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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • INTRODUCTION: Going Beyond Two-Dimensional Quilts
  • COLOR CREATES DEPTH:
    • Value
    • Chroma
    • Warmth
    • Dominance
    • What Dominates
    • Coloring Excercises
  • COLOR CREATES PERSPECTIVE:
    • Controlling Light Direction
    • Traditional Blocks Can be Three-Dimensional
    • Varying Traditional Blocks
    • Creating Depth
    • Light and Shadow
  • TRANSPARENCY:
    • Analogous Colors
    • Darker Value
    • Lighter Value
    • How to Combine Colors for the Illusion of Transparency
    • Creating Transparency
    • Blocks Which Lend Themselves to Illusions of Transparency
    • Go Beyond the Block
  • PERSPECTIVE PROJECTS:
    • Shadowed Squares
    • Shadowed Triangles
    • Pyramid Reflections
    • Odd Block Out
    • Invitation to Oz
  • TRANSPARENCY PROJECTS:
    • Woven Bars
    • Balloon Man
    • Shades of Lancaster County
    • Mosaic
    • Wedding Rings
    • Landscapes I and II
    • Stained Glass Sky
  • FOOTNOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Title: Light & Shadows: Optical Illusion in Quilts
Editors: Susan McKelvey
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1989
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 79
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0914881205

SUMMARY- This is a fantastic book that explains clearly how to create depth and transparency in your quilts, exactly as the title claims. I highly recommend this book.