Embroidery: Clothing Repair

Overview

“Before starting I will explain a little about the visual language that I apply in my work. I will show you with physical examples how everything is governed by the randomness offered by the ease of the hand when embroidering, and I will tell you why I like to experience embroidery especially with simple patterns in repetition. I will explain with examples how I like to intervene organic results that I do not control, such as some staining, staining or holes. Later we will do a small exercise of ease with a paper and a pencil where we will make together patterns similar to those we will do with embroidery. The objective of this exercise is that you realize that there is no perfect way to put random stitches, those will come out naturally, but you will better understand the texture on paper and doing it in positive-negative will help you visualize better. ”

In this video lesson Ofelia & Antelmo addresses the topic: Texture sketching, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery: Clothing Repair. Learn the Visible Mending technique and revive your garments using original embroidery pieces and patches that express your style.

Partial transcription of the video

“Texture sketching In this lesson, I'll share a bit about my sketching process. If you knew of my job before, you'll know that I'm passionate about textures, of the shapes generated through repeating patterns, organic patterns, and I love that everything is created by the ease of the hand, in other words, I rarely draw it and I let my hand follow the organic course that comes with improvisation or having something very specific. One of my main references are my photographs. I love taking pictures, specifically of nature, and I like to make many zooms, zooms of textures that seem interesting ...”

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Course summary for: Embroidery: Clothing Repair

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (941)
• 22509 students
• 5 units
• 19 lessons (4h 18m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  DIY, Embroidery, Fashion, Sewing, Textile Design, Upcycling