The Art of Hand Embroidery

In this workshop, participants will explore a combination of traditional hand embroidery techniques, how they do it, and why they do it. We will explore the slowness and rhythms of hand stitching, the versatility and strengths of embroidery for drawing and mark-making, and the pleasure of having time to make. Create textures and patterns, work a stitch in different threads, changing its scale and spacing, work freely, and combine stitches to mark make and draw. Practical help will be given by demonstrating the many ways this can be achieved using the most simple hand embroidery techniques; no knowledge of particular and precise embroidery techniques is needed. The workshop is set within my studio in Cockpit Bloomsbury, and it offers a unique opportunity to learn the art of hand embroidery from me in person.