It is an absolute pleasure to announce that Helen Parrott and Rosie James will be teaching at Urban Studio North next year. They are both amazing artists and teachers and I’m so happy that they accepted my invitation to teach in my studio.

Stitched samples by Helen Parrott

Helen will be teaching a new five day workshop that combines creative personal development with individual coaching sessions. The title of her workshop is Northern Landscapes and Hand Stitch and you can find more here. It is a two part workshop running from 7th to 9th May and 12th to 13th June 2021. Students will explore new visual and stitch ideas drawn from northern landscapes. At the end of the first weekend students will go home with ideas to explore and reflect on before coming back into the studio. I had the pleasure of working alongside Helen last autumn and have seen, at first hand, how good she is at tailoring a workshop to fit individual students needs and aspirations.You can find more about Helen on her website here.

And what can I say about Rosie James? Well I absolutely love her work. Her use of a sewing machine to stitch drawn lines creates deceptively simple but powerful, evocative pieces of art. During her five day workshop, entitled Drawing With Your Sewing Machine (4th to 8th October 2021), you will learn to use your sewing machine for free machine quilting and will experiment with stitch on different surfaces including paper and cloth. You’ll learn to add colour using applique and simple monoprinting. By the end of the workshop you will have a series of experimental samples and one or more completed pieces. You can find out more about the workshop here. And you can find out more about Rosie and see more of her art on her website here.

I’m taking bookings on both workshops from today via my online shop. Both cost £450 including a £150 deposit.