Handweaving Techniques for Contemporary Rug Design
Technique 2 - Shape
A course by Sophie Graney , Woven Textile Designer
About the video: Technique 2 - Shape
Overview
“I will explain how you can make a rug into the shape of your choice in this lesson. ”
In this video lesson Sophie Graney addresses the topic: Technique 2 - Shape, 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
“ Technique 2 - Shape In this lesson, we'll be looking at how to make our rug into an unusual shape. Weaving normally is a square or a rectangle, but using the techniques we've learned in our lesson earlier, which was how to weave a shape, we'll be adding a semicircle on the top here. At the moment, this has been 60 cm woven from the previous lesson. There are different panels of lace as you can see. Some of them have two rows of lace, which bring larger panels, showing negative space coming through. Some just have the one, but this was all previously explained in my design, but you can see...”
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Course summary for: Handweaving Techniques for Contemporary Rug Design
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Category
Craft -
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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