Punch Needle Techniques for Custom Accessories
Finishing Your Piece
A course by Micah Clasper-Torch , Fiber Artist, Designer, and Educator
Joined February 2020
Joined February 2020
About the video: Finishing Your Piece
Overview
“There are many little details that go into finishing your piece before construction. In this lesson, I will show you how to clean up the front of your piece and glue the backing of your piece for extra durability and shape. ”
In this video lesson Micah Clasper-Torch addresses the topic: Finishing Your Piece, 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
“Finishing Your Piece Now that you've completed the punching of your piece, it's time to take a look at the front, begin to clean it up, and finish the back. On the front of your punched piece, you should now see a bunch of little tails sticking up. Depending on how complex your design is, your front might look very messy at this stage. Don't worry, that's completely normal, that's exactly what this step, cleaning up, is for. The first step is to take your small embroidery scissors and use the back of the scissors to brush along the top of your textile, to bring all of these little tails to ...”
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Course summary for: Punch Needle Techniques for Custom Accessories
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Category
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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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