Embroidered Letters: Thread as a Graphic Tool
Line quality Cursive letter.
A course by Elidé Rangel Soto , Designer and Visual Communicator
About the video: Line quality Cursive letter.
Overview
“We will start working with the cursive letter that we transfer. We will solve it with a combination of basic stitches: the block and the back step. ”
In this video lesson Elidé Rangel Soto addresses the topic: Line quality Cursive letter., which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidered Letters: Thread as a Graphic Tool. Learn to design powerful words with needle and thread.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, as we saw it in the previous unit, the italic letters are characterized by having thick strokes and thin strokes. It is very important that when embroidering we are careful to respect those strokes and make the transitions as subtle as possible. For that we are going to use two stitches and very basic stitches, which in fact are used normally to make contours. It's the block and the step back. The block is the stitch that is most used to make very fine strokes and the step back does give some relief and some texture. For example, in this collaboration that I did with Marco López, and ...”
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Course summary for: Embroidered Letters: Thread as a Graphic Tool
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Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design
Elidé Rangel Soto
A course by Elidé Rangel Soto
Elidé Rangel, better known as Florula, is a designer and visual communicator. In 2012, she founded Estudio Florula, where she explores the possibilities of design based on experimentation with different manual techniques and alternative materials.
Her first encounter with embroidery was through self-teaching, although she was later trained by Inés da Luz and Gimena Romero. In 2015, she received a Master's degree in surface design from the IED in Madrid, carrying out projects for brands such as Casita de Wendy, Vista Alegre, and the Thyssen Museum, as well as collaborations with the Texture Factory Workshop.
Estudio Florula covers a range of areas, from handmade design using embroidery and other manual techniques, and its dissemination through workshops and DIY kits, to the design of patterns with applications in fashion, packaging and branding, and special projects.
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