Embroidered Linear Portrait
The Kantan 2 technique
A course by Koral Antolín Maillo , Designer, embroiderer, and art director
Joined March 2013
About the video: The Kantan 2 technique
Overview
“In this second part of the lesson I will continue with the Kantan needle technique applied to some types of points.”
In this video lesson Koral Antolín Maillo addresses the topic: The Kantan 2 technique, 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
“Advanced points with the Kantan needle There are two ways to do it, one would be from above and the other would be from below. This type of technique both from Lunéville crochet, or Indian embroidery, especially Lunéville crochet, it is worked on both sides, that is, the beading appliques that many times we have to rotate the frame and work blind, in reverse, that's why many times we use fabrics that show a little through, because we made that applique of beads and sequins in a more intuitive way. To make the point line, instead of the top, let's start from the bottom. The same procedure, w...”
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Course summary for: Embroidered Linear Portrait
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Embroidery, Textile Design

Koral Antolín Maillo
A course by Koral Antolín Maillo
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.
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