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Workshops for schools

INSET for textile and art teachers & workshops for GCSE and A Level textiles students. Other bespoke workshops by arrangement.

• Handbag making
• Corsages & fabric flowers
• Fabric Manipulation and hand-constructed textiles
• Working with leather
• Working with recycled materials
• Customising clothing

Colleges and Universities

Practical workshops for foundation, textiles and fashion students and others. Other bespoke workshops by arrangement.

• Handbag making
• Corsages & fabric flowers
• Fabric Manipulation and hand-constructed textiles
• Working with leather
• Working with recycled materials
• Customising clothing

Business Sessions

Illustrated lectures & discussions for fashion, textiles, crafts, fashion merchandising, sustainable design students:

• Setting up and working as a designer-maker
• Using sustainable materials & running a sustainable practice
• Creating an effective website
• Online marketing for designer-makers
• Pricing and selling your work
• Exhibitions and trade shows

Adults

Talks and workshops for guilds, groups and societies as well as museums, galleries and arts organisations. Bespoke sessions by arrangement.

Topics include:

• Fabric Manipulation and hand-constructed textiles
• Handbag making
• Corsages & fabric flowers
• Working with leather
• Working with recycled materials
• Customising clothing
• Tassels and trimmings
• Exploring textile design
• Fabric painting and printing

Bespoke sessions include textiles and creative writing sessions in partnership with poet.

Family

Drop-in weekend and holiday workshops for galleries and arts organisations. Also community-based family learning projects. These sessions are usually bespoke, previous workshops have included:

• Adornments from recycled materials
• Felt making
• Stuffed toys
• Fashion workshops
• Textile design inspired by Asian collections

Community programmes

One-off and series workshops for community groups including adults and young people with learning and physical disabilities, day centres, youth centres, vulnerable adults, refugee groups and other community projects. These sessions are usually bespoke, previous workshops have included:

• Felt making
• Customising clothing
• Textile printing and painting
• Tassels and trimmings
• Creative sewing

Museums and Galleries

Lectures, talks, gallery sessions and handling sessions for all ages on a range of decorative arts topics, specialising in textiles and fashion, including working with visually impaired visitors. Consultancy and project management for museums, galleries and archives. Previous work includes:

• Management of family learning programme for London Metropolitan Archives involving 15 archives and nine events with storytelling and workshop. 2006
• Management of V&A Summer School 2005
• Teaching Resources for Barbican
• Teaching Resources for Artworks, Leicestershire's contemporary art loan service for schools.

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