Extraordinary Embroidery: Explore Alternative Organic Materials
Technique Foundations
A course by Hillary Waters Fayle , Textile Artist
Joined September 2021
Joined September 2021
About the video: Technique Foundations
Overview
“In addition to drawing and designing what you'll stitch onto the object you're working with, you'll need to know a few basic embroidery stitches to complete a stitchwork project. I'll go over a few fundamentals here before I move on. ”
In this video lesson Hillary Waters Fayle addresses the topic: Technique Foundations, which is part of the Domestika online course: Extraordinary Embroidery: Explore Alternative Organic Materials. Learn a new way to embroider by using unconventional materials to stitch unique and unexpected pieces.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Technique Foundations Now that you know a bit more about the materials and supplies you need for this course, I'll show you some fundamental techniques you'll need. You'll notice here as I'm getting ready to start stitching, I have a bit of paper instead of fabric with an embroidery hoop. That's typically what you would use to provide structure and keep your fabric taut as you're stitching it. I'll stitch without an embroidery hoop because I want to get my hands used to the feeling of providing structure as I'm stitching. The materials that you choose and the materials I often work with a...”
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Course summary for: Extraordinary Embroidery: Explore Alternative Organic Materials
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Category
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Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design
Hillary Waters Fayle
A course by Hillary Waters Fayle
Hillary Waters Fayle is an artist based in Richmond, Virginia, but originally from Buffalo, New York. She studied textile design at Buffalo State College, and embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. She also has a Master’s Degree from the department of craft and material studies at Virginia Commonwealth University
Her work has been widely exhibited and is included in the permanent collections of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY, the Kalmthout Arboretum & Botanical Gardens in Belgium, the United States Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka and several private collections. She has also taught at Penland School of Craft in North Carolina, the Mediterranean Art & Design Program in Italy, and Yasar University in Turkey.
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