Festival of Stuff: Historic & Electronic Embroidery Masterclass (Morning)

Dis­cov­er the world of embri­odery, in all of its his­tor­ic and futur­ist­ic glory, as you cre­ate your own touch-respons­ive tex­tile sensor with con­duct­ive thread. Join tex­tile artist and research­er Toni Buckby to learn all about tra­di­tion­al stitch­ing and authen­t­ic prick-and-pounce pat­tern trans­fer, then see your cre­ation come to life and light up! No pri­or exper­i­ence in sew­ing or elec­tron­ics required.

Toni Buckby is a cre­at­ive artist who explores the inter­sec­tion of tex­tile tech­niques and digit­al tech­no­lo­gies; chal­len­ging tra­di­tion­al notions of skilled labour through innov­at­ive e‑textiles and col­lect­ive mak­ing. Toni is cur­rently pur­su­ing a PhD at Shef­field Hal­lam Uni­ver­sity and the V&A Museum. Her work researches how digit­al tech­no­lo­gies can inter­pret and pre­serve fra­gile Eliza­beth­an embroid­er­ies, mak­ing them more access­ible to a wider audience. 

Import­ant inform­a­tion about our tick­et bal­lot for this event:

We are using a bal­lot tick­et book­ing sys­tem for this event. The bal­lot is open for a lim­ited time: from Tues­day 13^th May until 23:59 on Sunday 18^th May. Enter­ing into the bal­lot means that you have entered into a draw for the oppor­tun­ity to book a tick­et. Unfor­tu­nately, the bal­lot may be over­sub­scribed — enter­ing the bal­lot does not guar­an­tee a mas­ter­class slot. From Monday 19^th May onwards, suc­cess­ful entrants will be sent a book­ing link, which must be com­pleted with­in 24 hours in order to secure a ticket. Once all tick­ets are fully booked by the bal­lot win­ners, we will noti­fy every­one who signed up to the bal­lot, and offer the oppor­tun­ity to join the wait­ing list for last-minute dropouts.

This mas­ter­class is suit­able for 12+. All chil­dren under the age of 18 must be accom­pan­ied by an adult. 

This work­shop is part of the Fest­iv­al of Stuff.

Images cour­tesy of Toni Buckby.

Please remem­ber to wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that you do not mind poten­tially get­ting dirty or dam­aged when using our workshops.

Every­one is wel­come in our spaces for our Fest­iv­al of Stuff day event and mas­ter­classes. We strive to make all of our pro­cesses access­ible, includ­ing attend­ing our events and work­shops, and using our web­site and book­ing sys­tems. Please mes­sage us if you have any ques­tions, or require­ments, or need assist­ance using our plat­forms. We’ll be happy to help.

We’re always inter­ested in feed­back to help us improve access to our activ­it­ies. Please con­tact us at events@​instituteofmaking.​org.​uk if you’d like to chat.