Supernova in Experimental Embroidery with Freya Stanford

Location: Via Zoom 

Duration: 4 weekly 2.5 hour sessions

Travel through space and time with us as we explore Contemporary Goldwork, Tambour Embroidery and Couture Beading in a new creative way. This class is designed for all abilities of embroidery, it takes the traditional techniques and warps them into a colourful unconventional design. You will have complete creative freedom with your star, learning the techniques and then applying them however you choose, leaving each student with there own unique Supernova! Guided by Hand & Lock Tutor, Freya Stanford, you will learn embroidery techniques that are used regularly in London, Paris and New York couture houses and are often seen on the catwalk.

Week 1 - Framing up hoop and drawing on design, line stitches , basic tambour chain.

Week 2 - Attaching seed beads with tambour, couching passing, chenille threads

Week 3 - 3D Bugles, , attaching beads, peal purl and over stretched pearl purl

Week 4 - eyelets and beads around the star

All of the materials for this course will be sent out to you. You will need a 10 inch seat frame or an equivalent embroidery frame or slate frame for this class. You will need to supply you own embroidery equipment (scissors, needle threaders, daylight lights etc) to suit your learning needs.

All International Parcels will be shipped via express courier two weeks before this class is due to start. Please do not book onto this course if you are within the two week window before the course starts and you live outside of the UK. UK parcels will be shipped three days before the course is due to start. UK parcels will be shipped express via Royal Mail. Please note that the address that you book the course with will be the address that the kit is sent out to. Shipping will be calculated at the checkout.

Our online courses are delivered via Zoom using a high quality visualiser. Please download Zoom before the course begins (we will send a guide on how to do this when the course is booked). We also have an accompanying WhatsApp group for each of our courses. This group enables you to connect with other students and the tutor by sharing photos of your progress. Please download WhatsApp before the course starts (we will also send a guide on how to do this when the course is booked). All of our online course sessions and recorded and sent out after the class for you to keep forever! They are sent on a link for you to download after the class so please don't worry if you miss a session of tutoring, you can always catch up using the recording.

All our course times are run on UK time, please check here for help converting to another time zone.

Tutor Profiles

With the belief that embroidery is transforming, Freya Stanford is excited to express her creativity and step into the embroidery tutoring world. After recently graduating from the Royal School of Needlework with a First Class (Hons) degree, she is eager to share everything she has learnt. Freya, being from Rutland, the smallest county in the country, has been sewing since a young age, learning from her mum and sister and has now worked for companies such as Alexander McQueen, Erdem and on a range of costumes for Hollywood movies. Whilst at university, she was awarded first prize for the Bradford Textiles Society competition for her hand embroidery and design skills as well as getting the chance to embroider for the anointing screen for the King’s coronation. Freya has an eye for detail and loves experimenting with embroidery, combining different techniques to create something new. She can’t wait to get started sharing her love of embroidery with the Hand and Lock team.

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