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Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques

Going over materials

A course by Gimena Romero , Textile Artist

Learn to use texture and color to bring your embroidery to life

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About the video: Going over materials

Overview

“When you paint with thread, you notice everything from the light you worked with, and even if you chose the wrong needle. So let's go over what you will need step by step to get the best result.”

In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: Going over materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques. Learn to use texture and color to bring your embroidery to life.

Partial transcription of the video

“GOING OVER MATERIALS These are the materials that you will need for this course. This is the type of thread that we will use in this project. It's Mouliné or floss, and the brand is DMC. In this particular case, the brand is important, because each one has a different nomenclature in terms of colors. These are specifically the colors that you already have in the course material, those that you will need to buy for the color gradient, so that it looks the same as the sample. This thread is specially designed for embroidery, It is mercerized and wax-coated to reduce tangling. It comes in a gr...”

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Course summary for: Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (2272)
54299 students
6 units
21 lessons (3h 10m)
7 downloads

Category
Craft
Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design, Textile Illustration, Traditional illustration

Gimena Romero

A course by Gimena Romero

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Textile Artist

Gimena Romero was born in Mexico City in 1985 and lives between her hometown and Barcelona. She graduated in visual and plastic arts from the National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving, 'La Esmeralda' of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), and attended the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Lyon (France).

She has won several international awards. She began her career in the world of haute couture embroidery in Lesage (Paris) and in 2014 she began working as a guild apprentice of gold thread embroidery in Seville. Her work has been exhibited in locations around the world.

She has also collaborated on published works of fiction, poetry, and textile research with Thule Ediciones and Editorial Gustavo Gili. Her book 'Hebra de Agua' was selected as Book of the Year in 2016 at the 'Teixim la Ciutat' Festival held in Sant Cugat in Catalonia (Spain).

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