Embroidery: The Mark of the Needle

When:
Thursday, Oct 03, 2019 6:30p -
9:30p
Repeats weekly

Where:
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

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Admission:
$625

Categories:
Art

Event website:
https://pce.massart.edu/section/embroidery-the-mark-of-the-needle/

This class teaches a variety of embroidery, needle arts, and stitching techniques and how to apply them to contemporary art making. This involves going past the technique and exploring the conceptual layer of working with textiles and stitching while looking at the heritage and meaning of embroidery’s history and how contemporary artists are reclaiming and evolving it. Diverse skills are introduced and studied, including basic-to-advanced hand embroidery techniques and its tools, applique (both raw and finished), working in 3 dimensions with textiles and a range of transfer techniques. The class also looks at the history of embroidery, how to diversify stitches and marks made by thread, how to work with text and photographs, creating value in textile drawings, and color choices and conceptual development. Skills are introduced in small-scale projects that are then applied to larger personal projects or a series. The class allows for the exploration of needle work in various ways — as a form of art in itself, a new technique for mixed media practices, or as a skill set that can be applied to decorative work on wearables and household textiles.

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