Flower Composition with Acrylic Paint and Embroidery

Overview

“Just as the discovery of the painting frame arose from an encounter in an art store, I invite you to search and find things that you can adapt to your projects. I will review some contemporary textile artists who constantly face the decontextualization of embroidery through the use of non-traditional materials, the change of scale, format and the incorporation of their works to the place where they are exhibited.”

In this video lesson Josefina Jiménez addresses the topic: Thinking outside the box, which is part of the Domestika online course: Flower Composition with Acrylic Paint and Embroidery. Learn to draw and embroider evocative illustrations on XL hoops.

Partial transcription of the video

“Thinking outside the box In this lesson I have compiled contemporary artists whose embroidery has another perspective. I will show you the work of the artists I selected so you can see that with embroidery the frame is not limit. This work is by Ana Teresa Barboza, a Peruvian artist that works a lot with excess thread, like this kind of corporeal made through crochet, hilachas, that exceed the fabric, this space, and is properly exposed. Both dimensions, embroidery and crochet, are joined by this river of thread and is supercoherent with the image above. What I like about her is that she te...”

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Course summary for: Flower Composition with Acrylic Paint and Embroidery

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (151)
• 3036 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (2h 57m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Acrylic Painting, Embroidery, Painting, Textile Design, Traditional illustration