29/05/2026
We have one space available for our upcoming Zoom workshop with Cas Holmes - Extreme Stitching on Saturday 6th June, 10am-4pm.
We will reference ideas surrounding hand stitch and the principles of Mouttainai (too good to waste) as a primary means for creating marks and textures. We will explore a range of found cloth and paper surfaces and different threads to build up a range of distressed, torn, manipulated and collage surfaces to create new elements of interest in your work.
The surfaces you bring to the workshop paper, cloth, painted, dye or plain will help to direct the nature of the marks you make and will lay the foundation for our experiments as we construct, and create marks in our cloth and paper to create distressed and reconstructed collaged textile samples.
Materials list:
• Basic sewing equipment: needles, pins, scissors, assorted threads of your choice.
• Fabric and papers:
- Small pieces of natural fibre cloth and paper containing textures/patterns:
- These can include found fabric from old clothes/household items with seams, textures or
containing a piece embroidery or lace. Cotton linen cloth fabrics with floral motifs. Small pieces of
neutral- cream cotton/linen/silk fabrics.
- Pieces of calico/linen or similar to use as a base
- Feel free to include worked test pieces or discards from your own practice (dyed/printed cloth,
stitched fragments)
• PLEASE NOTE THESE WILL BE CUT UP AND RE-USED
• Notebook/camera (optional)
Please email: [email protected] for price details, further information and booking.
