Mark-making Through the Seasons: Textile art inspiration and techniques

摘要

Helen Parrott is an art quilter and author of Mark-making in Textile Art (Batsford, 2013). In that book, Parrott illustrated how simple stitches could be used in various ways to create graphic imagery and textural surface qualities. She also included information about using techniques such as monoprinting, block printing and resists to apply marks and colour with fabric paints in combination with stitching. In Mark-making Through the Seasons: Textile art inspiration and techniques, the author revisits the subject of stitched mark-making. Parrott emphasises that the local environment can provide plenty of source materials for anyone looking closely. She encourages readers to use walks - at home or on holiday - as an opportunity to create photographic records and to keeping journals, using these as resources for developing their stitching. The seasonal emphasis conveyed in the title is a reference to Parrott's love of walking through all seasons, drawing inspiration from the natural environment and noting the changes that occur throughout the year.