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Tess Darwin recently completed ourย Embroidery Master Practitionerย course. She has kindly offered to share her experience of the course and has some great tips for other students considering the course. I have enjoyed making things since I was small. First I learnt to crochet, sew and knit, then as an adult
We are so excited to be able to announce – at last – the names of our Spring 2020 Bursary winners.ย Since the bursary opened we received a huge amount of applications, but sadly we could only put 8 forward through to the final stage. The standard of work this
Today, weโre going to be hearing from tutor, author and mixed media textile artist, Anne Kelly. Based in Kent, Anne has trained in Canada and at Goldsmiths College, London to develop her artistic voice. But it was during her Fine Art degree that she began to explore crossing mediums like
I enrolled on to theย Skill Stage 2 Hand Knitting courseย in May 2018. I have been knitting since I was quite young โ on and off โ like most people. But it was only when I hit University, over a decade ago now, that I really picked knitting up again, to
The creative bursaries we offer provide students with an opportunity to study aย certified textile arts course, accredited by City and Guilds. Over the last two months weโve received a fantastic amount of applications from budding creators, artists and makers. These have been shortlisted byย our tutorsย and weย now need your help in
Georgina Bellamy, aka โThe Embroidery Girlโ, is an award-winning embroidery artist and designer. Since graduating from The London College of Fashion in 2014, Georginaโs built an impressive client portfolio which includes the likes of Louis Vuitton and Georgina Goodman. Although Georginaโs works is probably more synonymous with her sculptural embroidery she often
Kazuhito Takadoi Horticulture is Kazuhito Takadoi’s first love. Having studied at Hokkaido Agricultural and Horticultural College at Sapporo, Japan and the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley, nature is his biggest inspiration. Takadoi began collecting leaves and mosses from gardens, which he’d use to make embroidered greeting cards. After completing
I canโt remember a time when daily life seemed quite so uncertain and Iโm guessing many of you feel the same? The sudden spread of coronavirus across the globe seems to be continuing with frightening speed. Iโm sure weโve all heard the horror stories about people from the UK stuck
One of Nasa’s most notable achievements was the moon landing in 1969. According to Space.com, during the Apollo programme women made up only 5% of Nasaโs entire workforce which consisted of around 400,000 personnel. Despite the crucial roles women played, their achievements are often overlooked. This International Womenโs Day comes
I have had a lifelong interest in crafts of many kinds that began when I was a pre-schooler, the first โrealโ thing I remember making was a knitted dollโs hankie at about six years old.ย ย I would visit my grandmotherโs home and wish that I could have free rein in
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