Embroidered Portraits with Punch Needle

Choosing Your Reference Material

A course by Camille Labarre , Freelance Fabricator

100% positive reviews (106)

2,173 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Choosing Your Reference Material

Overview

“This lesson will cover what you should look for in your reference photo to make a successful punch portrait.”

In this video lesson Camille Labarre addresses the topic: Choosing Your Reference Material, 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

“Choosing your reference material Now that you have that information, I'm going to discuss all the stuff you need to know to choose the reference photo for your portrait. The goal is to make your life easier down the line because the right photo will be much easier to work with when you start punching, so it is worth putting in the prep time. I'm going to discuss some of my earlier punch needle portraits just to talk about what works and what doesn't work and why I made certain choices, my regrets, my successes, all that, so that you can start thinking about what you wanna make and be realis...”

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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.