Contemporary Embroidery With Traditional Mexican Needlework
Presentation
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“Who I am? Where I go? What's for dinner? In this lesson I will tell you who I am and the importance of technique in my artistic work.”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Contemporary Embroidery With Traditional Mexican Needlework. Learn the origin, context, and technique of four types of Mexican embroidery.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction Hello, I’m Gimena Romero, an artist and writer. I research embroidery as an artistic technique, and you probably know me from my four other Domestika courses. I’ve published several books, but I wanted to talk specifically about my journey as it relates to work I’ve done with Mexican embroidery. I was 29 when I published this book, which was great because, apart from being a book about Tenango, it allowed me to truly realize what my goals were for embroidery. With this project, I understood that the important thing isn’t the embroidery itself, but things that happen as you embr...”
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Course summary for: Contemporary Embroidery With Traditional Mexican Needlework
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Arts & Crafts, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Textile Design
Gimena Romero
A course by Gimena Romero
Gimena Romero is an artist and writer based between Mexico City and Barcelona. She trained in various schools in Mexico, Spain, and France and has received multiple awards and mentions internationally.
Her work has been displayed in various exhibitions in countries like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Ukraine, and Spain. She has several publications under her belt in the areas of narrative, poetry, and textile research with Thule Ediciones and Editorial Gustavo Gili. Her book Hebra de Agua was awarded Book of the Year at the 2016 Teixim la Ciutat festival in Catalonia.
She has also conducted research into embroidery and the body with Lausín embroidery at the UNAM Faculty of Arts and Design in Mexico. She loves life, dogs, and biscuits.
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