Description
In this class you will develop the hand stitch techniques learnt in Stitch a Sampler or using your prior basic stitch skills. You will continue your stitch journey learning appliqué and patchwork. Royal College of Art trained Lisa Vaughan will encourage you to start experimenting with hand stitches as mark making tools; using stitch and fabric to illustrate your ideas and stories. During this class you will be creating your own original artwork. Lisa will encourage you to think about the use of space within your composition, colour application and suitable stitch techniques for your design. All materials and embroidery equipment will be provided in the workshop. We use oeko tex linens and sustainable fabrics as our base fabric. We also reuse and re purpose other discarded fabrics being conscious of our environmental responsibilities. If you do have any favourite fabric or threads at home that you would like to work with, please feel free to bring them along. This is a one day class with a break for lunch. We do not have a cafe on site so please bring your lunch with you. We will provide plenty of tea, coffee and homemade cake. The day will start with Lisa showing you examples of her own work and she will talk about the dialogues within them. You can see how her collections of found objects and words illustrate her embroidered artworks. Learn to create a patchwork base and to use appliqué and stitch to create a decorative composition. Simple templates supplied in class can be used for appliqué or stitch outlines.
What's included in the price?
The day will start with Lisa showing you examples of her own work and she will talk about the dialogues within them. You can see how her collections of found objects and words illustrate her embroidered artworks. Learn to create a patchwork base and to use appliqué and stitch to create a decorative composition. Simple templates supplied in class can be used for appliqué or stitch outlines.
Duration
6 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)
- Hen dos
- Corporate days out & team building
- Public transport
- School holiday workshops & activities
- Parking provided
- Intermediate level
- Engagement, birthdays & anniversaries
