JOY DENISE SCOTT | WORKSHOPS
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2 Day | Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 March 2025
STITCHING INTO THE VOID : TRACING YOUR JOURNEY OF CHANGE WITH APPLIQUE AND COLLAGE – only 1 place left! This workshop will draw on an improvisational approach to create a small artwork that depicts some personal aspect of change or transition in your life. We will begin with a guided meditation as a tracing exercise to map out your feelings and thoughts. You will learn how to intuitively respond to your tracing doodle and uncover ways of creating ambiance in your work with applique, collage and hand embroidery forms. All levels No drawing ability necessary. Due to personal/intuitive nature of this workshop be prepared to move outside your comfort zone. |
4 Day | Monday 17 – Thursday 20 March 2025
A PERSONAL JOURNEY INTO FEELING WITH STITCH – only 2 places left! Taking an improvisational approach, you will be guided through the mystery of making with stitch. You will learn how to trust your instincts/creative judgement to create an artwork that expresses a personal emotion. On the first day you will develop a stitch glossary and colour palette for your project and prepare a foundational embroidery surface using fabric manipulation techniques. The remaining three days will be spent nurturing your intuitive response to stitch. All levels Due to the personal/intuitive nature of this workshop be prepared to move outside your comfort zone. |
Participants will require a foundational knowledge of 2-3 simple hand embroidery stitches and be open to an unstructured and fluid approach to stitching.
JOY DENISE SCOTT
Website joydenisescott.com.au
Joy adopts an improvisational approach to hand embroidery to unravel inner feelings and tensions that concern her as an ageing woman. The notion of stitching into unknown emotional territories has moved Joy away from planning and clear outcomes. Rather, she places trust in needle and thread to guide her through the mystery of making: a creative head space where it is impossible to predict what comes next. This is what Joy understands as an improvisational stitch practice.
Joy adopts an improvisational approach to hand embroidery to unravel inner feelings and tensions that concern her as an ageing woman. The notion of stitching into unknown emotional territories has moved Joy away from planning and clear outcomes. Rather, she places trust in needle and thread to guide her through the mystery of making: a creative head space where it is impossible to predict what comes next. This is what Joy understands as an improvisational stitch practice.
