Description
This contemporary stitch workshop introduces you to a relaxed and playful exploration of hand embroidery. During this informal class Royal College of Art trained Lisa Vaughan will introduce you to some samples of her work and show you examples of embroidery for inspiration. Working on beautiful white linen you will learn to stitch precisely and neatly but also experimenting with how to use the stitch as decoration. We will practise cross stitch, stem stitch, satin stitch, couching, herringbone and fly stitch as well as different uses of a simple running stitch. Stitching slowly and mindfully, playing with the threads and forming your own colour palette enables you to experiment and develop your own style. Learning these stitches is helpful for you to be able continue a creative story at home or for the purely practical and useful skills of mending and repair. This workshop takes place in Black Swans studio formally the cow shed on Culverton farm, near the Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire. Here you will also find the repair barn and gardens full of friendly chickens clucking about. The beautiful amber coloured plaster, old beams and stonework inspire creativity and a gentle mood of wellbeing.
What's included in the price?
A4 paper Stitch Guide Threads and linen base fabric. Embroidery tools are available for your use at the studio. Tea, coffee and delicious homemade cake are provided during the workshop.
Duration
3 hours
Cancellation policy
Non-refundable - Refunds are not available
Maker
Black Swans Studio is a multi discipline art and design studio set in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Created by Karina Thomas and Lisa Vaughan, who met whilst studying textiles at The Royal College of Art, to share teaching skills and experience from their design backgrounds. Come and join the workshops here and enjoy this inspiring design space; a place of learning and retreat. Monthly classes are presently run in stitch and weave with other workshops planned from guest designers to offer a creative mix of craft and design courses. Our studio is based in the cow shed, one of a series of converted farm buildings at Culverton Farm. This area of Buckinghamshire has historically been linked to the crafts industry. Wood turners, bodgers and furniture makers, lace and needle makers. As you travel around the hills and valleys of the county, wardrobe lane and needle makers house are evidence of this past craft lineage. Our workshops reflect this rich cultural history and aim to keep people connected to these skillfull craft traditions.
Suitable for
- Adults
- Seniors
- Teenagers
- Wheelchair users
- Hearing impaired
- Limited mobility
- Learning difficulties (SEN)
- Corporate days out & team building
- Public transport
- School holiday workshops & activities
- Parking provided
- Suitable for beginners
- Engagement, birthdays & anniversaries
- Hen dos
FAQs
Yes we have a car park
We do not have a kitchen so if you are on a long workshop please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee and cake will be plentiful.
If you are travelling by car the nearest motorway is the M40. The barn is on the A4010 just outside Princes Risborough, watch out for signs to the Repair Barn, we are here.
We are 10 minutes walk from Princes Risborough station which is on the Chiltern Line from either London Marylebone or Oxford
All tools and materials are provided, for the Weave workshops you may like to bring a packed lunch as there will be a half hour break however tea, coffee and cake will be provided. You may want to bring a pen and notebook to make personal notes. If you have any tools or yarns you prefer to use do bring them along.
The studio is on the ground floor and the tiles are slightly uneven as it is an 18th Century Cow shed, There are 2 steps up to the toilet for which we can provide a ramp if requested in advance.
We host up to 10 people per workshop
