Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn
Scaling up Your Artwork
A course by Trish Andersen , Fiber Artist
About the video: Scaling up Your Artwork
Overview
“Even though it is best to start learning on smaller frames, working on larger pieces can be truly amazing. So, in this lesson, I’d like to offer some ideas for when you feel ready to jump into larger pieces.”
In this video lesson Trish Andersen addresses the topic: Scaling up Your Artwork, 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
“In this lesson, we're just going to talk a little bit about how you can scale up your work and go big. Obviously today we talked about, you know, we're making a smaller piece, like 24 by 24 inches. You may get to a point after your comfortable tufting that you want to go big and I totally get it. I rarely work below 24 inches. I think that as a process, the tool really allows you to go big. And that's one of the things that really excites me about it. Just as a reminder, we'll have an additional resource that is a loose formula of how you can kind of wrap your head around how much yarn you'...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Tufting: Learn to Paint with Yarn
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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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