Introduction to Sashiko Embroidery with Lena Wolff
Workshop: Introduction to Sashiko Embroidery with Lena Wolff
Join us for an introductory workshop taught by Bay Area Artist Lena Wolff. Learn the techniques, materials, and methods of 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.
A brief history and the basic principles of Sashiko will be introduced, including an array of stitches and how to read and draft patterns onto fabric hand with ease. Reference material will be given to all students as fodder to springboard future projects to embellish clothing, quilts, or other home textiles. This workshop is suitable for experienced sewists or beginners alike.
All materials will be provided. For ages 16+
A Members Dinner will follow featuring an Artist Talk by Lena Wolff.
Tickets:
Workshop Only: General Admission $150 | Members $135
Workshop & Members Dinner: $210
Bio:
Lena Wolff is an artist, craftswoman, and activist for democracy in equal parts. Her studio work extends out of American quiltmaking traditions while at the same time being rooted in minimalism, geometric abstraction, Op art, social practice, feminist and political art. Wolff’s interconnected artistic output includes drawing, collage, sculpture, frequent collaboration, and public projects. Her work is in the permanent collections of ONE National Lesbian and Gay Archives, the Berkeley Art Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Oakland Museum of California, among others. She lives with her wife, artist Miriam Klein Stahl and their daughter in Berkeley, California.
Workshop will take place on upper floors accessible only by stairs.