Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques
Going over materials
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
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
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Category
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Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design, Traditional illustration
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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