The Yarn Winiding Manifesto by Astrid Skibsted

The Yarn Winiding Manifesto by Astrid SkibstedThe Yarn Winding Manifesto is an inspirational work intended to share the joy of craftsmanship, materials, and colours. With thread, cardboard, and attention, you are invited into yarn windings artistic space of colours and textures. So that together, we can contribute a bit of creative counterbalance to an efficient, results oriented society. Theres a need for it! With a flow of inspiring images in a wealth of colours, textures, and compositions,

The Yarn Winding Manifesto is an inspirational work intended to share the joy of craftsmanship, materials, and colours. With thread, cardboard, and attention, you are invited into yarn winding’s artistic space of colours and textures.

So that together, we can contribute a bit of creative counterbalance to an efficient, results-oriented society. There’s a need for it!

With a flow of inspiring images in a wealth of colours, textures, and compositions, this photo series of nearly 200 works is introduced with beautiful and intelligent framing texts, an illustrated guide to the method, and a yarn winding manifesto of tangible simplicity.

Content:

• 4 short essays on creativity and colour.
• 10 illustrations and a written guide on how to make your own yarn windings.
• Nearly 200 photographs of artworks for inspiration.

Collaboration:

• The Danish Arts Foundation
• G-uld I/S: Several of the artworks in the book were created with beautiful plant dyed yarn from G-uld. They have given new life and a new perception of the traditional craft of natural dyes.
• Bruunshåb Olde Cardboard Factory: A museum for the early cardboard industry in Denmark. The colours cardboards that are the base of the artworks come from here.

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