Experimental Embroidery on Paper with Michelle Wilson (Online)

Schedule: Mar 15 & 17, 2021 -- 3pm - 5pm (PT); 
4pm - 6pm (MT); 5pm - 7pm (CT); 6pm - 8pm (ET); 
Registration for this class will close 14 days (2 weeks) prior to start date 

Embroidery is traditionally practiced on fabric; however, it can be an extraordinary and surprising way to embellish prints, photographs, or even artist books.  In this two-session workshop, we will begin by looking at examples of artists who embroider on paper, and then move on to a discussion of the necessary delicacy and techniques for stitching on paper, selecting appropriate papers, and will conclude with the creation of a an embroidered paper “sampler”. 

In our second class, students will fold a simple accordion with pop-ups, and explore three-dimensional applications to embroidery on paper.  Students will leave the class with the beginnings of an embroidered artist book to complete on their own time. 

The instructor will mail a kit to each student containing: 6 skeins of embroidery floss in a variety of colors, embroidery needles, protective foam, and a piece of cardstock. No experience with embroidery necessary.

Location/Venue:  Online with San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB)

For more info & pictures:  https://sfcb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=4021
Cost/Fee:  $90
Material/Studio fee:  provided by attendee

Their workshop calendar:  https://sfcb.org/workshops

Instructor and bio:  Michelle Wilson is a fiber and print artist living in Oakland., CA whose work incorporates handmade paper, embroidery, and craft-based social practice. She has an MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from the University of the Arts, where she studied with Hedi Kyle. In 2019, in collaboration with the artist Anne Beck and almost 600 community participants, she completed the Rhinoceros Project, a monumental embroidery and hand papermaking project, which resulted in a 10 x 12 foot embroidery and handmade paper watermark based on the “Rhinoceros” print by Albrecht Durer. She is fascinated by the possibilities of paper as a material and as an object.