About the workshop:

Gather and select personal items from your stash—snippets of fabric, lace, ribbons and buttons—to incorporate into a unique and tactile fabric book. The workshop will guide you through the assembly of your book, focusing on fabric manipulation and layering to achieve depth and texture. You will have the opportunity to add stitch, applique and embellishments throughout, allowing you to personalise your creation and make it truly your own.

About the artist:

Mixed media textile artist Deb Cooper is renowned for her use of a subtle and gentle colour palette, carefully selecting faded, natural tones that give new life to old and discarded materials. Her work often hints at hidden memories, layering meaning and emotion within each piece.

Central to her practice is the use of natural dyes, ink, and mark making, which she applies to small sections of recycled fabric, vintage textiles, and old book pages. These materials frequently include deconstructed lace and doilies, each chosen for their history and texture. Deb stitches these elements together, relying primarily on hand stitching to unify the layers into a cohesive composition. Occasionally, machine embroidery is introduced, but the central focus remains on the meditative and tactile process of hand stitch, which binds the various components into a single, expressive artwork.

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