Punch Needle Techniques for Custom Accessories
Creating a Mood Board and Selecting Your Pattern
A course by Micah Clasper-Torch , Fiber Artist, Designer, and Educator
Joined February 2020
Joined February 2020
About the video: Creating a Mood Board and Selecting Your Pattern
Overview
“Let’s get inspired! In this lesson, you will put together a mood board of images that excite you and will serve as inspiration for your color palette or design. ”
In this video lesson Micah Clasper-Torch addresses the topic: Creating a Mood Board and Selecting Your Pattern, which is part of the Domestika online course: Punch Needle Techniques for Custom Accessories. Design and create modern accessories using traditional punch needle rug hooking techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Creating a Mood Board and Selecting your Pattern Now that you've learned the basics of punching and created some sample squares, in this lesson, we're going to be gathering inspiration and creating a mood board to guide us on our design. Earlier, you heard me talk about some of my influences and the various places where I find inspiration for color and design. Whether that's from travels, camping, architecture, clothing, interior design, or other places, I love to gather inspirational images and save them for future reference. Whether that's through a Pinterest board, or printing out actual...”
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Course summary for: Punch Needle Techniques for Custom Accessories
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Punch Needle, Textile Design
Micah Clasper-Torch
A course by Micah Clasper-Torch
Micah Clasper-Torch is a fiber artist, designer, and educator based in Los Angeles, California. She received a BFA degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and the Politecnic University of Milan. From there, she went on to work in the art and commercial fashion industry for ten years alongside companies like Ralph Lauren and Coach. Micah later moved back to Los Angeles to focus on creating a range of products from fiber art including clothing, rugs, wall hangings, and mixed media artwork.
She draws inspiration from her travels, the natural world, and architecture, using materials like fabric, yarn, thread, and paper to keep the traditional crafting technique alive. Her work has been displayed in art galleries and private collections as well as being featured in books and magazines such as Koel Magazine, Mollie Makes, Love Embroidery Magazine, and Amy Oxford’s Guide to Punch Needle Rug Hooking.
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