Embroidery on Wood: Art Inspired by Nature

About Me

A course by Sara Pastrana (Flourishing Fibers) , Graphic Designer and Fiber Artist

100% positive reviews (31)

1,277 students

Audio: English

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About the video: About Me

Overview

“First, I will tell you about where I'm from, my educational background, and why I love wood embroidery. ”

In this video lesson Sara Pastrana (Flourishing Fibers) addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery on Wood: Art Inspired by Nature. Discover how to add threads and textures to a piece of wood to create a unique work of art, from drilling to stitching and hanging.

Partial transcription of the video

“ About Me Hi, My name is Sara Pastrana, and welcome to my Domestika course. I was born in Mexico, but I have lived my entire life in Los Angeles, California. For the past 15 years, I have been a full-time graphic designer and I have also been developing my art as a fiber artist and as a wood embroiderer. I have been embroidering since I was a young teenager and I have been doing it on and off for many years. I decided to pick it up and take it a bit more seriously after I had my son. As I began to embroider more frequently, I found that the patterns I was finding in craft stores were not m...”

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Course summary for: Embroidery on Wood: Art Inspired by Nature

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (31)
1277 students
5 units
20 lessons (3h 54m)
8 downloads

Category
Craft
Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design, Woodworking

Sara Pastrana (Flourishing Fibers)

A course by Sara Pastrana (Flourishing Fibers)

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Graphic Designer and Fiber Artist

Sara Pastrana is a graphic designer and fiber artist based in Los Angeles, California. She has worked as a graphic designer for more than 14 years since studying the subject at university. She felt a strong desire to pursue a creative outlet different to her day job, where she was able to work with her hands, and started making embroidery art in 2012. She began experimenting with different types or materials until she found her passion for working with wood and paper.

Embroidering with unconventional materials and learning to build custom panels allowed Sara to develop both her creative and technical skills. Sara has established her niche of combining woodworking technology with traditional, hand-crafted embroidery. She later founded her own business, Flourishing Fibers, where she sells kits, equipment, and her pieces, and she also shares her work with over 15K followers on Instagram.