Hand Embroidery for Clothing: Stitch a Collage Design
Color Gradient Motel
A course by Damaja , Embroidery Artist and Designer
About the video: Color Gradient Motel
Overview
“In this lesson, we will hand embroider the motel. I will show you how I mix strands from different embroidery flosses to achieve a color-graded surface. With the color grading technique, you can not only create more playful designs―the hand embroidery process of filling up big shapes is also more fun.”
In this video lesson Damaja addresses the topic: Color Gradient Motel, which is part of the Domestika online course: Hand Embroidery for Clothing: Stitch a Collage Design. Learn to embroider colorful images onto stretchy garments to upcycle your clothing into fashionable works of art.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I will show you how you can transition from one color to another or from one shade to another shade. And for that purpose, I will just continue embroidering the motel that we started in the previous lesson. So I can show you how to... go from one color to another with stitching. I will use some of the threads, but before I want to show you How... I would choose a color for the next purpose. One possibility is that you go from this brighter green and then you mix it with the darker green. So then the hotel will have grading from bright green to dark green. But then, Color-wis...”
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Course summary for: Hand Embroidery for Clothing: Stitch a Collage Design
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design, Upcycling
Damaja
A course by Damaja
Stefanija Pejchinovska is an embroidery artist and designer from Skopje, Macedonia. She goes by her artist name Damaja and is currently based in Berlin. Although she studied architecture at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, she had always known her passion was for embroidery. Throughout her short architecture career, she opened an Etsy shop to sell her designs, and quickly started growing as a brand. Soon after, she professionally established her brand, quit her architecture job and hasn’t looked back since.
At the heart of her work, she is focused on creating unique designs on ethically-made clothing. She has collaborated with a number of sustainable brands and local artists such as Corvera Vargas, Loveco, The Artesao, Toba, Marin et Marine, Lanius and Treches Studio.
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