Embroidered Portraits with Punch Needle
What Will We Do in this Course?
A course by Camille Labarre , Freelance Fabricator
About the video: What Will We Do in this Course?
Overview
“In this course, I will take you through each step of the process of making a punch needle portrait, giving you tips and tricks that I learned the hard way. It’s very important to me that students of all levels feel welcome to participate, so I’ll be giving suggestions for catering the project to your skill level or to your materials along the way. If you don’t want to make a portrait at all, that’s totally fine. My main goal is to supply you with the tools and knowledge necessary to start punching.”
In this video lesson Camille Labarre addresses the topic: What Will We Do in this Course?, 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
“What will we do in the course? Now that you know a bit more about my influences, we're gonna talk about everything we're gonna cover in this course. Basically, we'll discuss taking an image that we either create or source, transferring it onto a canvas that we've stretched and then punching it until we've created our portrait. And through all of that I will guide you and give you tips. I will note that it will look crazy until the very last minute, so you have to trust the process because it won't look impressive until after you've spent hours on it, so don't worry about how it looks. I sho...”
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Course summary for: Embroidered Portraits with Punch Needle
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Category
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Areas
Embroidery, Punch Needle, Textile Design

Camille Labarre
A course by Camille Labarre
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.
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