{"product_id":"reflective-stitch-claire-wellesley-smith","title":"Reflective Stitch - Claire Wellesley-Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReflective Stitch, Time and Place in Textile Art by Claire Wellesley-Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating book explores how to introduce notions of time and place to your textile art practice, to give deeper meaning and emotional resonance to your work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRenowned British textile artist Claire Wellesley-Smith demonstrates how these two fundamental concepts are linked – we experience time through place, and vice versa – and make endlessly rewarding themes for textile art. Practical ideas for incorporating time and place into your work include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Taking the time: how to observe mindfulness and care in choosing materials, and how to stitch with intention to create a more meaningful piece of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Textile temporalities: observing time passing through stitch, through daily embroidery journals and recording aspects of life, either environmental or personal, over certain durations of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Gathering together: Using textile art within the wider community to record memories, share ideas and create a sense of togetherness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Geographies of making: creating site-specific embroidery pieces, for display or otherwise, that are tied to a specific place and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Stitching connection: ideas for collaborating with other artists in group projects that are passed back and forth between the participants over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with exquisite examples of the author’s own textile work and that of other artists from around the world who embrace similar topics, this thoughtful, contemplative book offers a wealth of inspiration on how to incorporate these important themes into your own textile art practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback, 128 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished September, 2026 by Batsford Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9781849947541\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67812497162539,"sku":"9781849947541","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/5433\/2207\/files\/810I1envPZL._SL1417.jpg?v=1792452133","url":"https:\/\/shop.boltfabricboutique.com\/products\/reflective-stitch-claire-wellesley-smith","provider":"Bolt Fabric Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}