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Intimate Rivals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 385

Intimate Rivals

No country feels China's rise more deeply than Japan. Through intricate case studies of visits by Japanese politicians to the Yasukuni Shrine, conflicts over the boundaries of economic zones in the East China Sea, concerns about food safety, and strategies of island defense, Sheila A. Smith explores the policy issues testing the Japanese government as it tries to navigate its relationship with an advancing China. Smith finds that Japan's interactions with China extend far beyond the negotiations between diplomats and include a broad array of social actors intent on influencing the Sino-Japanese relationship. Some of the tensions complicating Japan's encounters with China, such as those surro...

Felt to Stitch
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 138

Felt to Stitch

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006-10-24
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  • Publisher: Batsford

In 'Felt to Stitch', acclaimed feltmaker Sheila Smith explores the possibilities of making and using handmade felt for stitch. Felt is an incredibly versatile medium that is easy to make and manipulate and provides the ideal base for surface embellishment. Handmade felt allows you a degree of control and creativity that ready-made fabrics cannot replicate. This book shows you how to make your own felt, select and dye your own colours, build unusual textures with felt fibres and further embellishment, and manipulate the felt to produce three-dimensional pieces. With sample projects that illustrate the main techniques, Felt to Stitch will address the main elements of design in felt : Colour: blending commercially dyed fibres; dyeing processes for wool fibres; applying colour as surface design Line and shape: methods for creating clear outlines in felt; pre-felts for use on inlay, appliqué and mosaic. Texture: combining felt and fabric – Nuno felt; embellishing with other fibres. Form/three-dimensional felt: seamless hollow forms. Other techniques: multi-layered felts; low relief; webs/grids.

Joanna Godden
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 515

Joanna Godden

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Embellish, Stitch, Felt
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 132

Embellish, Stitch, Felt

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-08
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  • Publisher: Anova Books

Sheila Smith’s latest book covers the new dry-felting techniques using hand-held needles and the hugely popular new embellisher machines. These mess-free techniques open up a range of felt ideas for textile artists. The book includes the use of commercial ready-made needle-punch felt for fashion and design work. And of course, it provides a range of decorative stitching and dyeing methods that can be used to embellish the felt. Colourfully illustrated with inspirational textiles, plus clear step-by-step instructions, the book covers: Laying the Foundations: Use a variety of fibres and fabrics to create exciting cloths that are both beautiful and versatile. These can be layered further – ...

Felt Fabric Designs
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 128

Felt Fabric Designs

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-09-19
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  • Publisher: Batsford

The basic ingredients of wool, lightweight woven fabric and a variety of fibres and yarns can be combined in a myriad of ways to create beautiful one-off pieces of felted fabric. This useful and inspirational book is a collection of felt 'recipes' to help you make all sorts of felt fabrics, from light and airy Nuno felt, suitable for delicate projects such as wedding veils, to heavier, more durable fabrics that you can use to make handbags and other hardwearing items. It explains how to use layered fabric and felt, create interesting shaped edges and incorporate beads and other embellishments to enhance your work. Each 'recipe' contains full step-by-step instructions to enable you to create a stunning, unique piece of fabric. Suggestions are given for possible uses for each fabric, from evening wear and accessories to items for the home. Illustrated with stunning examples of felt fabrics and items that have been made with them, this book is a handy sourcebook to help you create a huge range of different felted fabrics for your textile-art projects.

Little England
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 312

Little England

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

All the Books of My Life
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 200

All the Books of My Life

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Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Today
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 160

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Today

Nancy Reagan helped to make this breed as popular as it now is. This book gives superb advice on living with and caring for the sensitive Cavalier from choosing a puppy to raising a healthy adult dog.

The end of the house of Alard ...
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 374

The end of the house of Alard ...

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1924
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Development of Capitalism in Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 194

The Development of Capitalism in Africa

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-05-13
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  • Publisher: Routledge

First published in 1986, this work challenges underdevelopment analyses of Africa’s past experiences and future prospects, and builds upon a very wide range of recent historical research to argue that the impact of Capitalism has resulted in economic progress and significant improvements in living standards. In marked contrast to the dependency approach, they propose that the important political and economic differences between the experiences of developing countries should be stressed and analysed. The argument is supported by a detailed look at the emergence since 1900 of capitalist social relations of production in nine different countries.