Embroidered Letters: Thread as a Graphic Tool
Spot counted
A course by Elidé Rangel Soto , Designer and Visual Communicator
About the video: Spot counted
Overview
“Finally, I will teach you two ways to make an alphabet starting from a grid, with stitches that work as modules to build letters. ** FAITH OF ERRATA: The quadrille of # 11 has 11 squares per inch, as well as that of # 14, has 14 and that of # 18, 18, the latter being the finest reticle.”
In this video lesson Elidé Rangel Soto addresses the topic: Spot counted, 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
“Another way to make letters is with the spot point technique. An example of that type of technique is the cross stitch. The cross-stitch works by moduli, let's say that each cross is a small module that in turn forms a figure. Personally I like to make stitches that have the squares or the pixels or modules much more defined. So, we're going to work with a stitch called cross of Smyrna. For this technique of point of counted we are going to work with cuadrille, obviously, as we work the cross-stitch. In this case, we are going to use a quadrille of the number 11. What I was telling you as t...”
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Course summary for: Embroidered Letters: Thread as a Graphic Tool
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Category
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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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