In this online workshop you will learn techniques to create beautiful floral designs with a range of mixed media materials combined with hand embroidery. Jessica brings together the techniques she has developed in her practice, such as 3D folded petals, beaded stamens and curling leaves and vines, to help students create a colourful and… Read More »Zoom Workshop: Fantasy Florals, with Jessica Grady
Temari is an ancient and beautiful Japanese craft that involves embroidering the surface of a handmade ball with stunning designs. An experienced embroiderer, covering textile art from blackwork to temari, Nicola Davis enjoys stitching that blends mathematics and symmetry with unexpected twists of colour. She believes embroidery is a unique medium through which to explore… Read More »Talk: Temari balls, by Nicola Davis
Jo is a contemporary textile artist, designer and tutor. In this workshop you will learn a variety of techniques to create your finished textile piece. There will be plenty of inspiration available for you. Free motion embroidery is an exciting technique where you are able to 'draw' with the sewing machine - also known as… Read More »Workshop: Free Motion Landscapes, with Jo Hill
Experiment with metal as a textile. Alysn has a long-standing reputation as an innovative textile artist. She works primarily in copper, bronze, brass, stainless steel in the form of shim and woven metal, combined with a variety of fabrics, paints and threads. Surfaces are often altered by burnishing, texturing, printing, patterning and patinating. … Read More »Summer School (2 days): Mixed Metal Patchwork with Alysn Midgelow-Marsden
Please note start time: 11 am. After AGM business in the morning, we will be starting on the stitched ornaments for our tree in the Leamington Christmas Tree Festival. This year's decorations will be Scandi-style felt "baubles". They will be in a limited colour range to keep everything unified. Patterns and materials will be issued… Read More »AGM and Member Activity
Textile artist and tutor, Suzette, delivers workshops and talks throughout the UK as well as for French General in south-west France in 2023/24. In 2019 Suzette's work Draw My World In Words was selected for the inaugural Fine Art Textile Award Gallery at The Festival Of Quilts. She is one of the co-organisers and curators… Read More »Textile Connections: Zoom Talk by Suzette Smart
Suzette will take you through the steps to transfer vintage imagery onto fabric and ways for creating small collages with this technique. You will be shown ideas for developing your pieces of work further with the addition of fabric, lace and hand stitching. It’s a perfect technique for making textile books, and Suzette will show… Read More »Image Transfer: Workshop with Suzette Smart
Members can bring along any work for Compton Verney