
Instinctive Textile Explorations – Draw and Stitch Permutations with Alysn Midgelow-Marsden
Course Overview
Over three days, we’ll break free from overthinking and dive headfirst into instinctive, playful textile art creativity. In this workshop, you’ll embark on an improvisational journey that begins with fluid, exploratory mark-making and effortlessly transitions into textured, multi-dimensional works inspired by natural or observed forms.
Together, we’ll experiment with:
- Free-flowing drawing to spark spontaneous ideas.
- Simple stitching and couching to add layers of texture and movement.
- Appliqué using translucent metal fabrics and wires, creating delicate, light-catching details.
- Ripping, cutting, and burning for bold, organic edges and intriguing textures.
- Shrinkable backings for structural surfaces including jewellery and sculpture.
Each participant will develop their own unique pieces filled with layered stitches, expressive lines, and translucent elements. The techniques are straightforward and accessible to everyone—no prior experience in drawing, stitching, or textile arts is necessary. This workshop is perfect for anyone eager to create intuitively, whether you prefer hand stitching, machine work, or a blend of both.
By embracing spontaneity, you’ll produce stunning results that reflect your instincts and the joy of making. Your final works may echo the layered elegance of seed pods, the intricate pathways of tangled branches, all including the delicate interplay of texture and translucency.
Teacher Profile
Alysn Midgelow-Marsden has been described as an energiser and inspirer for her art making and her teaching practice.
She is a maker of inspiring and visually compelling forms comprising three-dimensional lines, structures and patterns in complex, lyrical fluidities using media such as textiles, wires, metals and plastics.
Materials List
Workshop Terms
While our fibre art workshops are usually held in the gallery's historically significant workshop space, the workshop venue may change according to the needs and wishes of the artist tutor. Likewise, the times of the workshops may vary depending on the type of workshop and its presentation.
Timeless Textiles Gallery will, at its own discretion, where a participant is unable to attend a fibre art workshop, an exchange or credit note will be made available or a refund of the deposit or payment in accordance with the following Workshop Refund Policy.
Major commitments must be met, and in fairness to all, the policy concerning the refund is:
Cancellations 3 months prior to workshop date - refund 80% fees paid
Cancellations 2 months prior to workshop date- refund 50% fees paid.
Cancellations 1 month prior to workshop date- no refund.