Tufting-Gun Tapestry with Felt and Embroidery
Reference search
A course by Alex Rocca , Designer and Textile Artist
About the video: Reference search
Overview
“What do we mean? What's our style? What do we like aesthetically? In this class, I'll talk about the reference research process.”
In this video lesson Alex Rocca addresses the topic: Reference search, which is part of the Domestika online course: Tufting-Gun Tapestry with Felt and Embroidery. Learn to use a range of techniques to bring to life original designs filled with volume and texture.
Partial transcription of the video
“Reference search In the design piece, I researched one of my favorite architects: o Luis Barragán, a Mexican architect. Within the research of his work, there is a lot of color, which is a little of what characterizes my work. I'm going to show you some images here. Luis Barragán is an architect who used a lot of color and color blocking processes, of blocked colors. Within that, I always research his work references, because it has this very strong color contrast, which is something I end up assuming in my tapestry work. I am very interested in his work in terms of light and shadow. In my ...”
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Course summary for: Tufting-Gun Tapestry with Felt and Embroidery
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Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Interior Decoration, Punch Needle, Textile Design

Alex Rocca
A course by Alex Rocca
Alex Rocca is a design and textile artist based in Curitiba. He has a degree in cinema and has exhibited work at major art fairs such as SP-Arte and MADE. Driven by the constant search for artistic freedom and a poetic aesthetic, he draws on influences such as architecture and the seventh art to create powerfully sensorial pieces by playing with shadow, volume, and texture.
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