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Book Ralli Quilts

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia Ormsby Stoddard
  • Publisher : Schiffer Craft
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780764316975
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Ralli Quilts written by Patricia Ormsby Stoddard and published by Schiffer Craft. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of a fascinating quilting tradition found in southern Pakistan and western India. These quilts, called ralli, have stunning designs, brilliant colors, and an intriguing history. More than 130 ralli quilts from the mid to late twentieth century are shown, along with background information on where they were made, pattern characteristics, type of fabric, and dimensions. A valuable reference for textile historians, designers, and quilt lovers everywhere.

Book Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils in Art

Download or read book Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils in Art written by Kim Earle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Students in Art provides specific guidance on: Recognising high ability and multiple intelligences Planning, differentiation and extension/enrichment in Art Teacher questioning skills Support for more able pupils with learning difficulties Homework Recording and assessment Beyond the classroom: visits, residentials, competitions, summer schools, masterclasses, links with other institutions. The book features comprehensive appendices and an accompanying CD with: Useful contacts and resources Lesson plans Liaison sheets for Teaching Assistants Homework activities Monitoring sheets For secondary teachers, subject heads of departments, Gifted and Talented co-ordinators, SENCos and LEA advisers.

Book Embroidery from India and Pakistan

Download or read book Embroidery from India and Pakistan written by Sheila Paine and published by British museum Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on over 20 textiles from the British Museum's collection, this book explores the wonderful folk embroidery of India and Pakistan - in particular the domestic work made by women for their own dowry or family. Illustrated in full and in detail, these richly decorated items - costumes and household textiles -should provide designers at all levels with inspiration for new and unexpected ways for using colour and pattern in their own work.

Book Colours of the Indus

Download or read book Colours of the Indus written by Nasreen Askari and published by Merrell. This book was released on 1997 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed for Merrell Holberton, Exhibition catalogue, Published in association with Victoria & Albert Museum.

Book The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture

Download or read book The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture written by Heather M. Akou and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universal act of dressing—shared by both men and women, young and old, rich and poor, minority and majority—has shaped human interactions, communicated hopes and fears about the future, and embodied what it means to be Somali. Heather Marie Akou mines politics and history in this rich and compelling study of Somali material culture. Akou explores the evolution of Somali folk dress, the role of the Somali government in imposing styles of dress, competing forms of Islamic dress, and changes in Somali fashion in the U.S. With the collapse of the Somali state, Somalis continue a connection with their homeland and community through what they wear every day.

Book Recent Trends in Traditional and Technical Textiles

Download or read book Recent Trends in Traditional and Technical Textiles written by Vinay Midha and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises the select proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Traditional and Technical Textiles (ICETT 2019), and examines the latest developments and automation in the field of textile technology. The topics covered include geotextiles, filters, medical textiles, functional finishing of textiles, composites, sustainable textile materials, and pollution in the textile industry. The book also discusses various aspects of traditional textiles including traditional methods of designing textiles, traditional textiles as a new avatar for technical textiles, traditional and technical assets of Indian and Asian culture: phulkari, bagh, kalamkari and chope embroideries. This book can be useful for students, researchers, and professionals working in traditional textile design and technical textile applications.

Book Federal Register

Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1978-05 with total page 1482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Download or read book Islamic Republic of Pakistan written by Arthur Homer Furnia and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fabric for Fashion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Clive Hallett
  • Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
  • Release : 2022-04-01
  • ISBN : 1529419964
  • Pages : 652 pages

