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With invaluable advice on how to develop your own work in times of trouble, it explores:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHow the restrictions and trials of everyday life can inform your textile work, enabling you to develop imaginative new approaches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThe healing power of stitch to soothe and console, with the simple act of putting needle into fabric providing a mindful route to inner calm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003ePractical ways to continue with your textile art practice in the face of seismic life changes, finding creative opportunity in difficult situations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHow to use found objects, repurposed threads and personal items to create deep emotional resonance in your own work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth authors have recent lived experience of having to navigate new paths through big life challenges, making this book particularly heartfelt. 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Resourcefulness and 'making do', by using materials and subjects available to hand, result in lyrical works connected to time and place. Working as a 'nomad at home', Cas invites us to re-look at the world and use the limitations sometimes imposed by geographic area or individual circumstances as a rich resource to develop ideas for mixed media textiles in a more thoughtful way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePractical projects and ideas will be exemplified by some of the leading practitioners in textile art today. 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