Eight Shafts: Beyond the Beginning (Personal Approaches to Design)
Ed: Laurie Autio & Linda Davis
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Complex Weavers, this book features more than 70 pieces, ranging from simple and elegant to intriguing multi-faceted complexity. Ply-splitting, card weaving, painstaking hand-manipulated techniques, commercial and hand-dyed yarns, with shaft, drawloom, and Jacquard weaving in many different structures, provide a mind-stretching bonanza.
While weaving information and drafts are provided for all pieces in the book, the emphasis is on the design process.
Weavers bring from two to more than 50 years of experience, yet each contributes an individual voice and unique style. They write of their inspirations, how they chose to implement their design, the parts they like, and where they might take it in the future.
Weavers of any level will find something that appeals to them and collect a bouquet of ideas and techniques to extend their weaving in new directions.