Download or read book Fabric for Fashion written by Clive Hallett and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at fashion designers, Fabric for Fashion:The Complete Guide is unique in explaining the behaviour, properties and sustainability impacts of a wide range of natural and man-made fabrics. Design is determined by how fabrics work, move, feel and look. Increasingly and out of necessity, design is also led by how fabric choices affect our planet and its inhabitants. The most successful fashion designers are those who truly understand their materials, who match design skill with technical knowledge. This book offers guidance by providing a mix of practical information, including industry vocabulary, and a wealth of stunning visual examples showing how designers, both past and present, have worked with textiles. Highlights of this new edition include additional chapters on: - Sustainable fabrics and fashion - Smart fabrics - Product development - Biosynthetic fibres "This second edition of Fabric for Fashion offers refreshed information on sustainability and smart fabrics. Rather than tacking on a chapter to address these concerns, Hallett and Johnston address these topics appears in every chapter and subchapter, on subjects like fabrics' environmental impacts, for example, as well as notes on eco-friendly fabrics, how "smart" fabric translates into functional designs, the recyclability of individual fabrics, and more... A must for anyone who cares about the fate of fabrics and the goods they become, as well as the fate of our planet." - Booklist

Book Fabric for Fashion  The Complete Guide

Download or read book Fabric for Fashion The Complete Guide written by Amanda Johnston and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide is the only book specifically for fashion designers to explain the behaviour and properties of different fabrics. Fashion design is largely determined by how the fabrics work, move, feel and look. The most successful fashion designers are those who understand their materials, who match design skill with technical knowledge. This book bridges that gap by providing a mix of practical information and industry vocabulary, visually examining generic fabric types, discussing the characteristics of fabrics and showing how to exploit materials to push the boundaries of design. With stunning colour photographs that show how fashion designers, both past and present, have worked with fabrics, the book’s prime objective is to stimulate creative exploration of the relationship of fabrics to fashion.

Book The Flowering Desert

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nasreen Askari
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2024-03-21
  • ISBN : 9781913645571
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Flowering Desert written by Nasreen Askari and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition of an essential resource on the textile crafts of Sindh. The textile crafts of Sindh are amongst the oldest in South Asia. A kaleidoscope of color, mirrors, and embroidery, Sindhi textiles feature motifs of desert flowers, peacocks, scorpions, and sand dunes. The Flowering Desert explores the history, craftsmanship, styles, and stitches of textiles from Sindh in Pakistan, which, according to some scholars, was the crucible in which the textile traditions of Gujarat and Rajasthan were forged. It focuses on a spectacular private collection, parts of which have been exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and the National Museums of Scotland. In addition to sumptuous photography of 120 remarkable objects--from tunics and turban sashes to dowry bags and animal adornments--the book includes essays on the history of the region, its ethnic groups, and their differing styles, as well as on the numerous stitches used in Sindhi embroidery. This is a revised second edition of the best-selling book which incorporates new and additional material as well as an expanded glossary, which will be of interest to both collectors and scholars.

Book A Companion to Textile Culture

Download or read book A Companion to Textile Culture written by Jennifer Harris and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively and innovative collection of new and recent writings on the cultural contexts of textiles The study of textile culture is a dynamic field of scholarship which spans disciplines and crosses traditional academic boundaries. A Companion to Textile Culture is an expertly curated compendium of new scholarship on both the historical and contemporary cultural dimensions of textiles, bringing together the work of an interdisciplinary team of recognized experts in the field. The Companion provides an expansive examination of textiles within the broader area of visual and material culture, and addresses key issues central to the contemporary study of the subject. A wide range of methodological and theoretical approaches to the subject are explored—technological, anthropological, philosophical, and psychoanalytical, amongst others—and developments that have influenced academic writing about textiles over the past decade are discussed in detail. Uniquely, the text embraces archaeological textiles from the first millennium AD as well as contemporary art and performance work that is still ongoing. This authoritative volume: Offers a balanced presentation of writings from academics, artists, and curators Presents writings from disciplines including histories of art and design, world history, anthropology, archaeology, and literary studies Covers an exceptionally broad chronological and geographical range Provides diverse global, transnational, and narrative perspectives Included numerous images throughout the text to illustrate key concepts A Companion to Textile Culture is an essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, instructors, and researchers of textile history, contemporary textiles, art and design, visual and material culture, textile crafts, and museology.

