Textile Design: Upcycling Clothes with Experimental Techniques
Surface Embellishments
A course by Giselle Manzano Ramírez , Designer and Artist
Joined December 2019
Joined December 2019
About the video: Surface Embellishments
Overview
“To end this unit, I will show you how to enhance the appearance of your garment by using the same objects from the previous step as embellishments or accessories. ”
In this video lesson Giselle Manzano Ramírez addresses the topic: Surface Embellishments, which is part of the Domestika online course: Textile Design: Upcycling Clothes with Experimental Techniques. Combine innovative reverse dye techniques with unconventional objects to create unique, sustainable garments in your own personal style.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Surface Embellishments In the previous lesson, you learned to use everyday objects to create prints in your garment. In this lesson, you'll learn to use the same objects to create embellishments that will give depth, movement, and texture to your garment. Embellishments enhance the look of garments and add more value to our design. There are various embellishment techniques that are used to decorate surface design on fabric or garments such as embroidery, quilting, appliqués, patchwork, and beads among others. Adding embellishment to your garment is a vital decorative detail. It highlight...”
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Course summary for: Textile Design: Upcycling Clothes with Experimental Techniques
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Category
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Areas
Fashion Design, Textile Design, Textile Dyeing, Upcycling
Giselle Manzano Ramírez
A course by Giselle Manzano Ramírez
Giselle Manzano Ramírez is a Colombian designer and artist based in Brooklyn. As a child, she was always creative, excelling in art at school and designing for friends and family from a young age. She went on to study graphic design and visual communication, and later fell in love with fashion in New York City. She then started redesigning her own clothes before going on to become a fashion stylist and curator.
Since then, Giselle has combined her love for both graphic design and fashion to design window displays, visual merchandising, lookbooks, branding, and advertising for vintage fashion boutiques. Through working with ReFashion Week 2020, she collaborated with the NYC Department of Sanitation and DonateNYC, and has given conferences and workshops at Pratt Institute, among others. As a graphic designer, her clients include Condé Nast, Candy Pratts Price (Vogue), and the Colombian Embassy in NYC. She also collaborates with emerging artists as part of her mission to empower people through fashion.
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