Contemporary Tapestry Weaving

Overview

“In this lesson, we will explore and draw up the design for our final piece. I will show you how to make some draft sketches of the design. We will then draw up the final design to scale.”

In this video lesson Marion Weymes addresses the topic: Sketching Our Design, 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

“In this lesson, we are going to sketch up the design for our final project. We are going to need some blank paper. So we do need some paper that is a three, which is the size that we are going to be doing the piece. or if yours is smaller, that's fine. You can use some smaller paper. We'll also need pencil, a different color pencil, A ruler? Marker, I have a Sharpie here, but just a thick marker is fine. And I also have an eraser here, which hopefully we won't need. Usually when I'm sketching up my designs, I do it like this. I have pencils and paper. but I do occasionally use design softwa...”

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Course summary for: Contemporary Tapestry Weaving

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (184)
• 4623 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (4h 0m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Interior Decoration, Textile Design, Weaving