3D Macramé Sculptures: Design and Create Fiber Art Characters

Photographing Your Piece

A course by String Theories Fiber Design , 3D Macrame Sculptural Artist

100 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Photographing Your Piece

Overview

“In this lesson, I will talk about the importance of social media in promoting your work, including how to stage and take photos and videos. ”

In this video lesson String Theories Fiber Design addresses the topic: Photographing Your Piece, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Macramé Sculptures: Design and Create Fiber Art Characters. Discover unique techniques to design and create your own whimsical 3D macrame characters..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how I take pictures of my finished pieces and post them to Instagram. So as you can see, I have this set up here. What you can use at home is a piece of fabric or a piece of paper, lean it up against a wall. What you want to make sure is that you have nice natural lighting and it's nice and bright. You don't want to take your photos in the dark. I also like to put something recognizable next to my finished piece so that you can show the scale of the piece. and then make sure that your piece is nice and centered against the color. If you find that the li...”

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Course summary for: 3D Macramé Sculptures: Design and Create Fiber Art Characters

Level: Beginner
100 students
4 units
17 lessons (2h 29m)
4 downloads

Category
Craft
Areas
Art Toys, Fiber Arts, Macramé, Pattern Design, Textile Design

String Theories Fiber Design

A course by String Theories Fiber Design

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3D Macrame Sculptural Artist

Mikaela Szumigraj is a 3D macrame artist specializing in realistic fiber sculptures from Halifax, Canada. An aerospace engineer by trade, she brings her technical expertise to the world of macrame. Her background has inspired her to create unique 3D design techniques and aided her sense of spatial awareness.

She first began producing on a small scale in 2017, and gained a lot of attention on Instagram during the pandemic. Mikaela now sells her creations via her online shop in the form of macramé kits, wall hangings, basket weavings, soft sculptures, and more. She also has her own studio, String Theories Fiber Design. Over the last few years, she has dedicated her time to developing a technique for creating macramé leaves and vines on driftwood, which she continues to share with her many followers on Instagram.