Workshop
Machine Stitch Markmaking
21 Feb 2015 – 22 Feb 2015
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 16:00
Cost of entry
Sat 21 - Young People's workshop - Free
Sun 22 - Adults workshop (12+) - £90pp
Address
- Navigation Wharf
- Carre St
- Sleaford
Lincolnshire - NG34 7TW
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- National Express coaches have a service to Sleaford from London and from other major cities and towns. Sleaford is locally serviced by Centrebus and Stagecoach.
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- We are a 5 minute walk from Sleaford train station which is serviced by East Midlands Trains. Sleaford is 1.5 hours from London and 1 hour from Nottingham and Leicester.
Join accomplished textile artist Naseem Darbey for a machine stitch masterclass exploring ways of developing and celebrating markmaking through free-hand machine embroidery. Draw directly with the machine onto a variety of surfaces then take these drawings into 3D, building sculptural layers of wire and soluble fabric.
About
Limited machines available so bring your own with embroidery foot if possible. This workshop is suitable for anyone with basic sewing skills.
Please note: If you are bringing your own sewing machine then you will also need an embroidery foot.
Naseem Darbey has been awarded an Arts Council England grant, which is funding the research and development phase (2014-15) of her project Dise-ease. During this masterclass Naseem will be showing some of her new samples/portfolio and sharing her project.