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caitirin's review
4.0
I received an ARC copy of this from NetGalley.
This book is an excellent idea and technique book. Sarah Campbell put a lot of thought and care into describing how to use a ton of different brushes and tools to create a gorgeous rainbow of painted fabrics. She uses simple bristle brushes and foam sponge brushes to make technicolor samplers that feel very attainable even for someone like me who doesn't consider themselves to have a lot of paint media talent.
The other place that this book excels is giving project ideas for what to do with your fabric after you've painted it. There is an awesome kimono style jacket that would be well within a novice sewer's skill set.
I was particularly excited to see the range of projects because I'm a public librarian who teaches a lot of crafty programming and there were at least three ideas in the book I could see running at my library. I'm excited to try out some of these techniques. Also the painted jacket in the book was GORGEOUS.
The one place I think the book does fall a trifle short is in describing the inks and paints used. Campbell devotes perhaps a few pages to mentioning fabric inks versus fabric paints and that ink is more liquidity than paint and therefore spreads more easily, whereas paint is thicker and more opaque so ink can appear more luminous. I would have loved a section on what types of inks/paints to use on what fabrics with a few examples showing them on various fabrics. A pro and con list for X medium versus Y medium on Z fabric would have been really helpful. I think not having something like that will make brand new textile artists a little hesitant. I'm unafraid to make big messes so I'm just going to do a little research and dive right in.
This book is an excellent idea and technique book. Sarah Campbell put a lot of thought and care into describing how to use a ton of different brushes and tools to create a gorgeous rainbow of painted fabrics. She uses simple bristle brushes and foam sponge brushes to make technicolor samplers that feel very attainable even for someone like me who doesn't consider themselves to have a lot of paint media talent.
The other place that this book excels is giving project ideas for what to do with your fabric after you've painted it. There is an awesome kimono style jacket that would be well within a novice sewer's skill set.
I was particularly excited to see the range of projects because I'm a public librarian who teaches a lot of crafty programming and there were at least three ideas in the book I could see running at my library. I'm excited to try out some of these techniques. Also the painted jacket in the book was GORGEOUS.
The one place I think the book does fall a trifle short is in describing the inks and paints used. Campbell devotes perhaps a few pages to mentioning fabric inks versus fabric paints and that ink is more liquidity than paint and therefore spreads more easily, whereas paint is thicker and more opaque so ink can appear more luminous. I would have loved a section on what types of inks/paints to use on what fabrics with a few examples showing them on various fabrics. A pro and con list for X medium versus Y medium on Z fabric would have been really helpful. I think not having something like that will make brand new textile artists a little hesitant. I'm unafraid to make big messes so I'm just going to do a little research and dive right in.
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