{"product_id":"bok-slow-stitch-claire-wellesley-smith-engelsk","title":"Book, Slow Stitch, Mindful and contemplative textile art, Claire Wellesley-Smith, English","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a lovely book about slow sewing and creative processes. Written by textile artist Claire Wellesley-Smith, it explores and discusses \"slow living\" from a textile perspective. Living slowly and consciously, doing things with intention and \"mindfulness\" is a movement we can observe in many different fields. \u003cbr\u003eThe book discusses the topic in a textile-historical context and what such a practice in sewing can do for our well-being, how hand-sewing performed with a focus on process rather than result can give us something that a society always busy and going somewhere else cannot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The speed at which we do something - anything - changes our experience of it\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003equote from the introduction to the book taken from The Tyranny of Email, John Freeman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is beautifully bound with a matte, soft cover, which invites tranquility and is full of large pictures of natural materials, often dyed with plants and full of hand-stitching. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book explores slow stitching from an environmental perspective and from a \"mindfulness\" perspective. It references the work of various textile artists as a reference point for the discussion, and provides concrete examples of projects you can do yourself to use hand-sewing as a medium for exploring one's own mind and life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are examples of plant dyeing, a section on material use, where to find materials, etc., and it also discusses sewing practices across cultures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you find hand-sewing rewarding and want to explore it more and delve into why and how it can have a calming effect, I can recommend this book. It is also good for those who already sew a little but can't quite settle into hand-sewing or break out of the thought that everything should go as fast as possible, but would like to. The book can provide a new approach and new perspective. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy own impression of the book, and slow stitching as a practice, is that it's a bit like a stone standing firm in a wild stream. The stream is everything else that happens in life rushing by, while a practice in slow stitching, with guidance and inspiration from this book, becomes a bit like the large stone the water has to find a way around. A bit like a shield against stress perhaps? In any case, you are transported to a very different world, a much calmer one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumber of pages: 128\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Search Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39445900296237,"sku":"BOK-SP-SLO","price":270.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0380\/6927\/2621\/products\/DSC00178.jpg?v=1657273227","url":"https:\/\/www.myvisiblemend.no\/en-en\/products\/bok-slow-stitch-claire-wellesley-smith-engelsk","provider":"MyVisibleMend","version":"1.0","type":"link"}