Two hundred years of European and American patterns for printed fabrics organized by motif, style, color, layout, and period.
Cultural Threads : transnational textiles today
Call Number: N6494.F47 C85 2015
Cultural Threads considers contemporary artists and designers who work at the intersection of cultures and use textiles as their vehicle and their relationship with postcolonial culture.
Woven Histories: textiles and modern abstraction
Call Number: NK8809 .W68 2023
Richly illustrated volume exploring the inseparable histories of modernist abstraction and twentieth-century textiles. Features more than fifty creators whose work crosses divisions and hierarchies formerly segregating the fine arts from the applied arts and handicrafts.
Textiles : the Art of Mankind
Call Number: NK8806 .S345 2012
Juxtaposes historical and contemporary pieces from around the world. Detailed captions and hundreds of close-ups illustrate textile materials, as well as their possible manipulations and surface treatments. Six chapters cover such themes as imagery, structure and decoration, while an extensive list of resources provides valuable information about artists, museums and associations around the world.

Fiber & Textile Design and Fabrication

Textiles Today
Call Number: TS1445 .C573 2007
Key aspects of contemporary textile design from a global perspective including design, sustainability, economics and technology.
Digital Textile Design
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2012
Covers everything students and practitioners of textile design will need to learn about designing and printing digitally. Provides the know-how for students and professionals who wish to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator as design tools.
Also in print: TS1475 .B68 2012
Art Cloth: a guide to surface design for fabric
Call Number: TT699 .D83 2010
Shows how to layer processes with the latest products to create stunning cloth for use in a variety of fiber art.
Slow Stitch
Call Number: TT699 .W45 2015
A meaningful, sustainable approach to stitchery. Slow down and experience more joy in your craft by trying simple techniques based on traditional practice, reusing and reinventing materials, and limiting equipment.
Textile Design
Call Number: NK8804 .C59 2011
Looks at the basic principles of design and production, and gives practical advice on creating a collection.
Textile Surface Manipulation
Call Number: NK8804 .C44 2013
The techniques covered are an assortment of traditional and unconventional methods, from smocking to soldering, and the end products might range from fashion to interiors to textile art.
The Art and Science of Natural Dyes
Call Number: TP919 .B68 2018
Publication Date: 2019
Includes photos of more than 450 samples demonstrate the results of actual dye tests, and detailed information covers every aspect of natural dyeing including theory, fibers, mordants, dyes, printing, organic indigo vats, finishing, and the evaluation of dye fastness.

Fiber & Textile Artists

Artistry in fiber. Vol. 2: Sculpture
Call Number: NB198.6 .L44 2017
Nearly 500 photos ofartwork with personal insights from 78 of today's most noteworthy artists show the tremendously broad range of possibilities that working in three dimensions can offer.
From Thread to Needle : contemporary embroidery art
Call Number: NK9204 .V3613 2019
Showcasing over 80 international artists who incorporate embroidery into their practice, this book provides a survey of embroidery in contemporary art, illustrating the huge range of ways in which the craft has been embraced as a form of creative expression.

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