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Mixed Media, Abstract Textural Contemporary Embroidery.

DATES: Monday 24th - Friday 28th March - 5 Day Mixed Media Contemporary Embroidery

TIME: 10.00am - 4.00pm daily.

VENUE: Melrose House, Nelson, NZ

COST: $1600.00 pp includes all materials and tuition, tea & snacks each day.

This workshop is a 5 day deep dive into creating your own textural artwork using a variety of materials from clay, to punch needle, vintage textiles and soft sculpture as well as beading and embroidery.

During our time together we will explore how you can use mixed media in your contemporary stitched artworks to create your own unique piece.

We will begin by playing with hand building elements with air dry clay, making soft sculptures using rope wrapping, stuffed forms and hand stitched shapes, We’ll also create beautiful elements with beading and repurposing jewellery.

There will be a second hand store challenge at some of my favourite local spots to gather elements to bring into your work.

Layering textiles, adding textural elements like punch needle, creating your own tangle fabric, stitched mark making and more.

This workshop will be full of alchemy and adventurous art making to inspire your creativity, expand your techniques and allow you to create your own abstract embroidered artwork.

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW:

We will gather daily from 10am - 4pm explore mixed media and stitch to create your own contemporary abstract piece.

Located near central Nelson, Melrose House is a beautiful Historic Home set in lovely park-like gardens. It will provide a beautiful and inspiring base for our art making.

Lunch catering is not included in this workshop, there is a wonderful cafe onsite or you are welcome to bring your own.

All materials are supplied so all you have to do is bring an apron and be ready for a truly gorgeous 5 days of creating to your hearts content.

Cost: $1,600 pp includes all tuition, materials, tea and snacks each day.

A $500.00 non-refundable deposit is required to book your place in the workshop. Balance is required three weeks before the workshop. This website listing is for your deposit payment only

Individual payment plans are welcome; please email me fleurwodsart@gmail.com to discuss.

Minimum numbers are required for this workshop; should the minimum numbers fall short, your deposit will be refunded in full. Typically, workshops fill quickly. If something happens and you can no longer make it, I will try my best to fill your spot from the waitlist. If that is not possible, I won’t be able to refund the balance of the workshop. Travel insurance is recommended if you are coming from out of town.

Venue: Melrose House is located at 26 Brougham St, Nelson

There are usually plenty of accomodation options from hotels to air bnbs within a 20 minute walk of the venue or a short drive.

Experience: ideally, you will know how to thread a needle and perhaps a few simple stitches, or you may be very experienced and looking to explore a new style. My workshops are designed to suit all experience levels as I keep our group small allowing for plenty of one on one time to help you meet your creative goals.

Questions: there are no silly ones, you are so welcome to email me any time and ask away. fleurwoodsart@gmail.com

Really excited to geek out about all things colour, texture, textile, thread and floral for a whole 5 days together!

X Fleur

More about my teaching philosophy and the week’s workshop…

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 facilitate a safe and welcoming environment for anyone joining my workshops, my teaching style is warm and relaxed. My intuition for the process and working with fellow creative souls is strong. I aim to adjust my approach for individuals as well as each group to ensure that no matter your learning style or experience level you feel embraced and supported to fully explore your creative potential.

I'll openly share my process of hand painting linen, designing your unique artwork inspired by flora and stitching using contemporary embroidery practices.

During the five 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.

It's your time to do as you please with generous knowledge sharing and support.

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/