Handweaving Techniques for Contemporary Rug Design
Extracting Colour and Yarn Windings
A course by Sophie Graney , Woven Textile Designer
About the video: Extracting Colour and Yarn Windings
Overview
“Next, I will translate the photos into colour and material palettes using yarn windings to explore colour proportions and textures.”
In this video lesson Sophie Graney addresses the topic: Extracting Colour and Yarn Windings, which is part of the Domestika online course: Handweaving Techniques for Contemporary Rug Design. Decorate your home with unique hand-woven pieces by learning contemporary weaving techniques that explore positive and negative space.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Extracting Colour and Yarn Windings For this lesson, we'll look at how to extract colour from our photos and develop them into a colour and material palette. As you can see, I've extracted some colours from my photographs here. This orange colour here has come from the corner of this image, we've got the lemony-yellow from the door, the two-tonal yellows from this building, and some of the teals and dark greys from these images here. Now, I'll focus on this image. As you can see, I've started doing some yarn windings here. This is a technique where you have your cardboard and you simply w...”
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Course summary for: Handweaving Techniques for Contemporary Rug Design
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Fiber Arts, Textile Design, Weaving
Sophie Graney
A course by Sophie Graney
Sophie Graney is a textile designer who creates contemporary hand-woven fabrics for lifestyle accessories and interior furnishings. As a child, she was drawn to knitting, sewing, and lacemaking, learning techniques that still influence her work today. This love for textiles led her to study textile design at the Hereford College of Arts and a master’s in woven textiles at the Royal College of Art, London. At university, she began selling her designs to Banana Republic and Calvin Klein, and Dash & Miller featured her creations at international trade shows.
After beginning her career in the fashion industry, using techniques for mass-production, she now designs and weaves by hand, slowing down the process and celebrating the craftsmanship. She works from her studio at Cockpit Arts, which was granted to her as part of the Clothworkers' Foundation Award, and shares her work on her website and social media.
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