Embroidery Technique with the Back Stitch
Presentation
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“It's time to start by showing you some pieces that I have done exclusively with step back . You will see how versatile this point is and how essential it is to understand the technique you are about to learn.”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery Technique with the Back Stitch. Learn to create unique images using just one embroidery stitch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hello, welcome to the laboratory stem stitch. My name is Gimena Romero and I am a textile artist. I decided to create the laboratories because it was necessary a space, a place of practical research and that would emerge from the look and the presence in the embroidery. To give structure to what we are doing. A lab is that, an observation space and a whole dive in the technique, which in this case is stem stitch, which is one of my favorite stitches for its versatility, for how simple it is. It is a super-elegant stitch that I use in a pile of my personal work and that is repeated throughou...”
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Course summary for: Embroidery Technique with the Back Stitch
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Areas
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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