Embroidery and Color: Create Textile Landscapes
The encroaching past stitch
A course by Célia Bruneau , Embroidery Artist
About the video: The encroaching past stitch
Overview
“Finally, I will explain how to execute the encroaching satin stitch. This technique makes it possible to create beautiful flat tints and gradients. It brings complexity in the texture but also in the colors and reflections. This point is also called “needle painting”.”
In this video lesson Célia Bruneau addresses the topic: The encroaching past stitch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery and Color: Create Textile Landscapes. Learn to embroider with different colors and stitches to make a decorative cushion or other textile piece inspired by a natural landscape.
Partial transcription of the video
“The encroaching past stitch In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to make the encroaching past stitch. The encroaching past is the ideal point to cover larger areas. It is the alternative to satin stitch when you see that the wire is loosening too much. It is a technique that allows you to create beautiful flat tints and gradients. And it brings a complexity in the texture. The encroaching past is also called "needle painting", a name that I really like that echoes all my gouache work. For my previous stitches, I split my threads into multiple strands. I'm left here twice two strands wh...”
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Course summary for: Embroidery and Color: Create Textile Landscapes
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Embroidery, Interior Decoration, Sewing, Textile Design, Traditional illustration
Célia Bruneau
A course by Célia Bruneau
A trained stylist, Célia Bruneau is an artist who is inspired by natural environments, and her approach to embroidery is intuitive and spontaneous. She lived in Paris for nine years before leaving to travel the world, and now creates hand-embroidered pieces full of color and softness in Paris, the countryside, and beyond.
She makes custom pieces and has collaborated with ICICLE and Combo Magazine. She has also appeared in the likes of ELLE and Konbini.
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