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The British Tapestry Group publishes reviews of exhibitions, books and workshops through our international website and via eNews to members.

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Sublime Light: Tapestry Art of DY Begay

Editors: Cécile R. Ganteaume and Jennifer McLerran Publisher: The National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute Date published:: 2024272 pages, including 175 full colour and black-and-white...

Tapestry with PULLED WARP

Inspiration, technique, and the creative process Author: Susan Iverson Publisher: Schiffer PublishingIllustrated: Full colour illustrationsDate pub: 2024ISBN: 978-0-7643-6760-1Reviewer Sally Reckert,...

Gerhard Munthe - Norwegian Pioneer of Modernism

Jan Kokkin (translated by Arlyne Moi) Publisher: Arnoldsche Art Publishers (Stuttgart), 2018 Hardback, 296 pages; 48 colour and 200 b&w illustrations; bibliography; index of names. ISBN: 978-3-89790-517-7 Review...

Weaving with Wire - creating woven metal fabric

Christine K. Miller Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd Date published:  September, 2023 Full colour illustrations and sketch diagrams  ISBN: 978-0-7643-37772 Review by: Sally Reckert, September...

Gloria F. Ross & Modern Tapestry

Ann Lane Hedlund Publisher: Yale University Press (in association with Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona) Colour plates: generously illustrated throughout in full colour Date published:...

Weaving a Chronicle

Judith Poxson Fawkes Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2012 160 pp.; illustrated throughout in full colour ISBN: 978-0-7643-4063-5 Review by Sally Reckert I’ve been delighted to discover...

Coastal Matters - review by Sally Reckert

Jane Riley - Solo tapestry and ceramics Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar 2 July to 30 September 2022 Review by Sally Reckert, July 2022 Ivi Fox, a local visitor, commented: “I am interested in industrial...

Archie Brennan: Tapestry as Modern Art

Archie Brennan as told to Brenda Osborn  Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Date published: February 2022 Hardback 296 pages, 332 colour illustrations ISBN 978-0-7643-6249-1 Review by Sally Reckert,...

Tapestry Weaving for beginners and beyond

Kristin Carter Publisher: David & Charles Date published: March 2022 Paperback 128 pages ISBN 9781446308943 Review by Jane Kirby, May 2022 I love reading books on tapestry and have always been...

Marie Cuttoli: The modern thread from Miró to Man Ray

Edited by Cindy Kang Contributions by Laura Pirkelbauer, Laura L. F. Sevelis, Virginia Gardner Troy, K. L. H. Wells and Bruno Ythier Publisher: The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (Distrib. Yale University...

Untangled - A Crafty Sheep’s Guide to Tapestry Weaving

Rebecca Mezoff  CraftySheepPress.com, 2020 ISBN 9781732571105 Review by: Paulette Furnival July, 2020 Rebecca Mezoff is a well respected tapestry weaver and great communicator whose online courses...

The Living Tapestry Workbook

Thoma Ewen Moon Rain Centre, 2018 9780969114758 Review by: Paulette Furnival, August 2020 The Living Tapestry Workbook is an introductory guide to designing and weaving tapestry. Throughout the book,...

Anatomy of a Tapestry: Techniques, Materials, Care

Jean Pierre Larochette and Yadin Larochette illustrated by Yael Lurie Schiffer Publishing, 2020 Hardcover ISBN 9780764359330 Review by Sally Reckert, July 2020 ‘Anatomy of a Tapestry: Techniques,...

Weaving Water, Woven Land

Exhibition hosted by BTG Scottish Region at Farfield Mill, Cumbria from 30 October 2019 Reviewer Margaret Parker Farfield Mill has several gallery spaces and the BTG exhibition occupied a light, airy...

Hannah Ryggen: Threads of Defiance

Paasche, Marit (trans by Katia Stieglitz) Thames & Hudson, 2019 288 pages ISBN 9780500094099 Hannah Ryggen : Threads of Defiance Hardcover Review by Sally Reckert (sally@reckert.com) October...

Heallreaf 3

The third biennial exhibition of contemporary tapestries from around the world So many tapestry artists are drawn to the landscape as their source of inspiration. The flow of water runs through many of...
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