Embroidery Technique with the Back Stitch
On your marks
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
About the video: On your marks
Overview
“Now I will show you how I prepare myself with the materials to start embroidering. From the ideal frame for this embroidery to how to assemble the fabric where your embroidery will live.”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: On your marks, 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
“This is the frame on which I will work. If you look, here you see these cracks. This means that the frame wood is of very poor quality. I realized after already using it several times. I see that it is cracked here and I know that I take the risk that at any time my work can be broken and I'll have to get another one. It's important that it be of the same size and more, and I generally prefer to have a couple of good things than disposable piles. When I have racks like that, they're flimsy, I did not get, I did not get another and the only one I got has chips or is cracked, a way to save th...”
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Course summary for: Embroidery Technique with the Back Stitch
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Category
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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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