Tapestry Techniques for Rug Weaving
Design and color
A course by Laura Elliott , Textile Artist
About the video: Design and color
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you a short introduction to color theory and then you will see how you can intuitively make a color palette, but work properly. In addition, you will see how to create your carpet design in an easy and entertaining way.”
In this video lesson Laura Elliott addresses the topic: Design and color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Tapestry Techniques for Rug Weaving . Learn to depict the stories that inspire you on a woven rug made with tapestry techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Design and color In this lesson we are going to see what decisions we are going to make regarding the color to finalize our design. I want to start by showing you the chromatic circle. This is a very simple formula to see which colors work best with each other. Here on the table I have the primary colors, yellow, red and blue. Secondary colors go with a mix of these colors. For example, between yellow and red we have the orange tree. Between red and blue we have purple. And between yellow and blue we have green. Those would be our secondary colors. Then we have the tertiary colors. This is ...”
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Course summary for: Tapestry Techniques for Rug Weaving
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Interior Decoration
Laura Elliott
A course by Laura Elliott
Laura Elliott is a textile artist and has been loom weaving professionally since 2017. Her passion is weaving about nature, legends, and stories from English and Danish folklore, her family's homelands, using natural materials and different-sized looms.
After studying art and taking a diploma in textile creation, where she learned to loom weave from scratch, she began her professional adventure. She started by weaving small pieces and then took the leap to making more extensive ones, even weaving large rugs and tapestries using different types of looms.
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