Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn
Finishing Touches 1
A course by Trish Andersen , Fiber Artist
About the video: Finishing Touches 1
Overview
“As we get to the finishing touches of the project, I will show you how to apply latex to your backing material to secure your final artwork. Then, I'll explain how to draw a line around the design to cut the excess fabric and take the piece off the frame. That will allow me to fold over the edges and glue them to the back with a glue gun.”
In this video lesson Trish Andersen addresses the topic: Finishing Touches 1, 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
“ Finishing Touches In this lesson, we'll move on to all the finishing, where we'll first discuss applying latex to the back of your artwork and then we'll move on to all the additional finishing touches as we prepare your artwork to hang on the wall. The first step in preparing the back of your piece for the latex is to trim all the tiny tails. Throughout our processes, we've been trying to keep it clean. Go around and make sure everything looks good. What latex does is it makes it so, that your yarn cannot be pulled out. If you were not to latex this piece and it was hanging on your wall,...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn
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Category
Craft -
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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