Many Hands The First 40 Years
Art, Design & Photography History Australiana
Many Hands The First 40 Years celebrates four decades of the Australian Tapestry Workshop, a national landmark in contemporary art and craft. This hefty 2016 hardcover, jacketed and fully illustrated, charts the evolution of the Melbourne studio from 1976 to 2016 through archival photos, behind-the-scenes stories and portraits of the artists, weavers and communities who brought monumental tapestries to life.
Art historians, textile lovers and collectors of Australian culture will relish the detail: commissions for Parliament House, collaborations with Sidney Nolan, John Olsen and other luminaries, and the delicate dyeing of merino wool to match painterly colours. The narrative balances technical insights with human anecdotes, showing how many hands truly create one tapestry.
The book is in very good, clean condition from a smoke-free home and ready to grace a library table or studio shelf. Its generous 25 x 29 cm format lets the full-page colour plates shine, making it both a scholarly reference and a visual feast for anyone passionate about Australian art history and textile craft.
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