JOANA VASCONCELOS/ MATERIAL WORLD

This book focuses on her extraordinary works in textiles, and highlights in particular her Valkyries series, vibrant patchwork extra vaganzas that weave together knitting and crochet with silk, velvets, recycled clothes and industrially produced textiles embellishe d with Portuguese tassels, crystals and beads. Essays by Enrique Juncosa and Crispin Sartwell offer thoughtful and in-depth overview s of her work and its development over the past fourteen years.