The Artist Slow Lane Studio forages, cultivates and uses plants to create colour for textiles, paper, printmaking and pigments.  Wanting to be more environmentally aware, buy and consume fewer products and generate less waste, Jacqui began exploring natural colour and dyes and developed the use of plant-based pigments for oil-based printmaking inks.  She expanded into … Continue reading Screenprinting with Natural Dyes onto Fabric – Jacqui Symons

  The Artist Following her wonderful exhibition at the Knitting and Stitching show in November 2023 we are delighted that mixed media artist Sabine Kaner will be joining us at Hope and Elvis for a workshop packed with creativity. If you enjoy mixed media textiles this workshop is perfect for you!  Sabine’s textile practice is … Continue reading “Stitching Stories”with Sabine Kaner 16 & 17 November 2024

  Helen Hallows is a restless landscape artist who wishes that every day could be spent in the studio. Reluctant to limit herself, being a mixed-media artist allows her to endlessly try new combinations of materials and keep on experimenting. Known for her landscapes, these have moved towards abstraction where she enjoys the combinations of … Continue reading Embracing Autumn with Helen Hallows – 9 November 2024

The Artist UK based textile artist Anne Kelly is an award-winning artist, author and tutor. Her multi-layered and densely stitched textiles have been described as ‘small worlds’. Trained in Canada and at Goldsmiths College in London, she creates wall hangings and objects using a mixture of mixed media collage and hand and machine embroidery. Her … Continue reading Nature Memory Box with Anne Kelly – 2nd & 3rd November 2024

  The Artist Ali draws inspiration from everyday people and everyday things and is endlessly fascinated by people and their stories, particularly their memories of ordinary home and working lives. Wherever possible she works with old and used materials. Seeking out fragments of old clothing, household linens and the everyday bits & pieces that are … Continue reading Kitchen Tales – Cloth Collage with Ali Ferguson 5 & 6 October 2024 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

Rachael is an experimental textile and mixed media artist living in West Yorkshire, England and loves bringing together materials in the chase of an idea.  All this leads her to make one-off pieces or very small series.  “The natural world is a constant source of enchantment and I also have a few preoccupations such as … Continue reading Re-imagined with Rachael Singleton 21 & 22 September 2024

The Artist Eve is a Lincolnshire based Felt Artist and has been working with wool for over 17 years. She uses a variety of wet and needle felting techniques to create her art, and is inspired by the countryside and her wacky brain. “I love exploring texture and colour when I am creating a piece, … Continue reading Wet Felted Art scarf with Eve Marshall 7th September 2024 – Fully Booked

  The Artist Sue Brown is an artist who uses printmaking to tell stories. She is inspired by process as much as nature. Her work springs from the pages of her sketchbooks and she develops carefully researched themes using printmaking processes. Sue uses her work to explore the relationships we have with our garden visitors; … Continue reading Collagraph with Botanical Printed Backgrounds – Sue Brown – 10 & 11 August 2024 – Fully Booked, please email to be added to waiting list

  The artist “My works combine wire and thread to create intricate and delicate two dimensional and three-dimensional works reflecting observations of nature. The inspiration stems from the love of natural forms in which I look for shapes, textures, colours, within what might be a hedge row or a motorway verge, recording the small and … Continue reading Natural collection with Liz cooksey 27 and 28 July 2024 – Fully Booked, Email to be added to waiting list

The Artist “I create bespoke textiles mixing media and building up tactile delicate surfaces. I work and rework my pieces with paint, dyes, bleach and ink, burning and layering until finishing it with hand stitch. I find beauty in flaky walls, overgrown buildings and encrusted surfaces; this is something I like to recreate in my … Continue reading Textile Surfaces with Emily Notman – 6th July 2024

  The Artist Priscilla Edwards began creating sculptural textiles while studying embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University during the 1990’s. It was here she was encouraged to nurture her love of found materials and transform the lost and overlooked into arresting works of art. These charming yet slightly dark fairy-tale like sculptures transcend the familiar qualities … Continue reading Experimental Free Machine Embroidery with Priscilla Edwards – 9th June 2024

  The Artist Priscilla Edwards began creating sculptural textiles while studying embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University during the 1990’s. It was here she was encouraged to nurture her love of found materials and transform the lost and overlooked into arresting works of art. These charming yet slightly dark fairy-tale like sculptures transcend the familiar qualities … Continue reading Sculptural Textile Art Workshop with Priscilla Edwards – 8th June 2024

