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The social history behind fashionable materials - and how they got their name.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgements A big big thank you to all the - photo 1
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Acknowledgements

A big, big thank you to all the wonderful textile artists who so generously gave me images to illustrate this book, Im sure that they are too good for the text:

Homer Alvarez

Bendigo Woollen Mills

Glenys Mann textile artist, Australia, www.manmaid.com.au

Kaffe Fasset textile artist and designer, UK, www.kaffefassett.com

Brandon Mably textile artist and designer, UK, www.brandonmably.com

Jan Garside Textile artist, UK, www.jangarside.com

Judy Wilford textile artist, Australia, www.judywilford-visualartist.com

Vanessa Taylor textile artist, Australia

Annamaria Magnus textile artist, Australia, http://webclearnetworks.com.au/-handweaving Vicki Taylor textile artist, Australia

Helen Evans textile artist, story teller, writer, Australia, www.helenevanswriter.com.auLisa Lichtenfels sculptor, USA, CFM Gallery, New York, NY

And just as big a thank you to the following people who were so kind and willing to help me obtain images for the book, I cant thank any of you enough.

Neil Zukerman gallery owner CFM Gallery, New York, NY www.cfmgallery.comDavid Dunning photography for Anohi Hand Printing Museum, Jaipur, India

Rachel Bracken-Singh museum director Anohi Hand Printing Museum, Jaipur, India Anokhi Hand Printing Museum, Jaipur India

And last, but never, ever least, thank you to the people behind the scenes who helped pull my messy text into the shape of a beautiful book and who waited so patiently for me to get it together:

Fiona Shoop, who gave me the commission

Lisa Hooson, who has been so lovely and not put me on the naughty seat for being so late Pen & Sword who produced the book

My dear daughter, Beatriz Alvarez, who read and edited as much as she could of the manuscript

And my lovely, lovely agent, Isabel Atherton of Creative Authors who has stood beside me and propped me up all the way through.

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