Needle Felting Animal Creation
Influences
A course by Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez) , Toy Creator
Joined October 2014
Joined October 2014
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to tell you where my love for DIY comes from. Those TV shows that changed my life and also about books that marked the aesthetics that my dolls now have. On the other hand, you will see some artists who have a unique way of using felt.”
In this video lesson Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez) addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Needle Felting Animal Creation. Create unique felt figures using a wire skeleton to give them a sense of movement.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences I was born in the mid-eighties in Colombia already at the beginning of the nineties there was a strip which was called "The educational fringe". They were television programs that were given to children and adults between two and four in the afternoon. In those shows there were incredible worlds. And there I learned about the programs of the Japanese Embassy. There was a program that caught my attention called "I can do it", where there was a man dressed in a very funny way which was called Noppo and a kind of bear dog named Gonta. And the two of them began to do while Noppo crea...”
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Course summary for: Needle Felting Animal Creation
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Needle Felting, Textile Design, Toy Design
Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez)
A course by Juanamatú (Katerin J Gómez)
Katerin Gómez is a craft lover and professional toy creator specialized in the needle felting technique. She graduated in drawing and illustration from La Escuela Nacional de Caricatura, the first illustration school in Colombia, where she worked for almost ten years as a designer, teacher, and events and exhibitions organizer. After returning to Bogotá, following a short but transformative experience at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Lucerne, Switzerland, she switched up her career and opted for her great childhood passion: creating characters.
Now she combines her illustration training and her desire to tell stories by designing and making unique dolls in her creative toy store, Juanamatú.
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