Macramé Using the Fiber Emballage Technique
Prepare the cotton ropes
A course by Pluumbago , Textile artist
About the video: Prepare the cotton ropes
Overview
“It is time to prepare the base threads of our project. I will give you some tips to cut the ropes more easily, we will group and soak them considering the advantages and disadvantages of these processes. ”
In this video lesson Pluumbago addresses the topic: Prepare the cotton ropes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Macramé Using the Fiber Emballage Technique. Learn how to dye, knot, and knit threads to create colorful textured tapestries.
Partial transcription of the video
“Prepare the cotton ropes Let's prepare our base strings with which we will work our fabric. As a first step, define the material with which they will work. We, for example, will work with this thread That comes like this. It is time to cut our ropes. They remember that previously in our sketch We defined that we would cut 140 strips of one meter each. Have your scissors and your flexometer on hand, that will help us to begin this part. A small tip to make this part more fluid is to measure the meter or the measure that they have defined and put some markings on the table. It is easier than ...”
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Course summary for: Macramé Using the Fiber Emballage Technique
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Fiber Arts, Macramé, Textile Design, Textile Dyeing
Pluumbago
A course by Pluumbago
Ixchel Yué is a textile artist from Guadalajara, Mexico, who 3 years ago founded her own decoration brand called Pluumbago. Through the use of frame loom and macramé techniques, she’s dedicated to creating woven pieces for hotels, cruises, interior designers, and homes inside and outside Mexico: CDMX, Madrid, New York, and Chile, among others.
She also teaches macramé workshops in various cities in Mexico and, together with two colleagues, founded a collective exhibition of textile art in which they seek to experiment with fibers and move from creating utilitarian pieces to real works of art.
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