Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn
Finishing Touches 2
A course by Trish Andersen , Fiber Artist
About the video: Finishing Touches 2
Overview
“I can now attach the wood support as I intend to hang my artwork on the wall. For this, I'll show you how to use a staple gun and a hammer to secure the piece onto the piece of wood. Then, I'll be attaching D-rings to that same wooden piece so I can later hang my artwork. When that is done, I'll flip over my piece and look for details that may need to be added or fixed. I'll explain how to look for these details and how to address them.”
In this video lesson Trish Andersen addresses the topic: Finishing Touches 2, 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
“Now it's time for us to attach the wood support for hanging it on the wall. And these are a few tools that we will use. You want to have your scissors. a ruler. staple gun, hammer just as a backup if the staples don't go in well. Some hardware that I use D rings. It could also be a picture hanger and screwdriver to attach those and a marker. Okay, great. Now we're ready to move on to attaching a piece of wood to the back of our piece. If I'm working at this scale, I'm using a one by two or something, not, not like a two by four or something really, really beefy, it's just going to add weigh...”
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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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