Intarsia Knitwear Design and Creation
Color and Contrast
A course by Laura Dalgaard , Knitwear Designer
About the video: Color and Contrast
Overview
“You will learn how to pick up the right colors and how to use contrast actively. You will see how to be creative when you have a very limited amount of colors. ”
In this video lesson Laura Dalgaard addresses the topic: Color and Contrast, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intarsia Knitwear Design and Creation. Learn how to knit with multiple colors and combine organic shapes to create custom clothing.
Partial transcription of the video
“Color and Contrast In this lesson, I'll talk a bit about color and contrast, and I'll show you a method you can use to choose your colors. I do work a lot with contrast in my work. It's a very nice way to make the garment come to life. You can work with contrast in different ways. Some people like to only work with the nuances. For example, you can take this color gradient that goes from white to dark gray or black, or you can also do that with a color. Colors themselves have contrast, but you can also work with a complementary color. You take the color that's opposite in the color wheel. I...”
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Course summary for: Intarsia Knitwear Design and Creation
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Category
Craft -
Areas
DIY, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Knitting, Textile Design
Laura Dalgaard
A course by Laura Dalgaard
Laura Dalgaard is a knitwear designer from Copenhagen, Denmark. She grew up in a family of artists, surrounded by creativity, before going on to study fashion knitwear at the Royal Danish Academy of Art. While studying for her MA, her work began receiving attention and attracting freelance projects that kick started her career.
Since graduating in 2018, Laura has built her own brand where she sells ready-made knitwear, knit kits, and knitwear patterns. She has also collaborated with clients including Anthropologie, The Maritime Museum of Denmark, and the Danish fashion house, Baum und Pferdgarten. She seeks to tell stories through color and composition in her designs, which she shares with over 30K followers on Instagram.
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