Professional - intensive - lots of fun!

Embroidery is a particularly diverse art form. The Master Needle Artisan face-to-face course shows you everything that goes with it. Mastery of many techniques and knowledge of the processing of various materials, such as those in this

local class
Master Needle Artisan

are taught form the basis for your free artistic development. You don’t need a counting chart or an area-fill-by-numbers guide. Inspiration is the only spark! This can be a photo, a painting, a drawing or just our imagination. At the same time, our face-to-face Master Needle Artisan course is also an indulgence in the colors and structures of the diverse materials that our market has to offer today. And at the end you can say:

This is my artwork
Created from AZ with my hands
That's the best feeling in the world!

Hemstitch exercises from Lesson 2 – © Silke (DE)

The focus of our face-to-face Master Needle Artisan course is on learning embroidery techniques, the use of a wide variety of materials and the implementation of classic techniques in modern design. Our documentation is consistently based on detailed step-by-step instructions and also provides a brief introduction to the history of the various embroidery techniques and further theoretical knowledge. Samplers are created with classic stitches and their modern interpretation, in several projects the techniques learned are combined and implemented with modern design options.

The local Master Needle Artisan course is suitable for: Beginners, returnees, Sunday embroiderers, embroidery maniacs and all those who can’t keep their hands off the needle and thread and make themselves happy with it every day. So for everyone who likes to work with needle and thread, who is just as fascinated by the whole range of hand embroidery as we are and who are or would like to become part of the big world family of happy embroiderers. You don’t need any more previous knowledge.

Use it to create practice pieces, to prepare for the development of your own courses, to create a pattern book, to prepare for a degree or the practical part of the journeyman’s examination for the profession of textile designer in the craft / embroidery department. Does not matter:

or just do it for yourself!

learning content

Year 1 – Canvas
- Canvaswork
  - Decorative stitches: straight, diagonal, crossed, braided stitches
  - combinations
  - experimental work
  - sampler
  - 1 project
- Counted Thread Work
  - Cross stitch(es), braid stitches
  - Assisi, Colbert, Blackwork
  - Drawn and Pulled Thread Work
  - 1 sampler
  - 1 project
Year 2 – Plain Weave
- surface embroidery
  - Line stitches, braid stitches, single stitches
  - Ribbon stitches, area stitches
  - experimental work
  - 1 sampler
  - 1 project
- Techniques of Whitework
  - paddings
  - decorative stitches
  - Eyelet embroidery, Cutwork
  - experimental work
  - 1 sampler
  - 1 project
Year 3 – Plain Weave
- Metal/Beadwork
  - paddings
  - couching techniques
  - chipwork
  - experimental work
  - 1 sampler
- plain weave – stumpwork/ribbon embroidery
  - leaves, flowers
  - needlepoint lace
  - free forms
  - experimental work
  - 1 sampler
  - 1 project
year 4
- Shading
  - canvas
  - plain weave
  - Blackwork
- thesis
  - own design on a given topic

duration and time required

Standard term: 4 years

Completion/support period: 4.5 years

Compulsory attendance days per semester:

12 days per semester
additional course days can be booked

procedure

Start date: on a studio day (see dates)

Language of the seminar documents/in class: either German or English

Tutoring for work at home: by email

You can contact us at any time, we will answer as soon as possible. It is best to attach a high-resolution photo (front and back) to your question, then we can help even better.

Regular weekly feedback is preferred; you will receive a report template for this on request. You can also use this as a proof of activity when registering for the external examination as a textile designer in the craft / embroidery department at the Chamber of Crafts!

Average required working time in self-work per week: 10-15 hours

Termination option: 6 weeks at the end of a training year

required basic equipment

Needlework frame:

45cm Easy Frame (2)
60cm professional bar frame

Source of supply in Germany: Hof Erdenlicht / Tobias Dübler Detailed instructions for working with a slat frame are included in the documentation of the complete class.

Embroidery scissors with a narrow tip Example: