Embroidered Linear Portrait

The Kantan needle

A course by Koral Antolín Maillo , Designer, embroiderer, and art director

Designer, embroiderer, and art director. Madrid, Spain.
Joined March 2013
100% positive reviews (191)
3,024 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: The Kantan needle

Overview

“In this lesson you will learn about the history of the Kantan needle, how I discovered it and what qualities make it different from other needles.”

In this video lesson Koral Antolín Maillo addresses the topic: The Kantan needle, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidered Linear Portrait. Combine embroidered stitches with a traditional and Kantan needle to create unique portraits.

Partial transcription of the video

“The Kantan needle I will tell you about one of my favorite tools, the Kantan needle. As I mentioned, it is not necessary to have this needle to do the final process, but I wanted to teach you this technique because it seems to me an added value to the course. First I want to tell you that I am very passionate about finding gadgets, on the one hand, to facilitate certain industrial processes and on the other, that they do the opposite to me, that make an artisan process effective that sometimes tends to be slower. I found this needle after a long search process for a tutorial for Imagination...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Embroidered Linear Portrait

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (191)
  • 3024 students
  • 4 units
  • 22 lessons (4h 27m)
  • 8 downloads
  • Category

    Craft, Illustration
  • Areas

    Embroidery, Textile Design

Koral Antolín Maillo

Koral Antolín Maillo
A course by Koral Antolín Maillo

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Designer, embroiderer, and art director

Koral Antolín is a multidisciplinary creative: embroiderer, designer, photographer, art director... although her two great passions are drawing—since it allows her to synthesize ideas—and embroidery, with which she gives life and texture to her drawings stitch by stitch.

She is the founder and creative mind of the studio Fábrica de Imaginación and has her own brand of embroidery products, Studio fi.

Her work has been published in specialized magazines such as Interiores, Molly Makes, Elle Casa, Mr. Wonderful, Labores, AD, and Sewing box.


  • 100% positive reviews (191)
  • 3,024 students
  • 22 lessons (4h 27m)
  • 16 additional resources (8 files)
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  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · French · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
  • Level: Beginner
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Embroidered Linear Portrait. Illustration, and Craft course by Koral Antolín Maillo

Embroidered Linear Portrait

A course by Koral Antolín Maillo
Designer, embroiderer, and art director. Madrid, Spain.
Joined March 2013
  • 100% positive reviews (191)
  • 3,024 students