Embroidered Letters: Thread as a Graphic Tool
Taffeta
A course by Elidé Rangel Soto , Designer and Visual Communicator
About the video: Taffeta
Overview
“Here, we will enter the fascinating world of weaving making a very basic weave, which will generate a very interesting textile effect.”
In this video lesson Elidé Rangel Soto addresses the topic: Taffeta, 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 I told you in the previous lesson, now we're going to work a stitch in which the vertical lines are going to become a warp, that's how you work in the tissue, but do not get complicated, now I explain what it's about. The horizontal lines are going to be interweaving those vertical threads. The vertical threads going to be like our structure on which, depending on how we go passing the horizontal thread, is how they are going to create shapes. We're going to work with a taffeta fabric, which is the most popular and is the simplest. Do not worry about the terms, now let's see what i...”
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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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