Fiber in Art

Duration: 15

Genre: Art | Educational

Year Published: 1968

Creator: Churchill Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Surveys the wide range of fibers used and the methods of knotting, stringing, wrapping, twisting, and tying to create objects of beauty. Shows how the Indians used fibers to weave cloth and discusses the folk arts of weaving and stitchery. Illustrates various looms and simple weaving techniques and suggests some possibilities for design, texture, and color., Explores qualities and flexibility of fiber in classroom art projects, and shows how fiber can be used for tying and knotting, in weaving projects, and in stitching and cutout shapes. Pictures functional and decorative designs.

Complete Record: Surveys the wide range of fibers used and the methods of knotting, stringing, wrapping, twisting, and tying to create objects of beauty. Shows how the Indians used fibers to weave cloth and discusses the folk arts of weaving and stitchery. Illustrates various looms and simple weaving techniques and suggests some possibilities for design, texture, and color., Explores qualities and flexibility of fiber in classroom art projects, and shows how fiber can be used for tying and knotting, in weaving projects, and in stitching and cutout shapes. Pictures functional and decorative designs., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.