  The Artist Adriana Torres, artist, illustrator and founder of Miga de Pan studied architecture and graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires.  (Instagram:  @soymigadepan) Her label was selected by Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be part of the national pavilions at 100% Design London, Maison & Object Paris, and Pitti Bimbo in Italy … Continue reading GRACIAS – Needlelace with Knots – Adriana Torres 3 June 2024

  The Artist Adriana Torres, artist, illustrator and founder of Miga de Pan studied architecture and graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires.  (Instagram:  @soymigadepan) Her label was selected by Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be part of the national pavilions at 100% Design London, Maison & Object Paris, and Pitti Bimbo in Italy … Continue reading Play & Mend Masterclass with Adriana Torres – 2 June 2024

  The Artist Adriana Torres, artist, illustrator and founder of Miga de Pan studied architecture and graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires.  (Instagram:  @soymigadepan) Her label was selected by Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be part of the national pavilions at 100% Design London, Maison & Object Paris, and Pitti Bimbo in Italy … Continue reading Botanical Alphabet Masterclass with Adriana Torres – 1 June 2024

  This weekend coincides with World Collage Day! It will be facilitated by Wend (Hope & Elvis) and fellow collage enthusiast Jenny Cross. It’s an opportunity to join other like minded collage lovers to experiment with different styles and approaches, mixing media and papers / materials. We’ll draw inspiration from published artists: books and examples … Continue reading Collage @ Hope & Elvis – 11th and/or 12th May 2024

  The Artist “I am a textile, collage, assemblage and book artist and I work mainly with found objects, old papers and photographs. I’m never happier than when I’m wandering around a flea market, picking up bits of ephemera and working out how to use them in my art. I like to create stories from … Continue reading The Lacemakers with Jane Chipp – 6th May 2024

  The Artist “I am a textile, collage, assemblage and book artist and I work mainly with found objects, old papers and photographs. I’m never happier than when I’m wandering around a flea market, picking up bits of ephemera and working out how to use them in my art. I like to create stories from … Continue reading Enfolded Memories with Jane Chipp – 5th May 2024

  The Artist “I am a textile, collage, assemblage and book artist and I work mainly with found objects, old papers and photographs. I’m never happier than when I’m wandering around a flea market, picking up bits of ephemera and working out how to use them in my art. I like to create stories from … Continue reading Altered Photograph Artworks with Jane Chipp – 4th May 2024

  Sally studied Art, Design and Business Studies at Trent College and Fine Art at Edinburgh College of Art. She has spent many years sketching and painting her local Lincolnshire landscape. “I see the landscapes in vivid shades and I want to share my rose-tinted glasses with the viewer. I first depict the subject in … Continue reading “Times 16” A Framed Landscape Story with Sally Kheng – 28 April 2024

  Helen Hallows is a restless landscape artist who wishes that every day could be spent making. Reluctant to limit herself, her art crosses genres and she works with paint, textiles, and more recently ceramics. Known for her landscapes, these have moved towards abstraction where she enjoys the combinations of textures and marks to express … Continue reading everything all at once with Helen Hallows 27 April 2024

  Maria studied Embroidery at Manchester Polytechnic during the early 1990’s and has continued to practice and exhibit textiles ever since.   Her love of patchwork and quilting techniques combined with found objects and memories inspire her to create. Teaching and making textiles for over 30 years, she currently works at her home studio in Kenilworth, … Continue reading quilted collage with Maria Thomas 20th April 2024

Debbie Lyddon is an artist and maker. Her work explores landscape and place, and her inspiration comes from experiencing and paying attention to her surroundings. Cloth is at the centre of Debbie’s practice and she enjoys the process of making and constructing with it. She combines traditional stitch techniques with non-traditional materials such as bitumen, … Continue reading Weathered Cloth Workshop with Debbie Lyddon – 13th & 14th April 2024

The artis “My works combine wire and thread to create intricate and delicate two dimensional and three-dimensional works reflecting observations of nature. The inspiration stems from the love natural forms in which I look for shapes, textures, colours, within what might be a hedge row or a motorway verge, recording the small and insignificant details … Continue reading Natural Collection with Liz Cooksey 11 and 12 November 2023

The Artist Mrs B hardly needs an introduction – her workshops are always very popular! Mrs Bertimus studied fashion and textiles at Saint Martin’s School of Art and enjoyed three glorious years of making completely un-wearable garments. She has taught in Art Education for over twenty-five years and loves sharing techniques and eating lots of … Continue reading Spend the day drawing with Mrs Bertimus 4 or 5 November 2023

