NSW Workshop

A fabulous 1 day Joomchi workshop.

Join Mandy and discover the fascinating world of Joomchi and come away with your own decorated papers to use in your artwork. The felted paper can be used in mixed media, felted with wool, embroidered and stitched as you would on fabric.

Joomchi is an ancient Korean technique for felting hanji paper (Korean paper made from mulberry bark). The resulting paper is like fabric, strong and soft. Traditionally used for containers, bags and even clothing, joomchi-worked paper can be used for artworks, hangings, lampshades, book covers and sculptures.

‘Joomchi & Beyond’ by Jiyoung Chung, published in 2011, Beyond and Above, Providence, RI.

Image: Mandy Burgess

A fabulous 1 day basketry workshop with renowned weaver Catriona Pollard.

• random weaving with cane + foraged plant inclusions
• looping with paper string

Suitable for beginners, or weavers who are looking to learn these techniques If you’ve never done weaving before – perfect! You’ll love it and leave with finished basketry sculptures and the confidence to do more.

Image credit: Catriona Pollard

Special Price $100 members, $120 non members 

Join this 1 day workshop to discover the possibilities of embroidered flowers. Karen will take you on a journey creating embroidery stitches,  combining fabric with embroidery and, in the process, you will create your own beautiful floral work.

Karen will teach a selection of her designs.  The substrate is your choice, you can stitch directly on a piece of clothing or create pieces to be used in your own artwork. Applique, bag construction, framed, the choice is yours. Bring along a linen blouse, pieces of linen or even a denim jacket to stitch on and make your own.

Image credit: Karen John

A fabulous one day workshop with Irene Rudan.

Many of us have an Embellisher machine that we rarely use, or use in a limited fashion.

The Embellisher is a unique machine that can create textures and one-of-a-kind pieces that no other machine can.

Together we will discover how our Embellisher can allow us to make intriguing surface designs and textures and how it allows us to combine fabric, thread and fibres in a unique way.

What we make with our Embellisher can then be used to enhance our textile creations or create fabric which can be used to make clothing, bags, journal covers, broaches etc.

This is a members' only workshop. You will need to login before you can register.

Image credit: Irene Rudan

Image credit: Cathy Jack Coupland

A fabulous 2 day workshop with Kay to learn and practise textile techniques such as embroidery, beading, fabric collage, photo transfer and printing, stamping, and anything other techniques you can imagine to capture your memories in cloth. 

Image credit:  Kay Murray