Kantha & Textile Art – An Embroidery Workshop with Pham Ngoc Tram

Sun 16 Aug 2015, 7 pm
Blossom Art House

From the organizer:

Kantha is a particularly prominent type of embroidery in India and is in fact an application of the most ancient and simplest embroidery/sewing technique: the running stitch. Once you are familiar with Kantha, you can then experiment it with different materials, create a variety of stitches and especially, when you combine it with creative ideas, you can begin creating textures, forms and shades as well as express your emotions, concepts… to make a very “contemporary” artwork of your own. This workshop will bring a brand new concept of embroidery by introducing “Textile Art”, at the same time offer you an opportunity to hand-on your own textile art creation.

WORKSHOP TIMELINE
– 30 minutes – An introduction on embroidery/textile art as an art form.
– 10 minutes – Be inspired! Introducing Kantha and other applications of running stitch such as Sashiko (Japanese), Bojagi (Korean) or eco textile with examples from artist and artworks all over the world.
– 10-20 minutes – Getting used with fabric, needles and stitches with supplied materials.
– 30 minutes – Brainstorm ideas and drafting.
– 90 minutes – Practicing embroidery.

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
– 15-20 people (15 years old and above)
– Interested in working with needles, threads and fabrics. You are welcomed to bring along any of your favorite fabrics (floral, plain, linen, etc). If possible, we highly recommend you to prepare your idea(s) or visual drafts in advance so you will have more time to practice during workshop.

FEE
200,000 VND/person (materials’ cost already included)
*For students, the fee will be 100,000 VND. Please bring your Student ID card with you to the workshop.

TO REGISTER
Please follow this link and fill in your basic info before 12/08/2015.

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
Pham Ngoc Tram is an independent embroidery artist from Hoi An. After graduating the Viet Nam National University of Fine Arts in 2006, Tram self-taught embroidery arts and was trained with the haute couture embroidery – lunéville by Ecole Lesage Paris in 2013. A year later, she established Meo Meo Atelier – a space specialized in hand embroidery in Hoi An. She has done numerous researches on textile art as well as embroidery techniques during personal trips to France, Indian, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Thailand, South East Asia, etc. Just come back from 3 months of embroidery internship in Paris, she is willing to share these magnificent experiences.

*More of her portfolio on: Tumblr | Facebook | Mediafire