By Ann Richards. Ann Richard is the author of Weaving Textiles that Shape Themselves and in this book, she explores how the interaction between material and structure dictates the final fabric. The book is divided into four parts:

• Nature as Designer--let the colors, rhythms, and forms of nature inspire your work
• Resources for Design--choices you make of fiber, structure, sett, tension, scale, and more will change the look and feel of your piece
• Designing for Fabric Qualities--folds, pleats, transparency, layering, and departing from the traditional grid
• Designing Through Making--the importance of sampling to the design process

Weaving: Structure and Substance is beautifully illustrated with hundreds of color photos of inspiring textiles and many drafts explaining the relationship between the structure and the finished fabric. It isn't a traditional "how-to" book but one that teaches an entire process for textile design.

Hardcover, 175 pages