CAROL COOKE  |  WORKSHOPS
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2 Day  |  Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 March 2025
DIRECT FROM PARIS – CAN CAN BIRDS – only 1 place left!
Carol will demonstrate the basic techniques of Improv Embroidery and how to lay down the fabric and embroidery stitches. Learning to applique a simple bird image (provided). You’ll recreate the original fabric into individual birds. Learn to embroider flowers to add to your creation and allow a more 3-dimensional look. Each one will look different. We will talk about design ideas, process from start to finish and reviewing completed samples. Please note if birds are not your thing, I have enough supplies to do a floral arrangement. 

While working on your design we’ll discuss colour options for the base cloth, embroidery stitches used to embellish and fill the space and look at ways to fill around the final piece to add a flow and direct the eye to the final work. All levels
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Based on Carol’s book Improv Embroidery
4 Day  |   Monday 17 – Thursday 20 March 2025
STITCHED MOMENTS – EMBROIDERY OF DAILY OBSERVATIONS AND DREAMS  ​– only 1 place left!
Carol will demonstrate the basic techniques of Contemplation Cloth and how to develop your design and ways to use embroidery stitches. You will learn the design process as we incorporate drawings and sketches. You will also learn how to make your own variegated thread. For those not confident in drawing I have drawings you can trace and recreate. Each cloth will look different. We will talk about design ideas, my process from start to finish and reviewing completed samples. 
The question of what to do with this cloth is discussed. It can be displayed, used as a journal cover or turned into a small Contemplation Cloth book. All levels
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Based on Carol’s book Contemplation Cloth

CAROL COOKE​

Website cookeart.com
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Carol Cooke intertwines textiles and sculpture to craft compelling 2D and 3D creations. Her art delves into traditional craft with a contemporary twist, sparking dialogues on environmental, social, and political themes across time. Carol's daily stitching journeys through experimental hand embroidery, is meticulously chronicled in her journals and published books. Graduating from ANU with a double degree in Visual Arts (Textiles major) and Art History/Curatorship, she blends academic rigour with creative flair.