  Slow Lane Studio forages, cultivates and uses plants to create colour for textiles, paper, printmaking and pigments. Created from a desire to be more environmentally-aware, buy and consume fewer products and generate less waste, Jacqui Symons began exploring natural colour and dyes and developed the use of plant-based pigments for oil-based printmaking inks.  From … Continue reading Introduction to natural dyes with Jacqui Symons of Slow Lane Studio 21 and 22 October 2023

  The Artist Sue Brown is an artist who uses printmaking to tell stories. She is inspired by process as much as nature. Her work springs from the pages of her sketchbooks and she develops carefully researched themes using printmaking processes. Sue uses her work to explore the relationships we have with our garden visitors; … Continue reading Mixed Media Sketchbook Techniques with Sue Brown 14 and 15 October 2023

  The Artist Ali draws inspiration from the every-day. Everyday people and everyday things and is endlessly fascinated by people and their stories, particularly their memories of ordinary home and working lives. Wherever possible she works with old and used materials. Seeking out fragments of old clothing, household linens and the everyday bits & pieces … Continue reading Patchwood Samplers with Ali Ferguson – 7 and/or 8 October 2023

  The Artist Jayne is a practicing textile designer, author and tutor based in north Gloucestershire, UK. She has an MA in Fashion from Central St Martins and a 1st class degree in Textiles from Loughborough College of Art and Design. For the past 25 years she has created innovative textile samples that explore the … Continue reading Experimental Needle Felting with Jayne Emerson 23 September 2023

  The Artist Priscilla Edwards began creating sculptural textiles while studying embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University during the 1990’s. It was here she was encouraged to nurture her love of found materials and transform the lost and overlooked into arresting works of art. These charming yet slightly dark fairy-tale like sculptures transcend the familiar qualities … Continue reading Sculptural Textile Art workshop with Priscilla Edwards 16 September 2023

  About Liz Hands Liz Hands is an award winning quiltmaker and teacher based in Lincolnshire. “As a largely self-taught embroiderer and dressmaker, I seek out the simplest garments and easiest techniques, and trust me, there is no simpler garment than this one seam coat. I love repurposing vintage and thrifted fabrics, unpicking garments to … Continue reading Piecing and Patching: Creating Cloth for Slow Clothing with Liz Hands 2 and 3 September 2023

The Artist Nawal Gebreel uses innovative 3D fabric manipulations to produce her label’s luxurious scarves and wraps. She sells her work internationally as well as at home. Nawal trained as a textile designer at Manchester Metropolitan University and soon set up her own label. She has 22 years teaching experience, mainly in the tertiary education … Continue reading Eco print with Nawal Gebreel 8 July 2023

The Artist Jennifer creates exquisite sculptures from vintage recycled materials in conjunction with stitch; a contemporary twist on traditional textiles. The papers serve as both the inspiration and the media for the work, with the narrative suggesting the forms. Through this marriage of unlikely materials old papers are transformed into something truly unique, delicate and … Continue reading Experimental Samplers using paper and stitch with Jennifer Collier 1 July 2023

  The Artist Ann Povey completed a BA in Contemporary Crafts in 1999 and then started working for the University of Lincoln as Senior Technician for glass, ceramics and metalwork in 2000. While there she  gained an MA in Design Crafts. She retired form the University in 2018 and now works full time in her … Continue reading Found Object Sculptures with Ann Povey 10 June 2023

  The Artist Tansy Hargan is a British artist based in Sheffield, U.K. With a background in architecture and landscape architecture, Tansy’s art is an exploration of place, time and materiality. “I explore urban and rural places with my sketchbook, making brisk marks and colour blocks to simplify and record snapshots of what I experience. … Continue reading Mixed Media Thumbnail Sketching – Tansy Hargan – 3 June 2023

  The Artist UK based textile artist Anne Kelly is an award-winning artist, author and tutor. Her multi-layered and densely stitched textiles have been described as ‘small worlds’. Trained in Canada and at Goldsmiths College in London, she creates wall hangings and objects using a mixture of mixed media collage and hand and machine embroidery. … Continue reading A Coastal Scene with Anne Kelly – 20 and 21st May 2023

  The artist Mrs B hardly needs an introduction – her workshops are always very popular! Mrs Bertimus studied fashion and textiles at Saint Martin’s School of Art and enjoyed three glorious years of making completely un-wearable garments. She has taught in Art Education for over twenty-five years and loves sharing techniques and eating lots … Continue reading Mrs Bertimus’s Concertina Workshop – 6 or 7 May 2023

