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This stunning gallery-style volume includes some of the finest examples
of contemporary textiles and fiber art being made today. The collection
includes wearable art and couture, fashion accessories, soft furnishings
and vessels, tapestries, display art, and quilts. A wide variety of
techniques are featured, including hand and machine embroidery,
decorative stitching, batik, dyeing, fabric painting, appliqué, felt,
weaving, and all types of surface decoration. Full-color photography
features both full views as well as close-ups that will allow readers to
appreciate the finer details of many works.