Priscilla Edwards began creating sculptural textiles while studying embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University. Here she was encouraged to nurture her love of found materials and transform the lost and overlooked into arresting works of art. These charming sculptures transcend the familiar qualities of the original materials and capture Priscilla’s perceptions of beauty, fragility and intrigue.

It's hard not to be captivated by Priscilla’s inquisitive imagination. She has developed a unique range of manipulation methods fusing together a collective of structures and surfaces. She loves to share her passion for textile sculpture and has taught in many educational establishments.

The Workshop

Explore the extraordinary possibilities of working with lightweight wire, fabric, wax, thread, paper and paint to create a garden of decorative sculptural flowers and birds. Priscilla will share her unique combination of techniques, experimenting with different shapes and structures to create a piece uniquely yours. You’ll have great fun arranging your collection of flora and fauna and adding them to a vintage book base creating a stunning garden of flowers that lasts forever. The flowers and birds can be decorated using hand-stitching and a variety of trimmings including found objects, broken jewellery buttons and beads.

The workshop is aimed to inspire with lots of different techniques and processes so you can develop them to fit your own practice. Priscilla will be bringing lots of her own work on the day and will talk you through how she puts her pieces together, providing the perfect insight into how she develops ideas. Repurposing materials is hugely important in Priscilla’s approach to making so she suggests you also bring along old or loved fragments of precious fabrics and treasures from your stash.

Two days 26 & 27 July 2025

£195

Please bring your lunch each day or alternatively visit one of the 2 cafes on site or the award winning farm shop.