  The Artist “I am a textile, collage, assemblage and book artist and I work mainly with found objects, old papers and photographs. I’m never happier than when I’m wandering around a flea market, picking up bits of ephemera and working out how to use them in my art. I like to create stories from … Continue reading Enfolded memories – Tiny concertina books with Jane Chipp – 23rd or 24th April 2023

  The Artist “I am a textile, collage, assemblage and book artist and I work mainly with found objects, old papers and photographs. I’m never happier than when I’m wandering around a flea market, picking up bits of ephemera and working out how to use them in my art. I like to create stories from … Continue reading Altered Photograph Artworks with Jane Chipp 21st or 22nd April 2023

  The Artist Sally studied Art, Design and Business Studies at Trent College and Fine Art at Edinburgh College of Art. She has spent many years sketching and painting her local Lincolnshire landscape. “I see the landscapes in vivid shades and I want to share my rose-tinted glasses with the viewer. I first depict the … Continue reading A “Times 9” Landscape Story with Sally Kheng – 15 April 2023

  The Artist “Art and Literature have always been my main interests and it was only natural that my work would combine both elements.  Whilst studying Fine Art & History of Art at De Montfort University in Leicester, I was shown how to make books and boxes as part of a Printmaking module and I … Continue reading Softback Sketchbook in a Day with Cath Ray 1 April 2023

  The Artist Mandy Pattullo trained as a Surface Pattern and Textile Designer and now works from an attic studio in a converted manse in rural Northumberland. “I treasure the old and worn, refashioning vintage textiles into new collages which are embellished with stitch and appliqué. I re-cycle and reuse very old and often disintergrating … Continue reading Memory Maps with Mandy Pattullo 26 March 2023

  The Artist Mandy Pattullo trained as a Surface Pattern and Textile Designer and now works from an attic studio in a converted manse in rural Northumberland. “I treasure the old and worn, refashioning vintage textiles into new collages which are embellished with stitch and appliqué. I re-cycle and reuse very old and often disintergrating … Continue reading Frida Kahlo Doll with Mandy Pattullo 25 March 2023

  The Artist Tansy Hargan is a British artist based in Sheffield, U.K. With a background in architecture and landscape architecture, Tansy’s art is an exploration of place, time and materiality. “I explore urban and rural places with my sketchbook, making brisk marks and colour blocks to simplify and record snapshots of what I experience. … Continue reading Sketching for Textiles with Tansy Hargan – 11 March 2023

  The Artist UK based textile artist Anne Kelly is an award-winning artist, author and tutor. Her multi-layered and densely stitched textiles have been described as ‘small worlds’. Trained in Canada and at Goldsmiths College in London, she creates wall hangings and objects using a mixture of mixed media collage and hand and machine embroidery. … Continue reading Moving Memories with Anne Kelly 18 February 2023

About artist Jane Bevan: Jane uses only natural materials in her artwork which she forages on her daily dog walks from her home in South Derbyshire. The materials may be bark, feathers, leaves or seeds, but no matter what, all can be used in some way to create collage, sculpture and wreaths for the home. … Continue reading Wreath making with Jane Bevan – 4 December 2022

About Mrs Bertimus, first of all I just want to say its a total pleasure to welcome Mrs Bertimus back to Hope & Elvis an outstanding artist who brings a little bit of magic (record player & Cake!) Mrs Bertimus studied fashion and textiles at Saint Martin’s School of Art and enjoyed three glorious years … Continue reading Mrs B’s Mixed Media Weekender – 5th or 6th November

About Claire Claire Wellesley-Smith is an artist, researcher and writer based in West Yorkshire. She specialises in projects that use local, natural colour, created from home-grown and locally foraged plants. Cloth, dye and stitch are then used as carriers of the natural and social history of place. She is a highly experienced tutor who works … Continue reading Stitching Connection with Claire Wellesley Smith – 30th Sept, 1st & 2nd October

About Rosie James Rosie James is a Textile Artist living and working in Kent, UK. She has a BA Hons Textiles degree from Surrey Institute of Art and Design and an MA in Textiles from Goldsmith College London. Rosie started off with a small business making dyed and screen printed fabrics, scarves, ties, cushions etc, … Continue reading Drawing with Stitch with Rosie James – 24th & 25th September 2022

About Sue Brown Sue Brown is an artist who uses printmaking and mixed media to tell stories. Inspired by process as much as nature, her work springs from the pages of sketchbooks, and develops carefully researched themes, exploring and developing them on paper and textiles. Workshop Collagraph Printmaking onto Fabric Spend 2 days making and … Continue reading Collagraph Printmaking onto Fabric with Sue Brown – 17th & 18th September

