Machine Stitch Perspectives

Machine Embroidery is hugely exciting in terms of its potential as a<br/>creative medium and is part of a flourishing creative industry both in<br/>design and production. MMU hosts a specialist embroidery department <br/>which has been instrumental in artistic and <br/><br/>educational innovations in this area since the 1960s. The lecturers <br/>graduates and students have remarkable expertise in machine embroidery <br/>and MMU is home to a rich and unique archive of machines samples and<br/>artwork both historical and contemporary. This book will celebrate<br/>this archive as well as providing the only definitive record (and<br/>exploring the potential) of the huge number of machines currently in<br/>use from the traditional Irish Embroidery machine to the new generation<br/>of computerised sewing machines. The book will demonstrate how key<br/>machines can be applied to the artistic industrial and domestic practice and shows machine embroiderers how to combine techniques and<br/>develop their ideas using machine embroidery. Each contributor gives<br/>their own individual perspective on machine stitch.