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Creative
Bloom
Projects and Inspiration with Fabric and Wire
Jennifer Swift
CREATIVE BLOOM. Copyright 2010 by Jennifer Swift. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. The patterns and drawings in this book are for the personal use of the reader. By permission of the author and publisher, they may be either hand-traced or photocopied to make single copies, but under no circumstances may they be resold or republished. It is permissible for the purchaser to create the designs contained herein and sell them at fairs, bazaars and craft shows. No other part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by North Light Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. (800) 289-0963. First Edition.
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Swift, Jennifer
Creative bloom : projects and inspiration with fabric and
wire / Jennifer Swift. 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4403-0316-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)
eISBN-13: 978-1-4403-1355-4
1. Fabric flowers. 2. Wire craft. I. Title.
TT890.5.S95 2010
745.56 dc22
2010013735
www.fwmedia.com
Metric Conversion Chart
TO CONVERT | TO | MULTIPLY BY |
Inches | Centimeters | 2.54 |
Centimeters | Inches | 0.4 |
Feet | Centimeters | 30.5 |
Centimeters | Feet | 0.03 |
Yards | Meters | 0.9 |
Meters | Yards | 1.1 |
Editor: Rachel Scheller
Designer: Geoff Raker
Production Coordinator: Greg Nock
Photographer: Ric Deliantoni
Stylist: Nora Martini
To Jeremy, my MacGyver, who always manages to ground my flights of fancy and make them a reality. Thank you for giving so much of your time to make this book happen. I love you. To my parents for supporting both my art and my dreams; without your love and care I wouldn't be who I am. To my little boy, who let his mommy be an artist for a while. Yes, sweetie, now we can go play!
Creating this book is an experience I will never forget. I am overwhelmed by the generous support and encouragement so many have given me. Special thanks to Tonia and to my editor, Rachel. I am extremely grateful to both of you for your guidance throughout this process. This book is better than I could ever have hoped because you, Christine, Geoff and the North Light staff all contributed your talents and time to make it so. Thanks to my friends and family who encouraged me, especially Becky, Kristen, Shelley, Lori and Audrey, who were my companions throughout this book's creation. I'd also like to thank Monica for opening up her home and her schedule to my son and giving me the gift of uninterrupted time. I also feel a debt of gratitude to all the artist teachers out there who have shared their work and ideas so generously with the rest of us. Special thanks to two artists, Shelley and Teri, for sharing their work with me. One final acknowledgment to God for giving me this task and the ability to complete it. I am so grateful.
Jennifer Swift is a mixed-media artist living in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area with her sweetheart of a husband and adorable little son. Jen always wanted to be an artist when she grew up and a doctor, and a poet, and a fashion designer, architect and cheerleader. The daughter of two teachers, she spent much of her time at school. To pass the time she would spend hours drawing cloud cities (inspired by Star Wars) on her mother's chalkboard. She enjoyed making clothes for her dolls out of tissue and also read incessantly.
Once she grew up, Jen embarked on a career as a floral designer. For several years she divided her time between floral design and a volunteer position teaching art to children. She met and married her husband, and when their son was born she became a stay-at-home mom. Needing a creative outlet, she began to create little wire flower gardens. At the same time, she also began to play around with fabric for the first time. Inspired, she combined the wire and fabric and soon opened her own Etsy shop, Bird From a Wire, to sell her work. Jen also took the chance to submit her work to several national art publications and was elated to have her work included in such magazines as Sew Somerset and Somerset Home. She has since been living the life of an artist, her childhood dream come true. This book is another dream come true for Jen. She loves to create and loves to inspire others to create as well, and this book allows her to do both.
Jen recently embarked on a creative quest to shape all things metal to her will and is excited to share this and her other artistic (mis)adventures with you through her blog, http://blog.birdfromawire.com.
Within each of us grows a garden. When we are young, it grows wild. It blooms without any help or care from us. The flowers of this garden are the ideas and inspirations of our child artist; they are beautiful and grow abundantly. The soil in which they grow is made of our dreams. As we grow, we pick these flowers without thought for the future. Then comes a season when the flowers that once grew wild cease to grow and bloom.
Gardens, you see, need care if they are to continue to grow. The soil needs to be cultivated, and the seeds of inspiration need to be sown. When fresh new shoots of thoughts and ideas sprout, we need to tend them carefully. Very few of us know this instinctively. We learn through trial and error how best to garden our plots. We search out other gardener artists, learn their methods, and, when we can, apply them to our own gardens. Books are a wonderful way to share this knowledge.
The philosophy of this book is simple. It follows the principle that if you give an artist a flower, she's happy for a day. Teach her to grow her own, and she's happy for a lifetime. The projects I've chosen to fill these pages will teach you wire-bending and fabric techniques you'll be able to use again and again. The chapters will encourage you to see the seeds of inspiration in the world around you: in your home, your closet, your family and friends even the view outside your window. You'll be encouraged to identify and develop your personal imagery and style so you can use the techniques to create art that is uniquely yours.
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