Stumpwork Embroidery: Create 3D Ornaments
About Me
A course by shan , Embroidery Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson, I will share how I started my journey into embroidery and what makes my style, my style.”
In this video lesson shan addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stumpwork Embroidery: Create 3D Ornaments . Learn how to embroider beautiful double-sided flowers and transform them into accessories.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, my name is Shan. I'm a self-taught embroidery artist. Welcome to my course. I do both traditional Chinese silk embroidery and three-dimensional embroidery, which is also called stump work. When I was a kid, I saw my grandma making the shoe sole with very tiny stitches to sew all the fabrics together, and I saw my auntie knitting and crocheting, and I think that's how and why influenced me to these kind of crafts. In 2014, I was trying to sew a purse for myself, a traditional Chinese vintage style purse, and when I was trying to do that, I found a lot of vintage purses were deco...”
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Course summary for: Stumpwork Embroidery: Create 3D Ornaments
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Embroidery, Jewelry Design, Textile Design

shan
A course by shan
Inspired by her seamstress grandmother and aunt, Shan Xu began exploring textiles by sewing vintage style purses. She then discovered her love for crafts and it eventually became part of her career as an artist.
Her work incorporates traditional Chinese silk techniques in stumpwork embroidery. She has taken on various commissioned work and has her own online shop on Esty. All her work can be seen on her instagram page, @shanxuhandmade.
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