BLOOMS

The workshop gives participants the opportunity to create a small fabric collage using old materials that are meaningful to them. “I invite people to think about the origin and creation of an item, about what it can tell us and how it can inspire us.”

Blooms  consists of hundreds of floral embroideries by a myriad of anonymous women, brought together to flourish. Heidi is an acclaimed artist moving between the realms of art and memory through embroidery.

 “My work listens to the mundane and attempts to interpret the narratives which are embedded in our everyday. It draws from domestic activities: habits, objects and intimacy, and looks for ways in which to create paths between the private and the public, between the inside and the outside.

…I believe that handmade objects have a physical memory and absorb the essence of their makers. The process of sewing is essential to to me: piercing the fibers allows me to create both a physical and an emotional bond with the material. Working with old textiles is especially important, my mission is to give discarded handiworks and their creators a new existence.”

Heidi's practice incorporates the tactile and the performative, ultimately arriving at a body of work that is both spiritual and deeply grounded in the handmade and physical.

- Julia Harris, Textile Arts Center New York

Participants should bring their own piece of fabric.  There is a fantastic flee market in Consell every Sunday. All the other materials will be provided.

Final project: your own Bloom!

Duration: 3 hours

Maximum 15 people

Cost per person: 150 €