This is a textile sculpture workshop focused on building form, structure, and surface using fabric, fiber, wire, and stitch. The butterfly is simply our starting point.

You’ll explore layering, hand-stitching, and internal structure to create dimension and movement in textile work, developing techniques you can carry into your own practice long after the workshop ends.

No fancy supplies are needed, just curiosity and a willingness to explore. Working with simple stitches, reclaimed fabrics, and wire, you’ll build a richly textured form that reflects your own sense of color and composition.

We’ll begin with a large-scale drawing (of a winged insect or a flower), translating it onto fabric and building a wire structure directly into the piece. From there, you’ll layer and stitch fabric into form, watching the surface develop gradually through a series of intuitive, hands-on steps.

Along the way, essential embroidery stitches will be introduced and used to add detail, texture, and definition. As the work comes together, you’ll assemble the final form and bring the piece fully to life.

By the end of the workshop, you’ll leave with a finished piece and a deeper understanding of how to work in textile form, along with new ideas you can continue to explore in your own way.