BOOKING: 3 Day Workshop

Mixed Media & Stitched Collage

DATES: Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th & Monday 27th October 2025 (Labour Weekend)

VENUE: The Boatshed, 81 Beach Road, Akaroa

TIME: 10am-4pm Daily

COST: $1200.00 includes all materials, catered lunch, tea & snacks daily

Individual payment plans are welcome. Email: fleurwoodsart@gmail.com

Join me for 3 days of embroidery bliss in the beautiful Banks Peninsula this October. Gathering in the wonderful Boatshed waterfront venue we will work together to create your own stitched artwork using vintage textiles, mixed media techniques and hand embroidery.

This inspiring workshop will give you the opportunity to play with a variety of techniques including colouring your own thread & textiles, stitching, beading and layering to create a unique contemporary stitched collage of your own either as a smaller finished piece or larger ongoing project.

Generous materials are supplied to create with and take home to continue creating with whenever you please.

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW:

We will gather daily from 10am - 4pm to create together with an hour break for lunch.

Located close to the village at the waterfront in charming Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula we will be based in the lovely heritage Boatshed space with the most fabulous Harbour views.

Lunch catering is included in this workshop so once you’ve booked please do email me to advise of any dietary requirements.

All materials are supplied so all you have to do is bring an open mind and be ready for a truly gorgeous 3 days of creating to your hearts content.

Cost: $1200.00 pp includes all tuition, materials, lunch, tea and snacks each day.

Individual payment plans are welcome; please email me fleurwodsart@gmail.com to discuss.

Minimum numbers are required for this workshop; should the minimum numbers fall short, your payment will be refunded in full. Typically, workshops fill quickly. If something happens and you can no longer make it, I will try my best to fill your spot from the waitlist. If that is not possible, I won’t be able to refund the workshop. Travel insurance is recommended incase something happens that prevents you attending close to the date.

Venue:The Boatshed is a beautiful light-filled indoor space, that has plenty of natural light, ample space for us to spread out and create and an absolutely devine view of the Akaroa Harbour.

Experience: ideally, you will know how to thread a needle and perhaps a few simple stitches, or you may be very experienced and looking to explore a new style. My workshops are designed to suit all experience levels as I keep our group small allowing for plenty of one on one time to help you meet your creative goals.

Questions: there are no silly ones, you are so welcome to email me any time and ask away. fleurwoodsart@gmail.com

Really excited to geek out about all things colour, texture, textiles and thread for a whole 3 days of creative bliss together! X Fleur

More about my teaching philosophy and the week’s workshop…

My goal is to meet you where you are at as an individual creative and support you to grow gently but surely towards joyful mark making using my favourite techniques.

I facilitate a safe and welcoming environment for anyone joining my workshops, my teaching style is warm and relaxed. My intuition for the process and working with fellow creative souls is strong. I aim to adjust my approach for individuals as well as each group to ensure that no matter your learning style or experience level you feel embraced and supported to fully explore your creative potential.

I'll openly share my process of designing your unique artwork inspired by a beautiful selection of vintage textiles using contemporary embroidery practices.

During the three days we will cover off all of the key elements of my process so you have the practical skills to create with joy but also bring those skills together into either a small finished stitched artwork or a larger ongoing project (your choice depending on what size you'd like to work with).

Generous supplies are offered that you are gifted to take home with you to continue creating whenever you like using all of my favourite tools from beautiful hand dyed wools, specially selected vintage textiles and so much more.

Stitching is a slow practice so we will embrace that pace and while we're in slow down mode there will also be lazy lunches, time for a wander and a quiet cuppa and chats with your fellow work-shoppers or for those who are just obsessed there's the option to create and eat and deep dive.

It's your time to do as you please with generous knowledge sharing and support.

Here’s a bit more about me incase you’d like to share this experience with a friend who doesn’t know my work…

Fleur Woods is a Contemporary Embroidery artist based in rural South Island, Aotearoa New Zealand.  Fleur's intricate, joyful stitched paintings are coveted and collected around the world. Featured in many, many magazines and exhibited from her local gallery in rural NZ to the Lower East side NY. Whilst prioritising studio practice Fleur also adores teaching and selects beautiful locations to teach her sought after workshops in both New Zealand and Australia. As a largely self taught artist Fleur's processes are unique, free and playful. She embraces colour and texture and prioritises joy in the process.

Inspired by nature, country gardens, wild flowers, native bush and all things flora Fleur brings her passion for the outdoors into the classroom encouraging students to take time to notice the beautiful details in nature and bring this into their work. A natural collaborator Fleur's approach to teaching is one of working in small groups to enable participants to follow their individual creative goals, so while the workshop will have themes and technical elements that are offered for group learning there is plenty of one on one support available to meet you where you are at and help you progress to the next level.

Find out more about Fleur & her process in this recent interview with Fibre Arts Take Two and a lovely chat on the Creative Kind Podcast…

https://youtu.be/A3Gtpe9pkiY

https://shows.acast.com/the-creative-kind/episodes/fleur-woods-finding-your-artistic-voice

or read more here in these articles

https://homestyle.co.nz/daily-thread/

https://www.kyalandkara.com/inspiration/fleur-woods/

https://www.huntingforgeorge.com/blog/meet-the-artist-fleur-woods/