In Albers’ color theory studies, he understood color to be relative and always seen in relationship to the colors around it. We all experience and see color differently.

(left)” and “Stages in creating embroidery” (right) from Design in Embroidery by Kathleen Whyte (pages 200–201). Photographed by Rinne Allen “Homage to the Square”, 1966 by Josef Albers via The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation “Homage to the Square”, 1964 by Josef Albers via The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation “Celestia, 20” x 17”. Add the Thread and Embroidery Floss to your color tool kit.įrom top left: “White Circles”, by Hilma af Klimt from Hilma af Klimt: Notes and Methods(pages 80–81) Color Palette Bundle #3 from The School of Making “Yellow bolt of fabric in Building 14” from Alabama Chanin. Our 10” x 16” precut and stenciled Sample Swatch is perfect for embroidery and treatment developments, and our 5” x 5” Organic Cotton Swatches are intended for color explorations. Our newest color palette bundle includes Gold, Dove, Peacock, Baby Blue, and Ballet organic cotton fabrics, paired with Navy, Dogwood, Goldenrod, White, and Slate threads and floss. The fabric bundle is available in 2-yard cuts of these colors for deep design explorations. Inspired by Albers’ color studies and the work of other artists, we’ve developed color palettes-bundles of fabrics, thread, and floss-as tools for color exploration.

We press onward, being even more mindful and diligent in our study. It has been a year of so much, but in January, we had set down a path of a year-long study of color. Choice of the colours used, as well as their order, is aimed at an interaction – influencing and changing each other forth and back.”Īt The School of Making, we chose 2020 as the Year of Color. In 1965, Josef Albers wrote of his series Homage to the Square: “They all are of different palettes, and, therefore, so to speak, of different climates. From left: “Homage to the Square”, 1968 by Josef Albers via the Museum of Modern Art Color Palette Bundle #3 from The School of Making, Abstract Gold Organic Cotton Swatch from The School of Making, “Lapis Lazuli (left) and Blue Verditer (right)” from An Atlas of Rare & Familiar Colour: The Harvard Art Museums’ Forbes Pigment Collection by Kingston Trinder (pages 116–117) Button Craft Thread from The School of Making, “Two Works: (i) Untitled (ii) Untitled”, 2001 by Wangechi Mutu via Artnet.

Albers colour theory