FLOW :
Playful Goldwork Couching
a Creative approach to metal thread embroidery!
Discover how to work with metal threads in an intuitive, playful way in this month long online course, celebrating the beauty of goldwork threads and delving deeper through exploring drawing alongside stitch, to find your own response to this centuries old art form…
New Dates for FLOW Coming Soon!
Finding your FLOW
With a combination of video exercises to watch and explore in your own time, live Zoom sessions for feedback and questions, and a Facebook group to share with other stitchers as your work evolves, this introductory course gives you a grounding in creative metal thread couching, and opens up the beautiful contemporary potential for exploring, flow, line and an intuitive approach to techniques that date back around 800 years!
This creative, open ended course is for you if you wish to develop an inquisitive, playful approach to stitch, seeing where it leads you!
Split over two modules, we cover the ‘how to’s’ of couching stitch and working with metal threads, and use this as a jumping off point to explore the creative possibilities of these beautiful threads, and how to use drawing as a tool to further your creativity and enhance your stitching and ideas.
- Materials -
This workshop is designed with traditional goldwork threads in mind, and their very particular movement, sculptural qualities and they way they play with light. You are also welcome to use your own threads - metal or other - and create your own unique effects with what you have.
- TIme Commitment -
2 to 102 hours a week! This open ended, creative course is designed to fit around your life, with two weeks per module to really give you time to explore and develop at you own pace and there is no ‘right’ way or expected outcome! Live sessions are recorded and available to watch in your own time. You will have access to the full course content for one year from the course start date, so you can re-visit as you wish.
- Stitch experience -
All levels of stitch experience welcome! From beginner to full blown stitch enthusiast, this course is designed so you can explore it at own level and pace - whether you are discovering goldwork for the very first time, or looking to bring a new perspective to an existing practice.
- Feedback -
Community, sharing ideas and getting feedback are such an important part of any creative journey, and you can post your work in the FLOW Facebook group at any point during course to share with Hanny and the other stitchers. The two live Zoom sessions are a space to come together to ask questions about the course videos, share progress, and stitch along if you wish.
WHAT STITCHERS SAY ABOUT HANNY’S Masterclasses:
‘It was BRILLIANT! REALLY inspirational. SOOOOOO glad I didn't wimp out and did some sewing in real time. Was so absorbed it put all the recent irritations behind. I love your work! And love the way you teach and present so clearly on zoom - it is definitely a new but important skill‘
- Laura
‘Your class was wonderful - it gave me so many ideas. I am very interested in a more abstract and organic way to work with thread and your process is truly inspiring’
- Anita
Thank you Hanny, I really enjoyed the session, lovely friendly group, and for me coming to stitching and embroidery very late in life I found the way you teach is so freeing and joyful, it was lovely to be part of the course so thank you again’
- Barbara
‘I just wanted to thank you too for such an inspiring course. My mind is fizzing with ideas - and I hope to pick up my needle later in the week. What a lovely group gathered together this morning…under your expert, and enthusiastic, guidance’
- Karen
