A selection of our favourite textile books (2)

<p>Welcome to our new podcast for all stitchers, embroiderers, textile artists and creative souls, where we have friendly informal conversations about what it actually means to be an artist working in textiles, with your hosts <a href="https://www.isobelmoore.co.uk/">Izzy Moore</a> and <a href="https://www.ginaferrari-art.co.uk/">Gina Ferrari</a>.&nbsp;We are both practising artists and tutors specialising in machine embroidery, but we’re still figuring it all out! We chat about combining the creative process with running a business and hope that you will find inspiration and support for your own creative journeys.&nbsp;</p> <p>In this episode we talk about some of our favourite textile related books; those we find useful, interesting and inspiring as well as those we might like to own. You can find a list of all books mentioned, plus a few more of our favourites, below.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Gina's Choices:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Inspired to Stitch 21 Textile Artists, Diana Springall, (A &amp; C Black); From Art to Stitch, Janet Edmonds, (Search Press); Alexander McQueen, Savage Beauty, Metropolitan Museum of Art, (Yale University Press).</p> <p><strong>Izzy's Choices:</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>Mixed Media Inspirations by Beryl Taylor, (Interweave); Machine Embroidery: Stitch Techniques by Val Campbell Harding &amp; Pam Watts, (Batsford); Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction by George Bain, (Constable).</p> <p><strong>Other books that almost made the list:</strong></p> <p>Mark Making in Textile Art, Helen Parrot, (Batsford); The Art of Embroidery, inspirational stitches, textures and surfaces, Francoise Tellier-Loumagne, (Thames &amp; Hudson); Sketchbook Explorations for Mixed Media and Textile Artists Shelley Rhodes, (Batsford); The Found Object in Textile Art, Cas Holmes, (Batsford); Encyclopedia of Machine Embroidery, Val Holmes, (Batsford); World Textiles: A sourcebook, (British Museum Press).</p> <p><strong>Other books mentioned in this episode:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>WOW Book 6 - edited by Lynda Monk, (d4daisy