Holyoke includes them as part of every draft. I know my subject, but that summer – and this book – exposed me to many new structures and ways of envisioning cloth.ĭiagramming cross sections of structures is particularly helpful in understanding weaving as a 3-dimensional process. She covers helpful designer skills, analysis, the technology of figured textiles, translating image to structure and then gives case studies at the end. Readers who haven’t attended Lisio won’t smell the pasta sauce simmering for the communal lunches we ate, but this book will take them, step by step, on the jacquard journey as taught by Holyoke and her colleagues. Reading this book brought back memories of those days. Many of the textiles documented by Holyoke were created in Lisio programs – such as the one shown at left. I met her there in 1997 when I participated in a 6-week summer intensive she co-taught with designer-artist Eva Basile. She has worked as a free-lance textile designer and educator while also wearing many hats over the years at Lisio Foundation in Florence. Holyoke, an American by birth, has lived in Italy since 1970. Her enthusiasm affirmed my sense that this is a book that is going to captivate any visually-attuned person. Though not a weaver, she bee-lined over to the book and began to squeal with delight as she scanned through the pages. It was on my counter when an artist friend came to visit. What I hadn’t expected was the pleasure of holding a hardcover book and the beauty of the book itself – brimming with sumptuous color images and detailed technical jargon (I am always hungry for such specifics). So I happily anticipated the arrival of Julie Holyoke’s new book, Digital Jacquard Design, not only because it is about weaving, but also because it included images of my work (bias noted). My shelves are lined with textile books but in recent years mostly cookbooks arrive in the mail. Book Review: Digital Jacquard Design March 29, 2014
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