Research Catalog

Title

Kaffe Fassett : the artist's eye / edited by Dennis Nothdruft.

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2022.

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Additional Authors

• Fassett, Kaffe.
• Nothdruft, Dennis
• Patterson, Debbie
• Rhodes, Zandra, 1940-
• Campbell, Sarah, 1946-
• Stevenson, N. J.
• Lipkin, Janet
• Menkes, Suzy
• Schoeser, Mary
• Ehrman, Hugh
• Guild, Tricia
• Mably, Brandon
• Yale University Press, publisher.
• Fashion and Textile Museum, host institution.
• Dovecot Studios, host institution.

Description

239 pages : illustrations (color); 22 x 25 cm

Summary

"Kaffe Fassett (b. 1937) is one of the most recognized names in contemporary craft and design with work encompassing knitting, needlepoint, quilting, textile design, mosaic, painting, and drawing. Fassett's sense of color and pattern has inspired makers around the world; his early successes include knitwear designs for fashion designers such as Bill Gibb and Missoni, and in more recent years he has collaborated with the luxury fashion house Coach. His inimitable eye can translate the most everyday of details into the basis for one of his colorful, sophisticated, maximalist designs. This book explores Fassett's career and work in context for the first time, highlighting and widening the scope of his output over more than five decades. Drawing on original artworks, photographs, and archival material, it illuminates the work of this distinctive, influential artist and designer. Essays from design and fashion historians sit alongside striking visual material and insightful interviews with Fassett that provide additional context about this prolific artist."--

Alternative Title

Artist's eye

Subject

• Fassett, Kaffe > Exhibitions
• Fassett, Kaffe
• Color in textile crafts > Exhibitions
• Quilts > Design > Exhibitions
• DESIGN / Textile & Costume
• Quilts > Design
• Color in textile crafts

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Biographies.

Note

• "Published to accompany the exhibition Kaffe Fassett: The Power of Pattern at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, 23 September 2022 - 12 March 2023 and at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh 31 March - 8 July 2023"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The artist's eye / Dennis Nothdruft -- King of colour / Zandra Rhodes -- The tangible and the intangible / Sarah Campbell -- A continuous connection / NJ Stevenson -- A deep connection / Janet Lipkin -- Kaffe Fassett: making colour an art form / Suzy Menkes -- The carnival of creative collaborations / Mary Schoeser -- A wild ride / Hugh Ehrman -- Kaffe Fassett and Designers Guild / Tricia Guild -- Through a lens: 30 years of photography with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably / Debbie Patterson -- In conversation: Dennis Nothduft with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably -- Kaffe Fassett exhibitions -- Kaffe Fassett publications.

ISBN

• 0300267126
• 9780300267129

LCCN

99993746109

OCLC

• on1309865136
• 1309865136
• SCSB-14495778

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries