Written by one of the twentieth century's leading textile artists this splendidly illustrated
book is a luminous meditation on the art of weaving its history its tools and techniques and
its implications for modern design. First published in 1965 On Weaving bridges the transition
between handcraft and the machine-made highlighting the essential importance of material
awareness and the creative leaps that can occur when design problems are tackled by hand. With
her focus on materials and handlooms Anni Albers discusses how technology and mass production
place limits on creativity and problem solving and makes the case for a renewed embrace of
human ingenuity that is particularly important today. Now available for a new generation of
readers this expanded edition of On Weaving updates the book's original black-and-white
illustrations with full-color photos and features an afterword by Nicholas Fox Weber and
essays by Manuel Cirauqui and T'ai Smith that shed critical light on Albers and her career.
