Punch Needle Techniques for Custom Accessories
Transferring Your Pattern and Stretching on the Frame
A course by Micah Clasper-Torch , Fiber Artist, Designer, and Educator
Joined February 2020
Joined February 2020
About the video: Transferring Your Pattern and Stretching on the Frame
Overview
“Here you will trace your pattern to your backing fabric using a light source, then stretch your design on your frame. ”
In this video lesson Micah Clasper-Torch addresses the topic: Transferring Your Pattern and Stretching on the Frame, 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
“Transferring Your Patter and Stretching on the Frame Now, in this lesson, we're going to trace our design to our monk's cloth using a light source like a light table or a sunny window. Then we're going to stretch our monk's cloth on our frame. Here I have my design prepared before me laying on a light table. Now, if you need to flip your design to have a mirror image of what you drew, an easy way to do this is to turn on your light table or put this against the sunny window and draw your design through to the back. This will be the mirror image for you to transfer onto your monk's cloth. No...”
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Course summary for: Punch Needle Techniques for Custom Accessories
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Areas
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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