Crafting Textiles in the Digital Age

Nithikul Nimkulrat is the Professor and Head of Department of Textile Design at the Estonian Academy of Art, Estonia. Faith Kane is Associate Professor and Major Co-ordinator of Textiles in the School of Design, at the College of Creative Arts, Massey University, New Zealand.Kerry Walton is Programme Director for Textiles: Innovation and Design at the School of the Arts, Loughborough University, UK.

• List of Illustrations List of ContributorsForewordJ.R. Campbell, Kent State University, USAIntroductionFaith Kane, Loughborough University, UK, Nithikul Nimkulrat, Estonian Academy of Art, Estonia, and Kerry Walton, Loughborough University, UKPart One: Digital Technologies Informing CraftCrafting Textiles in the Digital Age: Printed Textiles Cathy Treadaway, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UKDigital Embroidery Practice Tina Downes, Nottingham Trent University, UK, Tessa Acti, Independent Artist, UK, and Donna Rumble-Smith, Independent Artist, UKTextile Illusions – Patterns of Light and the Woven White ScreenAnne Louise Bang, Kolding School of Design, Denmark, Helle Trolle, Kolding School of Design, Denmark, and Anne Mette Larsen, Independent Researcher, DenmarkThe Intelligence of the HandMonika Auch, Visual Artist, The NetherlandsPart Two: Craft Intervention in Digital ProcessThe Digital Print Room – A Bespoke Approach to Print TechnologyHelen Ryall, University of Huddersfield, UK and Penny Macbeth, Manchester School of Art, UKMaintaining the Human Touch – Exploring ‘Crafted Control’ within an Advanced Textile Production Interface Martin Woolley, Coventry University, UK and Rob Huddleston, Birmingham City University, UKGarment ID: Textile Patterning Techniques for Hybrid Functional ClothingKerri Akiwowo, Loughborough University, UKProcesses within Digitally Printed Textile Design Susan Carden, Northumbria University, UKPart Three: Craft Thinking in a Digital AgeHand-Knitting in a Digital Era Josephine Steed, Robert Gordon University, UKHidden Values and Human Inconsistencies in Hand-Stitching ProcessesEmma Shercliff, Arts University Bournemouth, UKPerspectives on Making and Viewing: Generating Meaning through Textiles Sonja Andrews, University of Manchester, UKClosely Held Secrets: Embodied Knowledge in Digitally Crafted Textiles Katherine Townsend, Nottingham Trent University, UKIndex

Crafting Textiles in the Digital Age is a timely debate on the concept and role of craft in textile creation and digital technology. The book’s contributors address various issues, reflecting on aesthetic, social, economic, and environmental point of views, making it a valuable think tank for researchers, practitioners, and makers within textiles.