Experimental Embroidery Techniques on Paper
Rehiletes
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
About the video: Rehiletes
Overview
“This point is so called because it resembles the movement caused by the wind on one of these artifacts. It is important that the number of legs you draw is odd, you'll see why.”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: Rehiletes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Embroidery Techniques on Paper. Apply new stitches, textures, and mediums to your artistic projects.
Partial transcription of the video
“FOUNDATION STITCH SAMPLER I Woven Wheel Next stitch is the "rehilete" in Spanish meaning "pinwheel." It evokes the way a pinwheel moves. Like when you blow on it and it starts spinning. Hence the name. I think it has other names. "Rehilete" is probably the Salvadoran name, so you've added an extra name to your stitch "répertoire." To start, I'm going to make an asterisk on my sampler. It's really important that this asterisk has an odd number of spokes, because if it doesn't, the weaving of this stitch won't turn out well. Try to make the center-point... a bit wider than you've done with th...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Embroidery Techniques on Paper
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Areas
Collage, Embroidery, Fine Arts, Textile Design
Gimena Romero
A course by Gimena Romero
Gimena Romero is an artist and writer based between Mexico City and Barcelona. She trained in various schools in Mexico, Spain, and France and has received multiple awards and mentions internationally.
Her work has been displayed in various exhibitions in countries like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Ukraine, and Spain. She has several publications under her belt in the areas of narrative, poetry, and textile research with Thule Ediciones and Editorial Gustavo Gili. Her book Hebra de Agua was awarded Book of the Year at the 2016 Teixim la Ciutat festival in Catalonia.
She has also conducted research into embroidery and the body with Lausín embroidery at the UNAM Faculty of Arts and Design in Mexico. She loves life, dogs, and biscuits.
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