About Matthew Harris Matthew studied at Goldsmiths College and makes work in both paper and cloth that is primarily concerned with the exploration and exploitation of abstract imagery. Matthew has work in the Crafts Council Collection and the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. He has exhibited widely throughout the U.K, Europe, U.S.A and Japan and in … Continue reading Back to Front and Back Again with Matthew Harris – 2nd , 3rd & 4th September 2022

About Liz Cooksey My works combine wire and thread to create intricate and delicate two dimensional and three-dimensional works reflecting observations of nature. The inspiration stems from the love natural forms in which I look for shapes, textures, colours, within what might be a hedge row or a motorway verge, recording the small and insignificant … Continue reading Mixed Media Wire Workshop with Liz Cooksey – 13th & 14th August 2022

It is with HUGE excitement that we welcome the Pale Rook to Hope & Elvis in 2022 I have been a huge admirer of Johanna’s work for some time, during the pandemic I took Johanna’s online course which was truly fantastic and influences me as an artist in my own practice every day so I … Continue reading The Pale Rook – 25th & 26th June or 6th & 7th August 2022

  Helaina is a designer maker, based in West Yorkshire, creating 2D and 3D wirework. Her work is inspired for her love of tea and the rituals around tea drinking and is rooted in the elegance of the past, particularly the Edwardian era. Using old sepia photographs she creates pen and ink drawings that are … Continue reading Wire Work with Helaina Sharpley 2nd July 2022

Jayne is a practicing textile designer, author and tutor based in north Gloucestershire, UK. She has an MA in Fashion from Central St Martins and a 1st class degree in Textiles from Loughborough College of Art and Design. For the past 25 years she has created innovative textile samples that explore the boundaries of modern … Continue reading Water Soluble Magic with Jayne Emerson – 1st July 2022

About Jessie Chorley Jessie Chorley is a London-based textile artist, specialising in embroidery and paper crafts. Born in Kent in 1980, she spent her childhood in North Wales, before moving to London to study for the BA in Fine Art Textile Practice at Goldsmiths College. While still a student, she chose to dedicate her life … Continue reading Altered and Repaired Garments and Objects with Jessie Chorley – 19th June 2022

About Jessie Chorley Jessie Chorley is a London-based textile artist, specialising in embroidery and paper crafts. Born in Kent in1980, she spent her childhood in North Wales, before moving to London to study for the BA in Fine Art Textile Practice at Goldsmiths College. While still a student, she chose to dedicate her life to … Continue reading Stories in Stitch with Jessie Chorley – 17th & 18th June 2022

Join artist, author and tutor Anne Kelly for a new workshop presented for the first time at Hope and Elvis. Guided by Anne, you will be designing and making a unique piece of work to celebrate or remember a special pet or animal in your life. Using a photograph to design a collaged version of … Continue reading Pet Portraits with Anne Kelly – 28th & 29th May 2022

Alice’s process-led practice is based on recording personal experience of landscape. She works with natural fibres and gathered materials, employing natural dye techniques, print, stitch and weave in different combinations to create surfaces and structures. Alice takes an experimental approach to found items, learning about their properties, boundaries and possibilities through the making process. Alice … Continue reading Botanical Books with Alice Fox – 21st & 22nd May 2022

About Mandy Pattullo trained as a Surface Pattern and Textile Designer and now work from an attic studio in a converted manse in rural Northumberland. I treasure the old and worn, refashioning vintage textiles into new collages which are embellished with stitch and appliqué. I re-cycle and reuse very old and often disintergrating materials which … Continue reading Red Work with Mandy Pattullo -15th May 2022

About Mandy Pattullo trained as a Surface Pattern and Textile Designer and now work from an attic studio in a converted manse in rural Northumberland. I treasure the old and worn, refashioning vintage textiles into new collages which are embellished with stitch and appliqué. I re-cycle and reuse very old and often disintergrating materials which … Continue reading Vintage Textile Collage with Mandy Pattullo – 14th May 2022

I am very happy to be welcoming the wonderful Mrs B back to H&E to share with us this back by popular demand fantastic workshop! Mrs B’s Introduction To Gel Plate Printing Workshop Gel plate printing is a quick and effective way to create layered prints on paper and fabric. We will be experimenting with … Continue reading Mrs B’s Introduction To Gel Plate Printing 7th or 8th May 2022