Travelling Workshops
My usual
textile & craft tours are full of inspiration and opportunity and hands-on
experiences for my guests to take home and utilize in their creative
endeavours.
Travelling
workshops are building on the that idea and offering a tutor and specialised tuition as we travel.
As a tutor
in a studio or presenting an online course you know where you are and the time
available each day and plan your offering to suit; your space is part of your
teaching tools, hopefully quiet, organized, and conducive to concentration on
the topic at hand.
Travelling
Workshops have planned content to share set against a constantly changing
background full of wonderful inspiration and/or distractions, so the delivery
needs to be a little different.
Your tutor
still has a well thought out plan of what they want to share; teaching
moments will be woven into all the glorious experiences of the day.
The first
day session will start with an overview of what to look for, techniques we will
be exploring and suggestions on how you might use it yourself. Times is put
aside along the way to build on techniques and ideas.
We are
travelling, we need to embrace that as well and just take time to enjoy Being
There, take a deep breath , soak in how amazing it is…. as we add to our stash of
ideas and inspirations.
Before the
evening meal is a good time to gather with your tutor to develop ideas and
techniques. Remember during shared meals it may feel like the perfect time to quiz
your tutor, but they do need a moment to eat as well. Let’s make a pact that
during the meal we have general chitchat so everyone can enjoy their meal- 😊
What set the seeds for this idea- create as you go?
I often make as I go.... before The Stitching Project absorbed so much of my creative energy I used to do tours and make exhibitions- here are a few images of that time
Particularly the Exhibition "Leaf, Leaves, Leaving..." I set out on my travels with the intention to capture it in my artwork during my travels and finish up upon my return.
I lived in Australia, you can not bring plant matter back into the country yet that is the part of the natural world I always take time to look at when I go somewhere new.
So I had a pile of A4 sized pieces of silk organza and a bottle of fabric ink and I made impressions of leaves where ever I travelled.
When I worked my pieces I also included something inspiring I heard in that location. Each piece was a Journal Page, recoding part of the natural environment and a breath of wisdom I caught during my time there. I liked the image of the wisdom wafting on the breeze as leaves do when they fall.
Travelling alone on an around-the-world ticket you do have a lot of weird and wonderful conversations with yourself.
My friends Gillian and Jo also often work as they travel and/or later build work from their travels.
It is something we talk about when we have time together- the love of travel and how to find ways to work creatively at the same time.
We have set out to share and facilitate this experience with others.
Rajasthan-A Tactile Textile Tour will wander, make and gather inspiration whilst visiting might forts and palaces, chasing tigers and visiting remote indigo villages
Travel to Quilt- Rajasthan - takes a slower pace visiting some spectacular locations and immersing yourself at The Stitching Project workshop to develop textile art inspired by travel.
Create a Travel Journal- Rajasthan- is again a slower pace, visiting magnificent painted mansions [beautiful with painted images completely covering all walls- really] a magnificent palace by the lake and an elephant sanctuary with plenty of time to sit, breath and draw.
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