Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn
About Me
A course by Trish Andersen , Fiber Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“This first lesson will be about me: where I come from, why I started working with fibers, and how I landed in the world of tufting. You'll learn about my personal and professional journey, which I hope can guide and inspire yours!”
In this video lesson Trish Andersen addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn. Discover how to combine tufting techniques like cut pile and loop pile to create colorful and expressive pieces of textile art.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi, my name is Trish Andersen, I'm a fiber artist. Welcome to my course. I was born and raised in Dalton, Georgia, which is the carpet capital of the world. It's actually where wall-to-wall carpet was invented. Funnily, when I was growing up, I never wanted to have anything to do with carpets, but here we are. Everything around me was carpet. I grew up going to factories and all that stuff. It's wild that my life has come full circle to where it is today. Art has always been present in my life. I started creating at an early age. My first memory of creating art... I had leukemia ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Interior Decoration, Punch Needle, Textile Design
Trish Andersen
A course by Trish Andersen
Trish Andersen is a fiber artist from Dalton, Georgia. She first started experimenting with crafts when she was diagnosed with leukemia at just two years old. During her three-year treatment, she used art as a way to interpret the world around her. She later began studying graphic design at Savannah School of Art and Design before moving on to interior designer, where she discovered a love for fiber art. After graduating, she moved to New York in 2005, where she created displays for Anthropologie and later started her own studio in 2007. In search of a new creative outlet, she came across tufting and began sharing her work online.
Trish now works full-time creating fiber art for clients all over the world including Coca-Cola, who commissioned her to create a piece of artwork inspired by her hometown. She also continues to share her work with over 100K followers on Instagram.
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