Lena will present a brief history and the basic principles of Sashiko and all participants will leave with reference material to continue to explore the craft into the future.
This workshop offers an introduction to Sashiko, a meditative form of embroidery that draws from a lexicon of lyrical and geometric patterns that developed in Japan in the mid-1600’s.
The basic techniques, materials, and methods of Sashiko will be introduced, including how to read and draft patterns by hand onto fabric with ease with step-by-step instructions.
During the class we'll work on small projects that will serve as a visual reference for any number of possible applications to embellish clothing, quilts or other home textiles.
This workshop is open to experienced sewists and absolute beginners alike.
Price: $195
Supplies are included in the workshop.
About your instructor
Lena Wolff is an artist, craftswoman, independent teacher, and democracy activist who has been based in the San Francisco Bay Area since the early 1990's. Her work extends out of American folk-art and quilt making traditions, minimalism, geometric abstraction, pattern and decoration movements, and social practice, with a studio output that spans drawing, collage, sculpture, text, frequent collaboration, and public projects. In 2017, she formed Art for Democracy, beginning with an anti-hate poster in the Bay Area, followed by a widespread national public art campaign to boost voter participation. Over the last two decades, her work has been presented in galleries and museums across the country and is held in the collections of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, ONE National Lesbian and Gay Archives, Berkeley Art Museum, Oakland Museum of California, San Francisco Arts Commission, Alameda County Arts Commission, Cleveland Clinic, University of Iowa Museum, Stanford University and the Zuckerman Museum of Art, among others.
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