Embroidered Tapestry Creation
Influences
A course by Mariana Baertl , Textile Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you a little about what inspires me when creating, where to look for my own inspiration and what books and magazines support me and help me to express my ideas. ”
In this video lesson Mariana Baertl addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidered Tapestry Creation. Learn the basic stitches and their variations to create textured pieces.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson I'll tell you about the things that influence me when making my textile creations. Something I love to do is look for different loom-woven pieces. For example, these decorative tapestries were created using a wooden loom, but the same results could be obtained making an embroidered textile piece or using the latch hook technique. I love looking at loom woven pieces to find inspiration from different textures as well as volumes. I also draw inspiration from flower arrangements, in particular flower arrangements of dried flowers. This type of flower arrangement is ve...”
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Course summary for: Embroidered Tapestry Creation
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Decoration, Embroidery, Textile Design
Mariana Baertl
A course by Mariana Baertl
Mariana Baertl is the founder of Living Fibers and a textile artist specializing in handmade embroidery and knit decor for indoor spaces. She studied fashion design in Peru before moving to Barcelona, Spain, where she perfected her technique and started working in haute couture and patternmaking.
After working many years as a fashion designer, she decided to change course and devote her time to textile art. All of her pieces are hand-embroidered with threads and yarns from around the world. Her biggest source of inspiration is nature, especially its shapes and movements.
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- Updated on 06/03/2020
