SHARON PEOPLES | WORKSHOPS
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2 Day | Saturday 13 – Sunday 14 March 2021
BOTANICAL BOUNTY Explore flowers and plants through free machine embroidery on water-soluble fabric to make a long lace-like scarf. We will explore the use of repeat patterning, edges and cords to construct a thoughtfully designed textile. |
4 Day | Monday 15 – Thursday 18 March 2021
BOTANICAL PORTRAITS This class explores portraits using incredibly versatile water-soluble materials with free-style machine embroidery. Build up lace-like layers that complement the portraits. Techniques such as three-dimensional plant-life, faces, overlays, braids and wrapped cords will to bring the portrait to life. Unlock your creative path with stitching processes (either hand or machine), applique and collage. |
SHARON PEOPLES
www.sharon-peoples.com
Sharon Peoples has worked as an artist in Canberra for over 20 years, exhibiting nationally and internationally as well as taking on commissioned work. Her art practice focuses on textiles, both hand and machine embroidery. Peoples’ work has been collected by national and state institutions. In recent years Sharon has been exploring gardens through portraits: the inner secret garden, artists’ gardens and gardens of the imagination. Fragility of both the environment and the human condition is reflected in the medium: oscillating between hand and machine embroidery to examine this state.
Sharon Peoples has worked as an artist in Canberra for over 20 years, exhibiting nationally and internationally as well as taking on commissioned work. Her art practice focuses on textiles, both hand and machine embroidery. Peoples’ work has been collected by national and state institutions. In recent years Sharon has been exploring gardens through portraits: the inner secret garden, artists’ gardens and gardens of the imagination. Fragility of both the environment and the human condition is reflected in the medium: oscillating between hand and machine embroidery to examine this state.
