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Crafting textiles in the digital age / edited by Nithikul Nimkulrat, Faith Kane, and Kerry Walton.

Contributor(s): Nimkulrat, Nithikul, 1974- [editor.] | Kane, Faith [editor.] | Walton, Kerry [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016Description: xxiii, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472529060 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Textile design -- Data processing | Textile design -- Technological innovations | Handicraft -- Philosophy | Technology | TechnologyDDC classification: 677'.022 Summary: In an era of increasingly available digital resources, many textile designers and makers find themselves at an interesting juncture between traditional craft processes and newer digital technologies. Highly specialised craft/design practitioners may now elect to make use of digital processes in their work, but often choose not to abandon craft skills fundamental to their practice, and aim to balance the complex connection between craft and digital processes. The essays collected here consider this transition from the viewpoint of aesthetic opportunity arising in the textile designer's hands-on experimentation with material and digital technologies available in the present.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In an era of increasingly available digital resources, many textile designers and makers find themselves at an interesting juncture between traditional craft processes and newer digital technologies. Highly specialised craft/design practitioners may now elect to make use of digital processes in their work, but often choose not to abandon craft skills fundamental to their practice, and aim to balance the complex connection between craft and digital processes. The essays collected here consider this transition from the viewpoint of aesthetic opportunity arising in the textile designer's hands-on experimentation with material and digital technologies available in the present.

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