Embroidering the Everyday av Cas Holmes

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<b>Inspiration and practical tips on incorporating the everyday into textile art.</b><br><br>In <i>Embroidering the Everyday</i>, acclaimed textile artist Cas Holmes explores the ‘everyday’ and the ‘domestic’, generating a wealth of inspiration and raw material to create textile work that resonates with time and place. <br><br>Cas invites us to re-examine the world and use the limitations sometimes imposed by geographic area or individual circumstances as a rich resource to develop ideas for mixed media textiles in a more thoughtful way. With techniques and projects throughout, the book explores: <ul><li><b>How to be more resourceful</b> with what we have to hand, including working with vintage scraps, <b>homemade dyes</b> and papers, and even teabags and biscuits.</li><li><b>Rediscovering family history</b> and how photographs and objects can provide inspiration, including Cas’s own exploration of her Romani heritage.</li><li>Drawing inspiration from our