Tufting-Gun Tapestry with Felt and Embroidery

Felting

A course by Alex Rocca , Designer and Textile Artist

Designer and Textile Artist. Curitiba, Brazil.
Joined October 2019
95% positive reviews (37)
1,932 students
Audio: Portuguese
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About the video: Felting

Overview

“In this class, I will explain what felting is and how we can adapt it to a tapestry made in tufting.”

In this video lesson Alex Rocca addresses the topic: Felting, 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

“felting It's time for the last technique: felting. For me, it is one of the simplest techniques, because it uses a very simple tool, which is a felting needle itself, which I will soon show how it works. To make the felting, I use a special wool for felting too. In fact, she's different, she doesn't come in wire, it comes in these locks and is very simple to apply. I like to use different fibers. The idea of using felting is to create another texture, different from an embroidered or woven thread. Application is very simple. I look at the area where I want to felt and I take a piece of that...”

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Course summary for: Tufting-Gun Tapestry with Felt and Embroidery

  • Level: Beginner
  • 95% positive reviews (37)
  • 1932 students
  • 4 units
  • 17 lessons (1h 25m)
  • 5 downloads
  • Category

    Craft
  • Areas

    Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Interior Decoration, Punch Needle, Textile Design

Alex Rocca

Alex Rocca
A course by Alex Rocca

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Designer and Textile Artist

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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Tufting-Gun Tapestry with Felt and Embroidery. Craft course by Alex Rocca

Tufting-Gun Tapestry with Felt and Embroidery

A course by Alex Rocca
Designer and Textile Artist. Curitiba, Brazil.
Joined October 2019
  • 95% positive reviews (37)
  • 1,932 students