Event Calendar - Textile and Fibre Craft Workshops
We offer individual and small group workshops, working directly with the artists. You can learn a variety of textile and fibre crafts including Wild Basket making, Harakeke - NZ Flax Weaving, Screen Printing, Small Loom and Tapestry Weaving, Stitching workshops, Unconventional Materials, Felt making, Naturally Dyeing with plants and more.
Our workshops are designed to be suitable for beginners, as well as those with more advanced skills to extend your knowledge requiring mentoring with design elements and techniques.
This event calendar outlines the range of textile and fibre craft workshops available. All workshops are held and based in the Nelson and Tasman region, ocassionally the Harakeke workshops are held in Inangahua. If the available workshop dates do not fit your personal calendar, please feel free to inquire about the possibility of your own small group or one-to-one workshop, and we will endeavour to meet your needs info@nztextileexperiences.co.nz
To learn more or to book online, simply click on the links below or visit our upcoming workshops page. Book early to secure your place as these are small group workshops and have a limited number of participants
March 2023
Screen Printing with a Tropical Twist - Tutor Judith Ritchie - Weekend workshop 4th & 5th March - SOLD OUT - see future workshops
Embroidered Art - Transfer - Stitch - Tutor Rosie Horn - One Day Sunday workshop 5th March
Design and Weave your own Mobius - Infinity Cowl - Tutor Karuna Peralta - One Day Sunday workshop 5th March - SOLD OUT - email us to register your interest for the next workshop
Unconventional & Unusual Textile Materials - Tutor Maggy Johnston Weekend workshop 11th & 12th March
Screen Printing with a Tropical Twist - Tutor Judith Ritchie - Weekend workshop 18th & 19th March
Wild Basket Making in Golden Bay - Tutor Anita Peters - Weekend workshop 18th & 19th March
Introduction to Harakeke Weaving - Tutor Yvonne Hammond - Weekend workshop 25th & 26th March SOLD OUT
Wild Basket Making in Golden Bay - Tutor Anita Peters - Weekend workshop 25th & 26th March
April 2023
Weave your own Washcloths and Dishcloths - Tutor Karuna Peralta - One Day Sunday workshop 2nd April
Unconventional & Unusual Textile Materials - Tutor Maggy Johnston - Weekend workshop 1st & 2nd April
Introduction to Harakeke Weaving, Nelson -Tutor Yvonne Hammond - Weekend workshop 1st & 2nd April
Screen Printing with a Tropical Twist - Tutor Judith Ritchie - Weekend workshop (EASTER) 8th & 9th April
Screen Printing with a Tropical Twist - Tutor Judith Ritchie - Weekend workshop 22nd & 23rd April
May 2023
Harakeke Kete Whakairo weaving with colour and pattern - tutor Yvonne Hammond - weekend workshop 6th & 7th May in Inanagahua
Unconventional and Unusual Textile Materials - tutor Maggy Johnston - Weekend workshop 6th & 7th May
Screen Printing with a Tropical Twist - tutor Judith Ritchie - Weekend workshop 6th & 7th May
Dyeing Fabrics and Fibres Naturally with Plants - Tutor Colleen Plank - Weekend workshop 13th & 14th May - one space remaining
Screen Printing with a Tropical Twist - tutor Judith Ritchie - Weekend workshop 20th & 21st May
Twill Felt Flower Workshop - tutor Karuna Peralta - One Day Sunday Workshop 28th May
June 2023
NEW - Set-up Rigid Heddle Loom and Weave Washcloths and Discloths -tutor Karuna Peralta - Sunday 4th June
Contemporary Felt Making - Tutor Colleen Plank - Weekend workshop 10th & 11th June
Textures in Tapestry Weaving Tutor Marilyn Rea-Menzies - Three Day workshop 23rd - 25th June
July 2023
Weave your own Washcloths and Discloths Tutor Karuna Peralta - Sunday workshop 30th July
August 2023
Twill Felt Flower Workshop - Tutor Karuna Peralta - One Day Sunday 6th August
September 2023
Introduction to Harakeke Weaving - tutor Yvonne Hammond - weekend workshop 2nd & 3rd September in Inangahua
Harakeke - Weave the Greenest Shopping Basket, ever! - tutor Yvonne Hammond - weekend workshop 30th September & 1st October in Inangahua
October 2023
Weave your own Kete Whakiro - tutor Yvonne Hammond - weekend workshop 28th - 29th October in Inangahua
Further workshop information coming soon.
Workshops are continually being added, so please check in regularly to be updated, follow us on facebook, Instagram, subscribe to our newsletter or do contact us for your preference as some workshops can offer the flexibility of dates for your convenience, especially if you have a group of three or more. We would also like to tell you about our options of experiencing one-to-one workshop mentoring with our tutors on dates convenient to your personal schedule.
Important: Some workshops require a minimum of three participants to run unless it is an organised individual workshop. Three days prior to the workshop date commencement you will be notified if there are not sufficient numbers to run the workshop, then an alternative workshop or refund will be offered. If you are attending from outside the Nelson Tasman region we will try our utmost for the workshop to run, please email us to let us know.
