Tufting-Gun Tapestry with Felt and Embroidery
Tufting: Loop pistol
A course by Alex Rocca , Designer and Textile Artist
About the video: Tufting: Loop pistol
Overview
“In this class, I will start the tufting process using the looping gun. ”
In this video lesson Alex Rocca addresses the topic: Tufting: Loop pistol, 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
“Tufting: Loop pistol Now, I'm going to start the tufting. I'm going to do it with the loop gun, the one that makes the loop in the wool. A tip is when you have your ball of yarn, you get two different tips. With the two ends of the same yarn, I'm going to run the yarn through the gun. That part of threading the gun, it is very common for each color you use, you need to pass a different thread. It's a process that you have to get used to, it's very simple. To ensure that the thread is threaded correctly, just pull. You can pull on both ends and you'll be sure you pulled. You can also test by...”
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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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