Book Pakistan

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christophe Jaffrelot
  • Publisher : Zed Books
  • Release : 2002-04
  • ISBN : 9781842771174
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Pakistan written by Christophe Jaffrelot and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of Pakistan's complicated political mosaic focuses on ethnic tensions within the country, the Mohajir movement, Pashtun and Baloch nationalisms, and the "Punjabization" of the country. Contributors also look at the country's complex position within the South Asian region, including its foreign policy, and the dialectic between domestic and foreign policy, and the role of the army. The book raises many thought-provoking questions, including the definition of Palestinian identity, the control of the state, and the deeply flawed institution of democracy.

Book Sindh Jo Ajrak

    Book Details:
  • Author : Noorjehan Bilgrami
  • Publisher : White orchid books
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9789748299105
  • Pages : 178 pages

Download or read book Sindh Jo Ajrak written by Noorjehan Bilgrami and published by White orchid books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of ajrak, the famous double-printed cotton cloth of Sindh, in Pakistan. It describes the 20 laborious stages of production and identifies the craftsmen who still practise this ancient tradition.

Book Pakistan s Nuclear Future

Download or read book Pakistan s Nuclear Future written by Henry D. Sokolski and published by Strategic Studies Institute. This book was released on 2009 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfortunately, a nuclear terrorist act is only one-- and hardly the most probable-- of several frightening security threats Pakistan now faces or poses. We know that traditional acts of terrorism and conventional military crises in Southwest Asia have nearly escalated into wars and, more recently, even threatened Indian and Pakistani nuclear use. Certainly, the war jitters that attended the recent terrorist attacks against Mumbai highlighted the nexus between conventional terrorism and war. For several weeks, the key worry in Washington was that India and Pakistan might not be able to avoid war. Similar concerns were raised during the Kargil crisis in 1999 and during the Indo-Pakistani conventional military tensions that arose in 2001 and 2002-- crises that most analysts (including those who contributed to this volume) believe could have escalated into nuclear conflicts. The intent of this book is to conduct a significant evaluation of these threats. Its companion volume, Worries Beyond War, published in 2008, focused on the challenges of Pakistani nuclear terrorism. These analyses offer a window into what is possible and why Pakistani nuclear terrorism is best seen as a lesser included threat to war, and terrorism more generally. Could the United States do more with Pakistan to secure Pakistan's nuclear weapons holdings against possible seizure? It is unclear. This book argues that rather than distracting our policy leaders from taking the steps needed to reduce the threats of nuclear war, we would do well to view our worst terrorist nightmares for what they are: subordinate threats that will be limited best if the risk of nuclear war is reduced and contained.--

Book Pakistan s Nuclear Future

Download or read book Pakistan s Nuclear Future written by Henry D. Sokolski and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfortunately, a nuclear terrorist act is only one-- and hardly the most probable-- of several frightening security threats Pakistan now faces or poses. We know that traditional acts of terrorism and conventional military crises in Southwest Asia have nearly escalated into wars and, more recently, even threatened Indian and Pakistani nuclear use. Certainly, the war jitters that attended the recent terrorist attacks against Mumbai highlighted the nexus between conventional terrorism and war. For several weeks, the key worry in Washington was that India and Pakistan might not be able to avoid war. Similar concerns were raised during the Kargil crisis in 1999, and the Indo-Pakistani conventional military tensions that arose in 2001 and 2002-- crises that most analysts (including those who contributed to this volume) believe could have escalated into nuclear conflicts. The intent of this book is to conduct a significant evaluation of these threats. Its companion volume, Worries Beyond War, published in 2008, focused on the challenges of Pakistani nuclear terrorism. These analyses offer a window into what is possible and why Pakistani nuclear terrorism is best seen as a lesser included threat to war, and terrorism more generally. Could the United States do more with Pakistan to secure Pakistan's nuclear weapons holdings against possible seizure? It is unclear. This book argues that rather than distracting our policy leaders from taking the steps needed to reduce the threats of nuclear war, we would do well to view our worst terrorist nightmares for what they are: subordinate threats that will be limited best if the risk of nuclear war is reduced and contained.

Book Sindh  Stories from a Vanished Homeland

Download or read book Sindh Stories from a Vanished Homeland written by Saaz Aggarwal and published by black-and-white fountain. This book was released on 2012 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: