Bluework: Combine Embroidery and Cyanotype
A course by Bugambilo , Visual Artist
Learn to create striking images full of texture using the techniques of cyanotype and embroidery
Do you want to create original textile pieces full of color? If you love the color blue and want to learn how to combine printing and embroidery, this is the course for you. Discover these creative techniques alongside visual artist Sol Kesseler, better known as Bugambilo. Her work has appeared in specialized magazines, private collections, and national as well as international exhibitions.
Bugambilo teaches you to create a bluework piece combining eight elegant stitches with cyanotype: an old printing method that allows you to print on fabric in a range of incredible blue tones. If you'd like to explore other types of embroidery, Bugambilo demonstrates mixed-technique portrait illustration in her first course Creation of Embroidered Portraits.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 32 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (284)
- 6,794 students
- 14 lessons (2h 30m)
- 32 additional resources (14 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create a work of art with a striking image on fabric using cyanotype and embroidery for one-of-a-kind results.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone excited about the idea of experimenting with textures and techniques and who loves the color blue!
Requirements and materials
No previous knowledge is necessary as this is a beginner course, although you can also enjoy the course if you have experience. Your teacher, Sol, guides you through step by step.
For materials, you need an embroidery hoop, perle cotton, a sewing needle, scissors, cotton fabric, a paintbrush, some glass and butterfly pins or picture frame clips, A and B photosensitive cyanotype solutions (ammonium ferric citrate and potassium ferricyanide, which although might sound technical are very easy to get hold of).
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Bugambilo
A course by Bugambilo
Sol Kesseler, better known as Bugambilo, is a visual artist and drawer who uses embroidery as a form of plastic art. Although she is trained in visual arts she stumbled across embroidery by chance. Her work has appeared in specialized magazines, private collections, and national as well as international exhibitions.
She currently has her own studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she embroiders her illustrations and teaches others to discover their passion for thread.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Materials and materialities
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What is bluework?
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Materials
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Preparing the surface
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Negatives and frames
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Revealed
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Only monochrome?
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U3
Bluework is also texture
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Braid point
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Spirit point
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Woven wheel and its variants
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Star point and highlight lines
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U4
How to take care of your work and final considerations
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Taking care of the blue
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Other possibilities
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FP
Final project
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Bluework: cyanotype and embroidery
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Outstanding course! Clear stitch explanations, inspiring techniques, and a true eye-opener for textile and mixed media artists. Totally worth it — actually gives you more than what you pay for!
Gostei muito do curso. Fácil de entender e aplicar. O trabalho da professora é lindo! Indico!
It was very enjoyable and worth 5 Stars
Me ha encantado, me he quedado con ganas de más, muy buena profesora
Excelente curso. Aprendizaje de técnicas nuevas en el bordado.