Join me in charming Matakana Village (about an hours drive from Auckland, NZ).

We’ll be gathering and creating together in a beautiful villa in the village. Spending our days working with vintage textiles and exploring stitch, eating delicious food and generally having a blissful time with fellow floral, textile, stitch, art lovers.

3 Day Floral Textile Stitch Collage Workshop

Dates & Times:

10.30am - 3.30pm daily

Friday 21st, Saturday 22 & Sunday 23rd June 2024

Price: EARLY BIRD - until 31 March $950.00

($1100.00 pp after 1 April )

Price includes all materials plus lunch and light refreshments daily.

My goal is to meet you where you are at as an individual creative and support you to grow gently but surely towards joyful mark making using my favourite techniques.

I'll share my process of selecting, designing and stitching your own contemporary textile collage. We’ll be inspired by florals, vintage fabrics beautiful colours & textures.

All materials are carefully selected and supplied with plenty for you to take home as well.

During the three full days we will cover off all of the key elements of my process so you have the practical skills to create with joy but also bring those skills together into either a small finished stitched artwork or a larger ongoing project (your choice depending on what size you'd like to work with).

Generous supplies are offered that you are gifted to take home with you to continue creating whenever you like using all of my favourite tools from beautiful hand dyed wools, specially selected vintage textiles and so much more.

Stitching is a slow practice so we will embrace that pace and while we're in slow down mode there will also be lazy lunches, time for a wander and a quiet cuppa and chats with your fellow work-shoppers or for those who are just obsessed there's the option to create and eat and deep dive.

Experience is not essential for this workshop however a basic understanding of how to thread a needle and make simple stitches will get you off to an easier start. If you're a practising creative or someone who stitches regularly this workshop offers a great opportunity to try new ways of working and 'free-up' your approach as my style encourages you to learn more about what sparks joy for you and follow those things to identify your own individual style.

Spaces are limited, book early to avoid disappointment.

Minimum numbers required. Should the minimum numbers not be met the course will not go ahead, if this happens you will be refunded in full or have the option to use your payment for future workshops or to purchase something else from the website.

Please feel welcome to email me: fleurwoodsart@gmail.com if you’d like any more information.

Can’t wait to create together!

X Fleur

P.S. Here’s what some recent work-shopper’s said…

"Fleur has such a gentle & encouraging manner and is so very generous in sharing her skills and materials.  I went away from that first course so very inspired and have been on a stitch journey ever since.  I have gone on and completed a few more courses with Fleur and have loved every single one.  Each one I come away with a bit more knowledge and confidence in my ability as a stitcher.  I have made some things that no longer get stuffed in the cupboard unfinished but are displayed proudly in my home.  I now feel cheated if I have a day without stitching – it's a great calmer at the end of a busy day." - Michelle B

“I love Fleur, her work, and her workshops! I’ve been to 3 workshops so far,  and I learn something new each time and leave feeling inspired and invigorated” - Jacinda R

Here’s a bit more about me incase you’d like to share this experience with a friend who doesn’t know my work…

Fleur Woods is a Contemporary Embroidery artist based in rural South Island, Aotearoa New Zealand.  Fleur's intricate, joyful stitched paintings are coveted and collected around the world. Featured in many, many magazines and exhibited from her local gallery in rural NZ to the Lower East side NY. Whilst prioritising studio practice Fleur also adores teaching and selects beautiful locations to teach her sought after workshops in both New Zealand and Australia. As a largely self taught artist Fleur's processes are unique, free and playful. She embraces colour and texture and prioritises joy in the process.

Inspired by nature, country gardens, wild flowers, native bush and all things flora Fleur brings her passion for the outdoors into the classroom encouraging students to take time to notice the beautiful details in nature and bring this into their work. A natural collaborator Fleur's approach to teaching is one of working in small groups to enable participants to follow their individual creative goals, so while the workshop will have themes and technical elements that are offered for group learning there is plenty of one on one support available to meet you where you are at and help you progress to the next level.

Find out more about Fleur & her process in this recent interview with Fibre Arts Take Two

 https://youtu.be/A3Gtpe9pkiY 

or read more here in these articles

https://homestyle.co.nz/daily-thread/ 

https://www.kyalandkara.com/inspiration/fleur-woods/ 

https://www.huntingforgeorge.com/blog/meet-the-artist-fleur-woods/