WITH VICKI AIMERS
In celebration of Cornwall’s rich textile heritage, artist Vicki Aimers is leading a series of FREE practical textile workshops with regional museums, investigating the skills and techniques employed to produce some of the intriguing textile items in their collections.
SAT 22 FEB, 10:30 – 13.00
PERRANZABULOE MUSEUM
CONSTRUCT: Use embroidery to celebrate the quiet subversions and personalisations of the seamstress, inspired by the deconstructed half-jacket sampler by Ellen Sully.
perranzabuloemuseum.co.uk
WED 19 MAR, 13:30 – 16.00
ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
DARN: Explore invisible darning, a technique to trap stamped words under thread that hint at elements of your life, inspired by Margaret Lanyon’s inspirational story.
royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
MON 24 MAR, 11.00 – 13.30
MUSEUM OF CORNISH LIFE
BORDER: Taking Caroline Woolcock’s beautiful pictorial sampler as your starting point, create your own stitched border from scrap fabric, embellishments, stamped words and stitched marks.
museumofcornishlife.co.uk
WED 16 APR, 10.30 – 13.00
ST AGNES MUSEUM AT THE MINERS & MECHANICS INSTITUTE
SPOT: Taking the museum’s motif samplers as your starting point, create a simple ink stamp pattern for plain fabric. Embellish the design with stitches, giving it a simple sewn border.
stagnesmuseum.org.uk
FREE, but booking essential.
BOOK HERE
All materials provided.
Produced in partnership with Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange as part of our outreach programme for Social Fabric, a two-gallery exhibition of textile-based contemporary art.
These workshops are currently sold out, but keep checking as places will become available if people are unable to attend and cancel their tickets.
- You may be interested in Four Standards in Stitch, another series of FREE workshops, also with Vicki Aimers.
- Alternatively, we have Portraits in Fabric with Elizabeth Loveday, where you will spend four blissful mornings in March creating a one-of-a-kind textile portrait while learning new skills in a calm and welcoming environment.
