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Drawing with Thread

NC763-01

Start Date

03/15

Time

Mar 15, 12am; Mar 22, 10am–Mar 15 & 22nd, 5pm

Room

DMC D109

End Date

03/22

Meeting Day

Saturdays

Credits

0

Come explore basic embroidery techniques and how to apply them to “drawings” using direct drawing, transfer and projection. This will be both a technical skills class and an idea development class. We will discuss stitch, color and materials choices while learning and exploring traditional techniques of drawing such as contour, and hatching through the stitch. This is a great class for beginners up to advanced students in embroidery. We will go over all the basics but all the conceptual and drawing skills can be applied to any skill level.

This class meets in-person at MassArt.

NOTE: For students already registered, the hours for this class have been updated.

March 15: 12-5pm
March 22: 10am-5pm

SUPPLIES

Required​ supplies for the first class:

  • Embroidery Scissors
  • Raw cotton Muslin or linen or both. This depends very much on the scale that you want to work at.  I suggest roughly 12 x 12 in. You need a light colored basic cotton or linen to work on.
  • Water Soluble Fabric Marker (These are found in the notions section of fabric stores. NOT air soluble). These are not washable markers for kids but a fabric notion.
  • Embroidery Needles (suggested size 5-10 or similar)
  • Embroidery hoop 8-10 in.
  • Sketchbook or notebook
  • 3-6 Skeins of Cotton DMC 6 Strand embroidery floss- colors of your choosing

​Required supplies for the second class:

  • Scraps of fabric for applique demo

Recommended​ supplies:

  • Fabric scissors
  • Tracing paper (cheap tracing paper is fine)
  • Thick and thin tip black Sharpie Marker
  • Any textile material you want to experiment with ribbon, yarn, cording, fabric scraps, weird
  • textiles, anything
  • Found or inherited linens that you would like to work with or be inspired by.
  • A drawing or sketch to be inspired by

This class has ended.

Joetta Maue

Joetta Maue is an artist, curator, and arts writer. Her most recent body of work is a series of embroideries, drawings, and photographs that explore the psychological landscape of the domestic space. Joetta’s work has been shown in galleries and museums across the country and internationally. Joetta authored the popular studio blog Little Yellowbird and … Read more