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Domestika

Hand-Dyed Macramé: Create Unique Plant Hangers

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Overview

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Explore colors, shapes, and knotting techniques to create hand-crafted textile wall hangers inspired by nature
  • Introduction
  • Materials, Tools, and Design
  • Starting with the Macramé
  • Wrapping It Up
  • Final project
Macramé is a meditative practice that allows you to create functional accessories with your own two hands. By combining knots and dye, textile artist Demi Mixon creates vibrant wall hangings and plant hangers filled with color gradients. For her work, she was honored with the 2020 Art Category Etsy Design Award.

In this online course, she takes you step by step through the process of creating a macramé plant hanger. Learn how to design, cut, dye, and knot a striking work of art to decorate your home or workplace. Create with your hands, play with your imagination, and make it all come to life with macramé.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Materials
  • Dyeing 101
  • Knotting Foundations
  • Design Inspiration
  • Sketching
  • Macramé Blueprint
  • Measuring Your String
  • It's Dye Time
  • Knotting the Wall Planter Base 1
  • Knotting the Wall Planter Base 2
  • Adding and Shaping the Plant Holder 1
  • Adding and Shaping the Plant Holder 2
  • Finishing
  • Hanging and Upkeep
  • Hand-Dyed Macramé: Create Unique Plant Hangers

Taught by

Demi Mixon

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