Introduction to Blackwork Embroidery
Course final project
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
About the final project for: Introduction to Blackwork Embroidery
Blackwork
“Thank you very much for taking this historical adventure with me. Please do not stop sharing your experience, here in the studio we enjoy connecting with you from a distance and have the opportunity to see how they are growing as creators. On the other hand, if in addition to the Domestika community, you want to share your creation with the whole world, you can upload photos of your work to Instagram with the hashtag #GimenaRomeroDomestika. I would love to see the whole process! Thank you! Gimena Romero”
Partial transcription of the video
“Now we will see a brief summary of the course. We talked a bit about the history of this technique and I you about my influences. We started by reviewing the materials we use in the course. Then I showed you some of the pieces we have made in my studio and I briefly talked about the patterns we were going to work on. In the open patterns unit. we saw plumage where I tried to emulate feather pattern of birds that I love so much. Then we saw mosquitoes where I tried to make a contemporary reinterpretation of the technique. And finally. the tessellation. which is the classic pattern I chose fo...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Blackwork Embroidery
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Embroidery, Textile Design
Gimena Romero
A course by Gimena Romero
Gimena Romero is an artist and writer based between Mexico City and Barcelona. She trained in various schools in Mexico, Spain, and France and has received multiple awards and mentions internationally.
Her work has been displayed in various exhibitions in countries like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Ukraine, and Spain. She has several publications under her belt in the areas of narrative, poetry, and textile research with Thule Ediciones and Editorial Gustavo Gili. Her book Hebra de Agua was awarded Book of the Year at the 2016 Teixim la Ciutat festival in Catalonia.
She has also conducted research into embroidery and the body with Lausín embroidery at the UNAM Faculty of Arts and Design in Mexico. She loves life, dogs, and biscuits.
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