Embroidered Avian Artistry on Seashores - Deborah Campbell's Feathered Folly
Deborah Campbell, a mixed media/textile artist based in Kilmacolm, West of Scotland, is offering an online workshop titled 'Coastal Layers - Bird Embroidery'. This workshop focuses on combining printing and stitching techniques inspired by coastal landscapes.
Key Materials and Techniques
The workshop utilises various methods and materials, including:
- Printing methods: Using gel plates, handmade printing blocks, and natural plant materials to create textured prints on fabrics of different weights and sheers.
- Stitching: Employing both free motion machine stitching and hand embroidery as ways to add detail and mark making to the printed fabrics.
- Mixed media: Combining these print and stitch techniques to interpret natural coastal environments, often inspired by birds and landscapes observed by the artist.
The workshop encourages experimenting with recycled or neglected fabrics to revitalize them in new textile art creations.
What You'll Learn
Throughout the workshop, participants will:
- Learn to print with gel plates, handmade blocks, and plants on fabric layers.
- Combine fabric layering with both machine and hand embroidery.
- Use stitch as a mark making and drawing technique on textiles.
- Work from natural coastal observations and recycled fabrics to create unique mixed media bird and coastal landscape textiles.
Workshop Details
The workshop consists of 9 videos and 9 worksheets, totaling 3.45 hours. Participants will have lifetime access to the course videos and worksheets. Deborah Campbell serves as the tutor for the workshop, and participants will have the opportunity to join her Facebook Group for sharing work, feedback, and questions.
The cost of the workshop is approximately £80 (around $109*).
Deborah Campbell's textile artwork is inspired by Scotland's Coastal Landscape and Birdlife. She often works on many different fabric textures, including organza and gauze, and uses her free motion sewing machine as a drawing tool to create complex organic artworks.
For those new to free motion embroidery, Deborah Campbell suggests starting with the 'Coastal Layers' workshop, as participants should have some experience with free motion embroidery.
The Oystercatcher image for the workshop was obtained from the online image library www.wildlifereferencephotos.com. Participants will learn to use their sewing machine as a drawing tool, blend different colored stitches to achieve shading and form, and add final embellishment and detail with hand embroidery.
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- Deborah Campbell, a mixed media/textile artist, offers an online workshop titled 'Coastal Layers - Bird Embroidery' that focuses on combining printing and stitching techniques inspired by coastal landscapes.
- The workshop utilizes various materials and methods, including printing methods with gel plates, handmade printing blocks, and natural plant materials, as well as stitching techniques such as free motion machine stitching and hand embroidery.
- Participants will learn to print with gel plates, handmade blocks, and plants on fabric layers, combine fabric layering with both machine and hand embroidery, and use stitch as a mark making and drawing technique on textiles.
- Deborah Campbell's textile artwork is often inspired by Scotland's Coastal Landscape and Birdlife and includes the use of organza and gauze fabrics, and the free motion sewing machine as a drawing tool to create complex organic artworks.
- The workshop consists of 9 videos and 9 worksheets, totaling 3.45 hours and providing lifetime access to the course videos and worksheets. Deborah Campbell serves as the tutor for the workshop and offers a Facebook Group for sharing work, feedback, and questions.
- The cost of the workshop is approximately £80 (around $109*), and it falls under the categories of fashion-and-beauty, home-and-garden, and lifestyle, making it a valuable online course for those interested in art, craft, and embroidery.
