Embroidery Techniques: Illustrating with Needle and Thread
Knotted and highlighted points
A course by Yolanda Andrés , Designer, Craft Artist, and Embroiderer
About the video: Knotted and highlighted points
Overview
“We are already finishing, in this lesson we are going to add some details and I will explain how to do it in a very simple way.”
In this video lesson Yolanda Andrés addresses the topic: Knotted and highlighted points, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery Techniques: Illustrating with Needle and Thread. Learn to illustrate any image with a variety of embroidery techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well in this lesson We're already finishing Let's do the knuckles Let's do the knuckles on the chin of the cock Let's make some ornaments by the neck To fill a bit our zigzag And some little thing over there for details That have been left to us loose. Let's get the chin done first With this thread This thread is old, but you can get it in a haberdashery It's pearl and it's a bit fat, you see? This has only one strand. This is what we're going to do with the knuckles What's called the French knot On the chin is going to be the French knot This has only one strand, it's chubby Y also cotton ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Embroidery Techniques: Illustrating with Needle and Thread
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Category
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Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design

Yolanda Andrés
A course by Yolanda Andrés
Yolanda Andrés studied fine art and graphic design at the Universidad de Salamanca, as well as painting at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles in Belgium. She also obtained a master’s in packaging from the Instituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Madrid.
Before focusing exclusively on embroidery, she served as art director for a communication agency for more than a decade. She currently runs her own workshop in the Lavapiés neighborhood of Madrid where she works on pieces for brands and institutions like Carolina Herrera, Zubi, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum shop. Additionally, Yolanda teaches classes at IED and the Escuela Superior de Diseño (ESD) in Madrid.
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