Leanne Prain,Jeff Christenson
A ,Library Journal, Best Book of the Year,Hoopla,, by the co-author of 2009's bestselling ,Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti,, showcases those who take the craft of embroidery where it's never gone before, in an astonishing, full-color display of embroidered art. ,Hoopla, rebels against the quaint and familiar embroidery motifs of flowers and swashes, and focuses instead on innovative stitch artists who specialize in unusual, guerrilla-style patterns such as a mythical jackalope and needlepoint nipple doilies; it demonstrates that modern embroidery artists are as sharp as the needles with which they work.,Hoopla, includes twenty-eight innovative embroidery patterns and profiles of contemporary embroidery artists, including Jenny Hart, author of ,Sublime Stitching,; Rosa Martyn of the UK-based Craftivism Collective; Ray Materson, an ex-con who learned to stitch in prison; Sherry Lynn Wood of the Tattooed Baby Doll Project, which collaborated with female tattoo artists across the United States; Penny Nickels and Johnny Murder, the self-proclaimed Bonnie and Clyde of embroidery; and Alexandra Walters, a military wife who replicates military portraits and weapons in her stitching.,Full-color throughout and bursting with history, technique, and sass, ,Hoopla, will teach readers how to stitch a ransom note pillow, mean and dainty knuckle-tattoo church gloves; and create their own innovative embroidery projects. If you like anarchistic DIY craft and the idea of deviating from the rules, ,Hoopla, will inspire you to wield a needle with flair!,With a foreword by Betsy Greer.
Nonfiction,Art,Crafts,Art,Reference,Crafts,Sewing,How To,Adult
Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery