Embroidered Portraits with Punch Needle

A Little About Me

A course by Camille Labarre , Freelance Fabricator

100% positive reviews (106)

2,173 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: A Little About Me

Overview

“Are you wondering what kind of path leads to making punch needle portraits and being a professional crafter? It’s not what you think! Let me introduce myself. I’ll give you a little backstory about how I explored the world of craft and punch needle more specifically.”

In this video lesson Camille Labarre addresses the topic: A Little About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidered Portraits with Punch Needle. Learn how to create unique embroidered portraits full of color and texture using the punch needle technique.

Partial transcription of the video

“Introduction Hi, I'm Camille Labarre and welcome to my Domestika course. I'm a freelance fabricator and designer from New York. What that means is I make sets, props and puppets for animation, film and theater for a living. Basically, I'm a professional crafter. Whether on commission or not, I really enjoy making punch needle embroidery portraits, so that's what we'll talk about. I enjoy it because it's a technique that marries my love of portraiture and my background in art with my lifelong love of craft. It's basically like painting with string. My interest in textile craft really started...”

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Course summary for: Embroidered Portraits with Punch Needle

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (106)
2173 students
4 units
15 lessons (2h 23m)
16 downloads

Category
Craft
Areas
Embroidery, Punch Needle, Textile Design

Camille Labarre

A course by Camille Labarre

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Freelance Fabricator

Camille Labarre is a freelance crafter specializing in the creation of props, puppets, and sets for animation, film, and theater. Based in New York City, she often works for puppetry companies and stage productions on Broadway, and creates miniatures for TV commercials.

As a passionate crafter, she explores and blends techniques from other disciplines to make her work unique. She has collaborated on projects for Honda, Gucci, Amazon, and Tom Ford, among others. You can find her work in television and short films, as well as on walls, stages, and Instagram.