Workshops: June -July 2013

Here are some samples to give you an idea of what we will be making.  All our workshops allow for quite a bit of creativity  - we definitely  won't be all making the same thing. Please contact me to book or if you'd like more details.

OTEDAMA  beanbags (17th June):

Zabuton (floor cushion) style otedama:

 

These sashiko otedama were done by my daughter Ayame a few  years ago ...one missing:

 

 

Tawara (rice bag) style otedama:

 

 

 

BORO INSPIRATIONS  (23rd June or 15th July)

 

There will be a lot of freedom to create your own boro inspired work. You might like to have a look at original boro pieces on the internet (and I will have pieces there on the day) but here is some of my own boro inspired stitching. I'm still working on more samples:

 

Zabuton floor cushion:

 



 

Detail from a very humble boro furoshiki wrapping cloth I'm working on:

 

 

 A panel of patches:

 

 

A boro inspired noren that I made some years ago:

 

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION TO SASHIKO  (7th July)

 

Again with this workshop there will be a lot of freedom to choose your own design - either simple or more complicated: