Janice Botterill – ZOOM Workshop – ‘Home stitch Home’ (2 parts)

This workshop will run in 2 parts on Saturday 27th June 10.00 am – 12.30 pm and Saturday 11th July 10.00am – 12.30 pm

Using photographs and sketches of where you live as a starting point, we will create a fabric collage or drawing over the two sessions. We will work by hand using simple embroidery, darning and appliqué techniques to create a personal stitched response to your home or favourite room within it. 

While we stitch, we will also look at examples of artists working within ideas of ideas of home, neighbourhood and community.

This workshop is suitable for anyone with a basic knowledge of handstitching/embroidery – the focus is on encouraging participants to work at their own pace and develop their own creative approach

Materials required

About Janice

anice Botterill is an artist, writer and tutor. She uses the techniques and processes of traditional embroidery and darning to make drawings, collages and quilts. Working towards a zero-waste practice, she works with pre-loved, repurposed or natural fabrics and threads. She prefers the slower, quieter practice of hand stitching, focusing on just a handful of signature stitches in her work. 

She is very interested in the crossover between textiles and other creative practices and in particular how contemporary artists, collectors and galleries are blurring the traditional barriers between stitching and embroidery (often seen as domestic and craft techniques) and fine art practices such as sculpture, painting and installation. 

She often combines her stitched work with writing and printmaking and is relearning how to use a vintage treadle sewing machine to expand her practice. She is a member of several South West UK textile groups and shares her enthusiasm and knowledge of embroidery and hand stitching through teaching and facilitating workshops. You can find her work and words on Instagram and Substack – just search for slowquietwork