Description: This gorgeous guide uses 326 works from around the world, arranged by 13 simple "four-letter" weaving words--from "size" to "yarn" to "woad"--to help weavers and others see how each one affects the finished tapestry.
Brief description: Micala Sidore runs Hawley Street Tapestry Studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she weaves tapestries and gives workshops. She has woven and exhibited tapestries for over 45 years. She studied at the renowned Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins in Paris and she lectures and teaches throughout the world. She is the author of The Art Is the Cloth: How to Look at and Understand Tapestries (Schiffer). www.hawleystreet.com
Review Quotes: "Reminiscent of a carefully curated exhibition, where works that are not normally shown together suddenly hang side by side and speak to the viewer in new and surprising ways. . . . Magnificent . . . can open the reader's eyes to the many different ways in which the magic of woven pictures unfolds."--Väv Magazine