Goldwork Embroidery for Beginners: Capture the Natural World
The Background
A course by Talisa May , Embroidery Artist
About the video: The Background
Overview
“Now that the beetle is complete, I will teach you how to stitch the background to bring the piece to life! ”
In this video lesson Talisa May addresses the topic: The Background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Goldwork Embroidery for Beginners: Capture the Natural World. Learn to combine ancient stitches with contemporary fibers to recreate the patterns and colors of insects in a beautiful yet realistic style.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Background We've now reached the final part of the project. In this lesson, we'll be stitching the background. We'll be using two types of beads, seed beads and bugle beads. These are the seed beads and these are the bugle beads in 6 mm. As I mentioned previously, if you don't have beads, that's fine, you can use chipwork and cutwork instead. The stitching technique is the same one I'll show you in this lesson. We'll be using the same DMC thread that we used in the previous lesson to stitch the antennae and the feet. For the first part of the background, we'll use two needles at the sam...”
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Course summary for: Goldwork Embroidery for Beginners: Capture the Natural World
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Embroidery, Fiber Arts
Talisa May
A course by Talisa May
Talisa May is an embroidery artist based in London who specializes in goldwork embroidery, bead embroidery, and needle painting. She has always been passionate about crafts, creating her first stitched piece at just five years old and selling bracelets and keyrings to her neighbors. Talisa later discovered cross stitch as a creative outlet after losing her father and practiced it for almost 10 years before experimenting with needle painting. She then began posting her work on Instagram and, after her fiance bought her a goldwork kit for Christmas, found her creative style.
Talisa currently works on commissions, alongside her job as a senior producer in the events industry. She also sells her pieces via Etsy and shares them on social media under the name Boss Stitch. Talisa has been featured on popular embroidery pages on Instagram, as well as in Love Embroidery Magazine.
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