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 Contributors

Foreword
J.R. Campbell, Kent State University, USA

Introduction
Faith Kane, Loughborough University, UK, Nithikul Nimkulrat, Estonian Academy of Art, Estonia, and Kerry Walton, Loughborough University, UK

Part One: Digital Technologies Informing Craft

Crafting Textiles in the Digital Age: Printed Textiles
Cathy Treadaway, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

Digital Embroidery Practice
Tina Downes, Nottingham Trent University, UK, Tessa Acti, Independent Artist, UK, and Donna Rumble-Smith, Independent Artist, UK

Textile Illusions – Patterns of Light and the Woven White Screen
Anne Louise Bang, Kolding School of Design, Denmark, Helle Trolle, Kolding School of Design, Denmark, and Anne Mette Larsen, Independent Researcher, Denmark

The Intelligence of the Hand
Monika Auch, Visual Artist, The Netherlands

Part Two: Craft Intervention in Digital Process

The Digital Print Room – A Bespoke Approach to Print Technology
Helen Ryall, University of Huddersfield, UK and Penny Macbeth, Manchester School of Art, UK

Maintaining the Human Touch – Exploring ‘Crafted Control’ within an Advanced Textile Production Interface
Martin Woolley, Coventry University, UK and Rob Huddleston, Birmingham City University, UK

Garment ID: Textile Patterning Techniques for Hybrid Functional Clothing
Kerri Akiwowo, Loughborough University, UK

Processes within Digitally Printed Textile Design
Susan Carden, Northumbria University, UK

Part Three: Craft Thinking in a Digital Age

Hand-Knitting in a Digital Era
Josephine Steed, Robert Gordon University, UK

Hidden Values and Human Inconsistencies in Hand-Stitching Processes
Emma Shercliff, Arts University Bournemouth, UK

Perspectives on Making and Viewing: Generating Meaning through Textiles
Sonja Andrews, University of Manchester, UK

Closely Held Secrets: Embodied Knowledge in Digitally Crafted Textiles
Katherine Townsend, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Index