Hand-Weaving Techniques: Design Textile Accessories
Sketching a Pattern and Technical Notes 2
A course by Cassandra Sabo , Textile Designer and Hand Weaver
About the video: Sketching a Pattern and Technical Notes 2
Overview
“For those of you who shy away from the technicalities, here I will cover some simple visual references to support you in the planning process. By the end, you will have learnt several different ways to record your ideas, including how to sketch the pattern and write technical notes, to support you in creating your final design. ”
In this video lesson Cassandra Sabo addresses the topic: Sketching a Pattern and Technical Notes 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Hand-Weaving Techniques: Design Textile Accessories. Learn to create richly textured and sustainable textile pieces using a variety of weaving techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sketching a Pattern and Technical Notes One of the great ways to be able to represent your ideas is not just by keeping track of your technical notes, it's by also using a visual reference to work out proportions, colours, the look and feel of your final project and what it's going to look like. In front of me, I have an illustration that I quickly whipped up using different colours and different little symbols almost, to illustrate the kind of pattern that I want to create and what I think the ultimate look and feel of my cushion will be. If we look here, I've simply tried to add as much i...”
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Course summary for: Hand-Weaving Techniques: Design Textile Accessories
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Textile Design, Weaving

Cassandra Sabo
A course by Cassandra Sabo
Cassandra Sabo is a textile designer and weaver from Montreal, Canada. She initially moved to London to pursue a degree in textile design at Central Saint Martins, and eventually moved to Oxford with her husband and children, and founded The Oxford Weaving Studio.
From her studio, she shares her love and knowledge of weaving and the broader fiber arts with her community. Cassandra also researched, designed and developed The Oxford Frame Loom, a new type of frame loom that aims to bridge the gap between hand-weaving and tapestry weaving, enabling weavers of all levels to discover and explore this craft in new ways.
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