Drawing with Thread
Make your own pattern
A course by Cecilia Santamaria Mandujano , Embroiderer and Illustrator
Joined August 2022
About the video: Make your own pattern
Overview
“A pattern is like a map, it tells us where the most important parts of our drawing with black thread are located, their textures, tones and details. It helps us divide the work into zones and serves as a guide so as not to lose the shape of our project. We are going to create the map that will help us find our jaguar. ”
In this video lesson Cecilia Santamaria Mandujano addresses the topic: Make your own pattern, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing with Thread. Learn to embroider and draw with thread. Transfer your sketches to fabric to create realistic illustrations..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we will begin to embroider and before doing so it is very important to make our pattern. The pattern is this embroidery map where we can locate both the dark areas, the light areas as the most important areas of our embroidery, so let's start practicing in order to generate the pattern of our jaguar. It is with the help of our printed reference that we will begin to make our pattern. This reference can be downloaded in the attached documents who come in this workshop and it is with this first image that we will begin to work. What we need is to print it, I printed it in a let...”
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Course summary for: Drawing with Thread
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Realistic Drawing, Textile Design, Traditional illustration

Cecilia Santamaria Mandujano
A course by Cecilia Santamaria Mandujano
Ceci Santamaria is a talented embroiderer and illustrator with an overflowing passion for nature. Her ability to portray flora and fauna through realistic embroidery has allowed her to collaborate with renowned brands and leave a mark in the world of handmade art. With a unique drawing technique with black thread, Ceci seeks to create emotional connections with her works, transmitting the magic and beauty of nature through each stitch.
Her career includes projects with renowned brands such as Bleiz, Cetrería de México and COATS, as well as a series of contemporary creations that combine tradition and modernity. The subtlety with which she handles color and textures in her embroidery highlights her talent for capturing the very essence of nature in each work.
Ceci Santamaría has become an influential figure in the world of embroidery and illustration, sharing her knowledge and techniques with enthusiasm. Her passion for nature and her ability to create realistic portraits with black thread make her a unique artist, whose creativity and skill continue to captivate those who appreciate the beauty of what is handmade.
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