This workshop is part of the Garden Museum's Branch Out programme, a series of free events and activities exploring gardening, art, floristry, plant science, history, design, and more!
In this workshop, Katerina will guide participants through a series of traditional hand embroidery techniques using dried plant materials as alternative textile embellishments. You will learn how to handle these unusual materials such as lavender seeds, cornflowers, dahlia petals, and marigolds, delicately stitching them into cloth. Whether you are interested in textiles, gardening, meditation, or would just like to learn something new, this workshop promises to be soothing and sensorial.
All materials will be provided by Katerina, including a varied selection of dried plant materials, homegrown or sustainably foraged from her local surroundings in the picturesque Malvern hills. No experience is necessary, you are encouraged to take each stitch slowly and stitch at a pace that is comfortable for you.
Our Branch Out programme has been made possible thanks to funding from Arts Council England.
More info about Katerina Knight
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Katerina Knight
Katerina Knight
Katerina Knight is an English textile artist, writer and educator. She graduated with a Masters in Textiles from the Royal College of Art London as a Burberry scholar and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Waxman Prize 2023. Having left pursuing a career in the luxury fashion industry behind, Katerina now has a slow artistic practice and creates one-of-a-kind textile artefacts that have been exhibited internationally, most recently at XTANT 2024 and Dutch Design Week 2023. Katerina lectures at Hereford College of Art and has developed a workshop series 'Stitching with Nature' with the endeavor to share how working akin with nature and craft can restore personal and planetary well-being.
Katerina now lives in the heart of the English countryside in Malvern, Worcestershire. Immersed in a natural landscape she enjoys long walks in the hills mindfully foraging wild plants and flora and grows her own plants in the community garden of her local Buddhist temple she attends.
Katerina is a published writer, contributing to publications such as; Embroidery Magazine and Selvedge Magazine, where she works as an Editorial Assistant. Katerina is also a lecturer on BA Textiles at Hereford College of Art.
