Contemporary Tapestry Weaving
Finding Inspiration
A course by Marion Weymes , Textile Artist
About the video: Finding Inspiration
Overview
“Let's have a look at some abstract art that might give us some inspiration for our final product.”
In this video lesson Marion Weymes addresses the topic: Finding Inspiration, which is part of the Domestika online course: Contemporary Tapestry Weaving. Bring color and warmth to any space with abstract tapestry designs using a frame loom and original weaving techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Finding Inspiration In this lesson, I'll talk a bit about where I find inspiration for my tapestry designs. I'll show you some images that will hopefully inspire you and lead us towards designing our final project. When I'm designing a piece or thinking about a piece, there's often an idea or a technique or something that I see in one image that really starts to spark that idea. This image, it might be a photograph, or a painting, or some non-textile form of art, where might I see something and think that it would translate well to a tapestry. I also follow a lot of tapestry artists online....”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Contemporary Tapestry Weaving
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Interior Decoration, Textile Design, Weaving
Marion Weymes
A course by Marion Weymes
Marion Weymes is a textile artist and project manager from Dublin, Ireland, who discovered her love for textile art after searching for a new creative project to disconnect from screens and technology. What started as a therapeutic hobby quickly became a newfound passion. She is a self-taught artist who found her own style through trial and error experimentation.
Today, Marion creates large art pieces that she sells on her website and shares on her Instagram account.
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