Contemporary Embroidery With Traditional Mexican Needlework
Pattern and choice of materials in tradition
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
About the video: Pattern and choice of materials in tradition
Overview
“The material we choose to work with is 40% of the personality of our project. In this lesson we will review the materials that I will work with during the course and options for obtaining them.”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: Pattern and choice of materials in tradition, 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
“Traditional Pattern and Material Selection Pearl cotton, mouliné or Acrilan, and why? Remember that the material that we choose for our project will be 40% of its ultimate personality. Material speaks and communicates based on the kind of finish we want and will give it. It’s like the pieces that I showed you in the last unit. The finishes are super different. It depends on whether we use acrylic thread, cotton, double mercerized, different strand counts, and on the kind of material we use. The needle is very important and even the scissors and cloth. I don’t want to create an infinite dich...”
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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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