Pacific Pattern

Name: Pacific Pattern
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ISBN: 9780500512371

ISBN-10: 050051237X

ISBN-13: 9780500512371

Edition: 2005

Authors: Susanne Kuchler, Graeme Were, Glenn Jowitt

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Description:

- An indispensable sourcebook for artists, craftspeople, designers, and architects

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 9.80" wide x 11.46" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 3.366
Language: English



Introduction


A Journey through History


Plants and their Uses: Coconut, Pandanus and Barkcloth



A History of Pattern in Fibre and Fabric in the South Pacific


European Exploration and Stereotypes


Collecting in the Pacific


New Ideas, Materials and Techniques


Colonialism, Independence and Diaspora



Traditional Pattern: Techniques and Media


String-based Media


Lattice-based Media


From Utility to Sanctity



Contemporary Pattern: Materiality and Modernity


The Importance of Cloth


Sewing and the Body Politic


Fashioning Modernity


New Materials



Pattern in Architecture and Interior Design


House, Growth and Life


Men's Houses in Melanesia


Ritual Space in Polynesia


Church Architecture



Patterns on the Body


Designing the Body


Hair


Paint


The Indelible Mark



Patterns of the Mind


String and Square in Tonga


Layer and Lattice in the Cook Islands


Map


Bibliography


Internet Resources


Cultural Centres and Museums


Acknowledgments


Index