Workshops

By participating in a fibre of textile workshop, you will learn more about our country, meet local people who are also passionate about textiles, and take home a unique piece of art.

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Students holding up their felt artworks at a workshop.
Student holding up their felt artworks at a workshop.
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Contemporary Feltmaking Workshop

Colleen Plank

$230.00

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1 workshop date
  • 2 Days - 20 to 21 July 2024
Students working on their projects at the Creative Bookbinding workshop.
Books of different sizes bound in varying coloured and patterned materials.
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Creative Bookbinding Workshop

Rosie-Anne Pinney

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1 workshop date
  • 2 Days - 08 to 09 June 2024
Eco Dye workshop at Fairholme Homestead. Students hold up their eco-dyed fabrics.
Students Pauline and Anita in the process of eco-dyeing.
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Eco Dyeing Workshop - Dyeing Fabrics & Fibres Naturally with Plants

Colleen Plank

$230.00

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1 workshop date
  • 2 Days - 22 to 23 June 2024

Embroidery Workshop - Embroidered Artwork: Transfer-Stitch

Rosie Horn

$120.00

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1 workshop date
  • 1 Day - 16 June 2024
Bouquet of a variety of flowers and leaves made from felt.
Bouquet of a variety of flowers and leaves made from felt, arranged in a small blue vase.
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Feltmaking Workshop - Twill Felt Flowers

Karuna Peralta

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1 workshop date
  • 1 Day - 02 June 2024
Hand loom woven washcloths and dishcloths in a grid pattern, in blue, red, black, yellow and green colours.
The process of creating your own hand loom woven washcloths and dishcloths, showing the weaving and drying stages.
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Handloom Weaving Workshop - Weave Your Own Washcloths & Dishcloths

Karuna Peralta

$120.00

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1 workshop date
  • 1 Day - 19 May 2024
Students smiling, holding up their finished kete whakairo (flax baskets) at the end of the workshop.
Progress shot of kete whakairo, with green and red flax woven together in tight grid pattern.
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Harakeke (NZ Flax) Weaving Workshop - Kete Whakairo

Yvonne Hammond

$350.00

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1 workshop date
  • 3 Days - 01 to 03 June 2024
Students weave baskets out of Harakeke (NZ Flax) during their workshop.
Students weaving their own NZ Flax (Harakeke) shopping baskets and bags.
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Harakeke (NZ Flax) Weaving Workshop - Weave the Greenest Shopping Basket, Ever!

Yvonne Hammond

$340.00

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1 workshop date
  • 2 Days - 18 to 19 May 2024

Harakeke (NZ Flax) Weaving Workshop - Weave the Greenest Shopping Basket, Ever! MOTUEKA

Yvonne Hammond

$340.00

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1 workshop date
  • 2 Days - 15 to 16 June 2024
Jar of homemade berry jam next to a slice of toast covered in jam.
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Jams Made in a Jiffy!

Judith Ritchie

$160.00

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1 workshop date
  • 1 Day - 23 November 2024
Jars of preserved produce in a pantry.
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Preserving Garden Produce Made Easy

Judith Ritchie

$160.00

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1 workshop date
  • 1 Day - TBC from Jan/Feb 2025
Students hold up their artworks from their Mates Screen Printing on T-Shirts workshop.
Students work on their artworks from their Mates Screen Printing on T-Shirts workshop.
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Screen Printing - Mates Screen Printing on T-Shirts

Judith Ritchie

$180.00

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1 workshop date
  • 1 Day - TBC from Feb 2025

Screen Printing Workshop - Create Fabulous Screen Prints on Fabric or Paper

Judith Ritchie

$320.00

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1 workshop date
  • TBC
Spinning Workshop - Beyond the Basics: Making Wool Do What You Want
Large spinning wheel for spinning wool.
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Spinning Workshop - Beyond the Basics: Making Wool Do What You Want

Anne Grassham

$480.00

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2 workshop dates
  • 1 Day - 16 May 2024
  • 1 Day - 14 June 2024
An Heirloom Hooked Fleece Rug made with red and brown wool spread out on the floor underneath a wooden chair.
Heirloom Hooked Fleece Rugs in different colours and patterns arranged in a pile with wooden tools.
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Spinning Workshop - Heirloom Hooked Fleece Rug

Anne Grassham

$400.00

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2 workshop dates
  • 1 Day - 17 May 2024
  • 1 Day - 15 June 2024
Spinning tutor Anne Grassham helping a student with their spinning during a workshop.
A wool spinning tool made from wood used to make skeins.
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Spinning Workshop - Sheep to Skein: Learn to Spin

Anne Grassham

$460.00

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2 workshop dates
  • 1 Day - 15 May 2024
  • 1 Day - 13 June 2024