Anni Albers Card Weaving at Black Mountain College Black Mountain College Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Western Regional Archives, Asheville, N.C. Anni Albers was a German artist. She also mentored several generations of fine women weavers. Her emphasis on tactility seems especially urgent today, as she offers the next generation a profound corrective to an increasingly digital monoculture.". [Anni Albers] emerges from the new On Weaving as both a historical figure and a living one.---Charles Darwent, Burlington Magazine This new edition of On Weaving [is] achingly timely. As a student at the Bauhaus in Germany in the early 1920s, Anni Albers found artistic freedom in the weaving workshop, where she began to explore the technical limits of fibres and the loom as a means of expression and experimentation. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Anni Albers humbly dedicated her seminal book On Weaving to "my great teachers, the weavers of ancient Peru." Common terms and phrases. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please try again. Please try again. The classic book on the art and history of weaving―now expanded and in full colorWritten by one of the twentieth century’s leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is a luminous meditation on the art of weaving, its history, its tools and techniques, and its implications for modern design. Truely inspiring! Jul 27, 2014 - Explore Wendy Roberts's board "Annie Albers" on Pinterest. Anni Albers was born Annelise Elsa Frieda Fleischmann on June 12, 1899 in Berlin, Germany. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Please try again. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2018, Gift for my daughter who is a textiles graduate, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2019. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Easy, pleasant transaction. Essential reference for textile weaving design, Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2020. Weaving on a Little Loom (Everything you need to know to get started with weaving, ... Natural Palettes: Inspiration from Plant-Based Color. Albers_Anni_On_Weaving_1974.pdf ‎ (file size: 30.14 MB, MIME type: application/pdf) File history Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. In her introduction to the book, Albers wrote: I approached the subject as one concerned with the visual, structural side of weaving... My concern here was to comment on some textile principles underlying some evident fact. A great success. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Needed this book for a research project. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. It is a classic text, both theoretical and practical, in the art of weaving by one of the most extraordinary weavers of the 20th Century. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Something went wrong. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. On Weaving Anni Albers Snippet view - 1965. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Previous page of related Sponsored Products, Wesleyan University Press (January 1, 1974), Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2015, Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2009. Topics include Hand weaving, the loom, fundamental constructions, draft notation, modified and composite weaves, early techniques of thread interlacing, interrelation of fiber and construction, tactile sensibility, tapestry, designing as visual organization. One of these items ships sooner than the other. See more ideas about Bauhaus textiles, Anni albers, Weaving. Please try again. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. What a treat to see the weavings in this book and what Anni Albers has to say about it all, love her Peruvian influence. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. I love this book and the era of great crafts women it represents. My friend both loved it and coffee-tabled it. though i am a painter, i found many useful additives to approach my art. Gives much insight into Anni Albers as a thinker and craftsperson. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Her emphasis on tactility seems especially urgent today, as she offers the next generation a … In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Her emphasis on tactility seems especially urgent today, as she offers the next generation a profound corrective to an increasingly digital monoculture." --Jenny Anger, author of Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art, "On Weaving is a book that one reads again and again for the insightful logic about the meaning of art, and the reasons and methods governing the creation of good design. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series). "With enviable clarity, Albers reviews the basics of weaving materials and techniques while threading the history of weaving from Peru and Persia to China, Europe, and beyond. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. She was born in Berlin, and studied painting under German Impressionist Martin Brandenburg from 1916 to 1919. First published in 1965, On Weaving bridges the transition between handcraft and the machine-made, highlighting the essential importance of material awareness and the creative leaps that can occur when design problems are tackled by hand.With her focus on materials and handlooms, Anni Albers discusses how technology and mass production place limits on creativity and problem solving, and makes the case for a renewed embrace of human ingenuity that is particularly important today. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. That's just me. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. I admire Anni Albers' work. The Dreamed-of Color Edition Of A Classic, Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2018. The retrospective exhibition, Anni Albers, explores the pioneering female artist’s position within the history of abstract modernism and puts weaving in the spotlight.

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