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

“Sketching Our Design In this lesson, we'll sketch the design for our final project. We will need some blank paper. We need paper that is A3, the size that we'll do the piece. If yours is smaller, that's fine, you can use smaller paper. We'll also need pencil, a different colour pencil, a ruler, marker. I have a Sharpie here, but a thick marker is fine. I also have an eraser, which hopefully we won't need. Usually when I'm sketching my designs, I do it like this, I have pencils and paper, but I occasionally use design software to mock up my sketches. I would usually do this if I have a commi...”

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Course summary for: Contemporary Tapestry Weaving

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (178)
• 4434 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (4h 0m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

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