Needle Embroidery: Create a Natural Composition
Influences
A course by Zélia Smith , Textile Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Nourished by creative studies, parents passionate about art and years of scrolling through the Pinterest or Instagram news page, my graphic universe has been built around major pictorial works and various inspirations. I'll tell you more about this in this lesson!”
In this video lesson Zélia Smith addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Needle Embroidery: Create a Natural Composition. Create a delicate plant pattern full of texture and originality with traditional embroidery techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I will introduce you to some of my influences. As I told you, I was lucky enough to grow up in Paris, surrounded by many museums. I remember my walks at the Center Pompidou on Sundays and to try out many techniques at home. I was very marked, one day, when I visited the Center Pompidou, in Paris, by Klein's blue monochrome. I will always remember the feeling I had when I discovered this blue especially the texture on the canvas surface. This is what made me appreciate the costumes of the world so much. This blue marked me and led me to find many more of my influen...”
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Course summary for: Needle Embroidery: Create a Natural Composition
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Category
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Areas
Color Theory, Embroidery, Textile Design, Traditional illustration
Zélia Smith
A course by Zélia Smith
Since she was a little girl, Zélia Smith has been drawn to those pieces of embroidered fabric found at the bottom of a box at a garage sale. It was therefore quite natural that she would go on to study applied arts related to the fashion and textile trades. Her fascination with the stage led her to become a costume designer for national theaters and opera houses.
Despite her academic training, she likes to steer away from perfection to create exactly what she imagines in her mind's eye. In 2015, she launched an Instagram account dedicated to her small embroidered creations and quickly achieved great success. She then opened her own workshop and published a book on hand embroidery: Jungle Broderie, published by Marabout/Hachette.
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