Soft Toy Creation for Beginners
Materials
A course by Maria Mandea , Play Designer
About the video: Materials
Overview
“In this lesson, I will present the materials and tools that we will use to create our character. The general rule is that the most humble of materials are your best friends. We’ll be exploring paper and textile, how to choose them, and how to build a small collection. We will also look at different types of scissors for paper and fabric and at the basic tools, we need to start sewing. ”
In this video lesson Maria Mandea addresses the topic: Materials, 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
“Materials In this lesson we'll talk about the materials that we're gonna use to create our soft toy character. These are materials you probably already have or that you can get easily. Remember, if you don't have any of this, you can improvise with those you already have. Just be creative about it. The most important tool that you're gonna use is your scissors. We have two types of scissors that you're gonna have. One is for fabrics and one is for paper. The fabric scissors are very important. You should have a nice one. You should invest in a sturdy, sharp one that you can cut only the fab...”
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Course summary for: Soft Toy Creation for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Character Design, Toy Design
Maria Mandea
A course by Maria Mandea
Maria Mandea specializes in researching and designing how play happens in our daily lives. She is the founder of Micul HAOS (“little chaos” in her native Romania), a brand focusing on creating playful objects and characters that help develop a culture where play can happen for everyone.
Maria is also the co-founder of Super Serios, a design studio that develops urban games and playful art installations across a range of different mediums, including toys, human-scale board games, and stop-motion animation. You can find out more about Maria’s projects on Instagram and her websites.
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