Embroidery Technique with the Back Stitch
Reliefs
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
About the video: Reliefs
Overview
“I will begin this unit by explaining how to make a simple relief.”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: Reliefs, 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
“An intention of this laboratory is that with a single point You can explore all its possibilities, uses and levels. The back stitch has a particular use in embroidery techniques with super-embossed relief. We will begin to see the reliefs in a contained area. From this relief we can mark a difference by contrast as we saw earlier, but for this You must first understand how the form works. I will work on the rose. All I want to highlight is the three petals inside. This area, the central one, I will leave without embroidering to make a difference and give movement to the pattern. What is ess...”
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Course summary for: Embroidery Technique with the Back Stitch
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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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