Full day goldwork beaded bee or dragonfly

Service Description

Learn how to make your own hand-embroidered bee or dragonfly brooch, using goldwork embroidery and beading techniques. You will begin with a bee or dragonfly onto which the felt padding has been applied to the body for you and you will work your embroidery over the top of this to create a raised effect. You will learn how to use goldwork embroidery techniques to embroider your brooch. You will use two different types of specialist wire to create two styles of outlines. You will also use the more flexible wire to decorate the dragonfly body, along with glass beads and crystals. To finish, you will be shown how to make your dragonfly embroidery into a neatly finished brooch. You will receive a materials kit which will contain all the materials you need to complete your brooch. This includes: - A section of silver and gold imitation goldwork wires - Navy wool felt fabric with the design transferred and padding applied - Green and blue glass seed beads - Two blue glass crystals - A gold plated brooch pin - White, yellow and dark blue cotton sewing threads - Beeswax - Two needles You will also be provided with equipment such as an embroidery hoop and scissors, which will be available for purchase if you desire. Join us at 10am & we’ll get started, with plenty of demos, tea, coffee & homemade cakes to help you along - we’ll stop for lunch at 1pm, continuing for another couple of hours in the afternoon. We’ll round off around 4pm. The techniques are fairly time consuming & we do not necessarily expect you to finish your brooch in the day, but you will have all the techniques to finish it at home. You do not need any prior embroidery experience to attend this workshop, but it might be an advantage. Hannah Mansfield is an award winning freelance hand embroiderer based near Bristol. She specialises in the techniques of goldwork and tambour beading. Hannah works to commission and runs her own online shop. She is also an embroidery tutor, teaching embroidery workshops around the UK and online. (She is also the author of a beautiful new book on the art of Tambour Beading, and is a tutor at Highgrove on the Chanel & King’s Foundation Métiers d’art Fellowship teaching hand embroidery and beading skills. She really knows her stuff! Emma) Workshop date: Sunday 29th June (10-4pm) Please advise whether you want to make the bee or the dragonfly brooch when booking.