Weekend Bobbin Lace Making - Daytime Mixed Lace Workshops (Little Bookham Surrey)

Description

This course runs for TWO consecutive days from the starting dates listed. At the current time it is good to carry on being creative and focusing on the present. So if you run into trouble with your lace and need any form of help, please get in touch with me (via the 'message the tutor' button below), and attach a picture, and I will try and help. These two days would be an ideal opportunity to relax and make lace, enjoying the company of like minded people. Come along and try your hand at one of the laces below, or work on your current project, or have help starting a new project. Alternatively, this would be an ideal time to begin learning a Lace Type that is new to you. I have over 30yrs experience in making bobbin lace, and am able to teach in: Binche, Bedfordshire, Chrysanthemum, Flanders, Honiton, Idrija, Milanese, Russian & Torchon. I am also able to provide guidance to those wishing to start: Bucks-point, Hinojosa & Duchesse/Withof. If you have any questions do please get in touch via the 'message the tutor' button for more information. I have passed my City and Guilds teaching qualification and have regular classes at a number of locations within Surrey. In 2019, I was engaged by Pinewood Studios to make lace and teach the actresses for the filming of the BBC Black Narcissus series. Why not come along and work on your existing project and have help/guidance with any problems that may occur, or have you always wanted to try one of the above many laces? I am willing to start you off with a new, or existing, lace technique. This will involve helping you to start, from the beginning, so that you know what to do and are in total control of your lace, with small sample pieces, and gradually building up to you being able to work the pattern that you have envisaged doing. I am also holding other mixed and specialised workshops later in the year, but always very happy for you to bring your own lace to any of the workshops. Beginners are always welcome and will commence with what is traditionally your first piece of lace. This will show the two stitches that are required for bobbin lace making. Once you can work these stitches, you will be able to move onto something more exciting. The different laces use these two stitches, along with different techniques, to achieve the various effects and patterns, just like knitting. A variety of lace techniques will be on offer at each workshop over the next few months, please contact me for more details. I am also happy for you to bring your current project to the session and work with help & guidance as required. Attending a class of this nature offers the chance to share tips and experiences that are not found in books, but only from the experience of numerous lace tutors that have guided me. I have also mentored a student through Lace Guild 'Foundation Assessment' for Torchon Lace, and am also willing to mentor anyone thinking of doing the Lace Guild Assessment. Unlike other course providers, there will be no paperwork for you to fill in, however I would appreciate feedback and for you to leave a review for this course. Bookham is on the A246, and has bus routes from Leatherhead & Guildford. The Village Hall is a 5 minute walk from Bookham Railway Station and is on Bus Route 479 (Epsom-Guildford), or accessible via M25/A3. There is parking for 13 cars. Tina has direction maps & instructions for anyone attending.

What's included in the price?

- Hand-outs for techniques used and guidance where appropriate. - Personal individual tuition. - Groups are kept small. Refreshments (tea/coffee) are normally offered, but please do remember your packed lunches.

Cancellation policy

Easy - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 2 weeks before the course starts

Maker

Tina's Bobbin Lacemaking

with Craft Courses since 2019

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Tina began lacemaking in 1992, and now teaching the principles of 13 different lace types (English & Continental) with technique sessions in each lace, for private groups, & classes at;- Addlestone, Branham, Bookham, Cobham, & Effingham and holds workshops over a number of days. She has worked with Pinewood Film Studios, been invited to hold a Russian/Chrysanthemum lace workshop at Upper Beeding and also gives talks & demonstrations when asked. Tina wants to help keep the craft alive, help those wishing to develop their skills, & anyone wanting to learn lace making.