- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; First edition edition (20 Oct 1980)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 057111606X
- ISBN-13: 978-0571116065
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 18.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 624,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book really helpful. It does not set out to be a book of glamorous pictures with minimal text [as is often found in many disappointing, recent publications] but to take the whole subject and make it clear. The information is given by a real expert, whose embroidery skills are world-class, who really knows what she is talking about.
Yes it is a shame that the illustrations aren't in colour [there is surely scope for re-photographing the boxes in colour] but that was the original format which Batsford adopted for reasons of cost and technology.
There are plenty of pretty embroidery books around - at a price - for those who want to look at them! There are not so many books that are written by experts, with the gift of teaching as well as creating.
Jane Lemon has written all too few books, her life-time has been used in teaching and inspiring the team of Sarum embroiderers; and Salisbury Cathedral is made more beautiful by the works she has designed and helped to embroider.
Yes it is a shame that the illustrations aren't in colour [there is surely scope for re-photographing the boxes in colour] but that was the original format which Batsford adopted for reasons of cost and technology.
There are plenty of pretty embroidery books around - at a price - for those who want to look at them! There are not so many books that are written by experts, with the gift of teaching as well as creating.
Jane Lemon has written all too few books, her life-time has been used in teaching and inspiring the team of Sarum embroiderers; and Salisbury Cathedral is made more beautiful by the works she has designed and helped to embroider.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have previously written a well considered but uncomplimentary review on this book, but do not see it anywhere. This is a summary of that review.
Despite the fact that the cover is shown in colour, all the illustrations inside the book are not very good quality
black and white photographs, which do not inspire, in what is after all a visual medium. This is probably the book's worse fault, and I felt quite cheated, having bought the book on the strength of the cover illustration and the blurb.
The text is dry, and reads rather like a school textbook. The designs are very much of their time - the eighties - sometimes embarrassingly so, for those of us who have already been there.
I concede that I may be missing the point - perhaps this 'Batsford Classic' is supposed to be a 'collector's item', and is not meant to be used for inspiration or to be visually interesting. If this is what you want, then by all means buy it.
Steer clear, though if you are looking for a book about embroidered boxes which will compete with more contemporary publications, or if you actually want to make a box, for you will be asleep from boredom or scratching your head with confusion at the text long before you finish your box.
The book rates one star for the price - it's cheap!
Despite the fact that the cover is shown in colour, all the illustrations inside the book are not very good quality
black and white photographs, which do not inspire, in what is after all a visual medium. This is probably the book's worse fault, and I felt quite cheated, having bought the book on the strength of the cover illustration and the blurb.
The text is dry, and reads rather like a school textbook. The designs are very much of their time - the eighties - sometimes embarrassingly so, for those of us who have already been there.
I concede that I may be missing the point - perhaps this 'Batsford Classic' is supposed to be a 'collector's item', and is not meant to be used for inspiration or to be visually interesting. If this is what you want, then by all means buy it.
Steer clear, though if you are looking for a book about embroidered boxes which will compete with more contemporary publications, or if you actually want to make a box, for you will be asleep from boredom or scratching your head with confusion at the text long before you finish your box.
The book rates one star for the price - it's cheap!
Format:Paperback
This book was exactly as described, and although not new was in great condition. The service was really good too, book arrived within a couple of days.
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