The Art of Hand Embroidery | In-person Workshop | March 2025
In this workshop, participants will explore a combination of traditional hand embroidery techniques, how they do it, and why they do it. We will explore the slowness and rhythms of hand stitching, the versatility and strengths of embroidery for drawing and mark-making, and the pleasure of having time to make.
Create textures and patterns, work a stitch in different threads, changing its scale and spacing, work freely, and combine stitches to mark make and draw. Practical help will be given by demonstrating the many ways this can be achieved using the most simple hand embroidery techniques; no knowledge of particular and precise embroidery techniques is needed.
The workshop is set within my studio in Cockpit Bloomsbury, and it offers a unique opportunity to learn the art of hand embroidery from me in person.
The workshop is limited to four people.
All materials and equipment supplied. Refreshments will be provided, but please bring a sandwich for lunch, or there are a few local cafes on Lambs Conduit Street.
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Part 1 - £195
Saturday, 22rd March 2025
10.30 - 4.00 pm
We will explore the following stitches: straight/running/couching/whipped + laced
There will be an artist talk and we talk about materials + equipment.
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Part 2 - £195
Sunday, 23rd March 2025
10.30 - 4.00 pm
We will explore the following stitches: Stem, Seeding, Chain and Blanket.
There will be an artist talk and we talk about materials + equipment.
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Refunds can only be issued if I can fill the workshop place. If you cannot attend, then there may be a possibility to move you to another class, but this cannot be guaranteed.
There are two parts to the workshop. They can be done in any order and singular.
There is a discount if you book part 1 + 2 together.
About your tutor:
Richard McVetis studied at Manchester School of Art before studying at the Royal College of Art, where he now teaches. McVetis has been shortlisted for several distinguished prizes, including the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, UK, 2023; the Jerwood Drawing Prize, UK, 2011 and 2017, and the international Loewe Craft Prize, 2018. In addition, McVetis has shown work nationally and internationally at several exhibitions, including Threads at Arnolfini, UK, 2023; The British Textile Biennial, UK, 2021; RENEW at Kettles Yard, UK, 2019; Loewe Craft Prize, Design Museum, London, UK, 2018; ‘Form + Motion’ – a major exhibition with the British Council, South Korea, 2017. In 2022 his solo show was at the Craft Study Centre, Farnham.
www.richardmcvetis.co.uk
Instagram @richardmcvetis
