Fabric Printing By The Bedafin 2001 Process (Dryad Leaflet No. 149)

Published by Dryad Handicrafts, Leicester, England, 1954

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B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback booklet with self covers and a stapled spine. The covers have some wrinkling and tidemarking. The text pages are clean and bright. During the First World War, the Dryad Works provided a Leicester hospital with off-cuts of cane for basket-making by wounded soldiers. There was a growing demand for cane and other craft materials for use in occupational therapy and in schools. Peach set up another offshoot of his business, Dryad Handicrafts, to supply this demand. He was convinced of the importance of craftwork in education but only if standards were high. He wanted to encourage the teaching of handicrafts in schools and elsewhere and to try and raise standards of amateur work by selling good quality materials and tools selected by professional makers. Under Peach’s direction, Dryad Handicrafts developed a network of resources including a range of well-designed and informative leaflets written by practising makers and teachers. " (Ernest Gimson Website).…

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Title
Fabric Printing By The Bedafin 2001 Process (Dryad Leaflet No. 149)
Author
Hobson, Anthony
Publisher
Dryad Handicrafts, Leicester, England
Publication year
1954
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Stapled wraps
Edition
Trade Edition.

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