Soft Toy Creation for Beginners

Overview

“In this course, we will create our very own character, from how to generate the idea through play to how to actually make it out of fabric and how to photograph it and share it with others. I will show you how I make one of my characters and you will notice that I use and reuse some shapes (like the hand or the legs, a circle for the head, etc.). As you make more characters, it is important to try and find your own set of shapes that you keep reusing. And the way to do that is by constantly playing and experimenting. This will make all your characters seem from the same family and help you build a collection. ”

In this video lesson Maria Mandea addresses the topic: What Will We Do in This Course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Soft Toy Creation for Beginners. Design and sew your own playful textile characters using paper, thread, and your imagination.

Partial transcription of the video

“What Will We Do in This Course? In this lesson I'll give you an overview of what we're gonna do in this course and I'll also talk a bit about the final project. I do Research Play as an academic subject and I can tell you that it is the most important form of research, one that we do instinctively since the moment we are born. It's also a very social form of research. We mostly play together, so I find it very inspiring when someone plays with one of my characters. This is the reason why I chose to make a soft toy character for our final project. I chose this particular toy because it is th...”

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Course summary for: Soft Toy Creation for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (243)
• 4022 students
• 5 units
• 13 lessons (1h 55m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Character Design, Toy Design