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Oftried is one of the few second generation tablet-weavers, his mother
being also distinguished in this field and being famous for a
reconstruction of the Rameses belt.
His new book deals mainly with double-faced weave. He has analysed many
of these, chiefly from Burma but also from the Middle East. Then he
meticulously wove these 89 motifs specifically for the photographs in
this handsome book; so they have a pleasing clarity not always present
in the originals.
It is obvious that this is a book by an experienced teacher and he takes
you through every step with great care right from the very beginning,
anticipating all possible errors!
After describing tablets, how to thread them, turn them, the special
inkle-like loom he has perfected, his use of S and Z (referring to the
slight angle a tablet takes in a pack, not the direction the threads
pass through it), he explains the double-faced weave. He takes the
reader through easy initial stages so that ultimately his working
diagrams (one for every photographed sample) at the end of the book can
be satisfactorily followed.
It is his aim to present these beautiful and mostly unknown motifs as a
new source for tablet weavers. Having just reported on over 50 of these
astonishingly fine and inventive Burmese bands, I share his enthusiasm
and recommend the book unreservedly, certainly the first to show these
lovely images.
The final 40 pages cover 25 threaded-in patterns using 4- and 6- holed
tablets, several with variations of the Running Dog pattern, another of
the author's specialities.
Throughout this 250 page book, there is English text on right page and
German on left. All illustrations have two-language captions.
Unicorn Books has it for US weavers. European weaves can obtain it
direct from the author:-
Otfried Staudigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Peter Collingwood
http://www.petercollingwood.co.uk
Send private reply to peter collingwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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