NZ Textile Experiences

A sincere thank you to Judith & NZ Textile Experiences for providing such a practical workshop in a pleasant and relaxing environment.  I had been searching for a workshop to learn the photo emulsion screen printing techniques for a while, and fortunately this one was right on my doorstep in beautiful Nelson.  I feel confidently armed with enough knowledge and practice to take my ideas and get printing!

Anita takes people where they are 'gets' how weaving fits with their lifestyle and matches their ideas - WOW

Inspiring, exciting, flexibility and helpful, allowing for thinking along different lines.  I enjoyed the great set up, notes, power point, supplier recommendations and suggestions.

I am so pleased I came!  I've learned a lot and Colleen was a great tutor.  A very enjoyable couple of days.

Relaxed, friendly and creative, the workshop had just the right amount of information and practical balance, I feel we couldn't have fitted any more into the 6 hours.

Absolutely would recommend others to participate in workshops with NZ Textile Experiences!

Wild Basket Making with Anita Peters

This workshop surpassed my expectation, it was stimulating, exciting, informative.  I loved the way Anita combined traditional weaving techniques with free form abstract approaches and the use of wonderful natural materials.  

Came back for a second time workshop, everything was fabulous - two days of bliss - Wild Basket Making with Anita Peters

Karuna is a wonderful teacher, so patient - we worked solidly all day to complete the sample which I am totally delighted with! 

I loved learning all the techniques and feel very excited and confident to keep exploring!

Incredibly inspiring, we learnt all kinds of new techniques.  I can't wait to get home and practice them.

It was fun, challenging and a great experience, the quality of materials was amazing they were perfectly prepared.  Inspiring, from the moment we walked in to the moment we walked out with a truly amazing basket!  Anita and Murray looked after us in so many ways, "

The Weave your own Sampler workshop was brilliant, the tutor gave me her full attentions which made me feel so lucky!

Great inspiration, I learnt a lot about felting techniques, well worth it.  The workshop was very well organised with tons of information.  The environment was relaxed, I was made to feel right at home!

Engaging, interactive and friendly.  a very informative and enjoyable weekend.

Relaxing, satisfying, challenging (in a good way) just lovely, a great sense of accomplishment!

Inspiring and Educational,  I learn all the basics and extra techniques to create variety of english basket weaving.

Anita was well prepared and very flexible and helpful with materials throughout.

Everything was very well prepared, the workshop more than met my expectations!

Everything was very prepared, organised and the tutor adaptable for student needs.

Judy gives so much of herself and is endlessly helpful.

Very relaxed, informative, friendly and useful the Contemporary Felt Making workshop perfectly met my needs.

Most definitely recommend this workshop, ignited my creativity - so many ideas!

The tutor was excellent at tutoring to all levels, beginners to experienced.  The small class size was excellent and meant that while she was tutoring and explaining to the beginner student I was able to move on with the practical aspects of the course. 

The environment was informative and informal - it was awesome to be able to develop my own design, thanks Judith!

The class was small and the time fly by with laughter and simple pleasures - (great tea too)!

We learnt about the different screen printing techniques and how we could use the techniques in the classroom with our students.

A very pleasant learning environment with a relaxed atmosphere in a quaint environment. Karuna has lots of knowledge to impart and I really enjoyed the opportunity to try out different size looms.

Adi's Digital Textile Design workshop was very informative with clear and detailed instructions - great pace to be able to retain the information

Awesome - Anita has been so generous with her time and talents.  I would absolutely recommend others to participate in future workshops.

Great to learn and try out all the Screen Printing Techniques.

The workshop was fabulous, came back for a second time, everything was fabulous - two days of bliss - Wild Basket Making with Anita Peters

… I found it very satisfying and I learned quite a lot of things/techniques/ideas that I could use in the future, I also have 7 pieces to take away and finish - homework!

A fun workshop with a good number of students, I would highly recommend others to participate in NZTE workshops.

Great creative time in a beautiful setting with inspiring people, thank you.

Well organised and I have lots of  ideas to take away with me to try at home.

Inspiring, with lots of fabulous samples and different methods to look at.

Lovely location to learn about Eco Dyeing, I would recommend this to others!

Anita Peters is an inspirational, experienced, versatile basketry tutor, at home with natural and man-made materials. She has been a vital part of the annual Go Wild With Weaving event that has run from 2014 to date.

Anita and I have co tutored on several occasions and I can vouch that Anita is a competent weaver with experience in many different mediums.  She relates well to students of all abilities, is creative and innovative, enthusiastic and fun to be around.   

I really enjoyed the Felt Making workshop. The tutor was so helpful and I learnt so many new skills. I'm looking forward to using these to make lots of great gifts for the family.