Whatever Wednesdays are perfect for those rare days you get to yourself, but if you stay at home you’ll end up getting distracted by housework (that probably doesn’t need doing!) Come along to Hope & Elvis Studio 10am – 3pm and spend the time uninterrupted to work on a project you’ve been meaning to complete … Continue reading Whatever Wednesdays!

Iain Perry is an artist and screenprinter who runs Print Garage, creating deeply layered, colour saturated, slow motion screen prints. Iain is also co-director of Unit Twelve Gallery, a contemporary craft gallery based in Stafford in the West Midlands. “The image generation is a slow process of experimentation, of trial and error; collecting imagery, developing … Continue reading Screen Printing with Iain Perry – 18th July 2020

Fabric Recipes Jayne Emerson has been creating experimental textile designs for over twenty years. Her work has sold to clients ranging from Chanel and Dior to household names including John Lewis and Boden. *(She has also written six craft books and taught Kirstie Allsopp how to needle felt on the telly!) Fabric Recipes In this … Continue reading Fabric Recipes with Jayne Emerson – 19th July 2020

I can’t tell what a pleasure it is to be welcoming Jo to Hope and Elvis, I have long been a fan of Jo’s beautiful work and the stories behind the pieces. i am lucky to have a stitched mouse in the studio and also 2 stitched portraits that Jo kindly lent to us for … Continue reading Stitched Animal Portraits with Jo Smith – 1st August 2020

I can’t tell what a pleasure it is to be welcoming Jo to Hope and Elvis, I have long been a fan of Jo’s beautiful work and the stories behind the pieces. i am lucky to have a stitched mouse in the studio and also 2 stitched portraits that Jo kindly lent to us for … Continue reading Wire & Stitch Sculpture with Jo Smith – 2nd August 2020

Anne is an award winning textile artist, author and tutor based in the UK, exhibiting and teaching internationally. Her three books for Batsford represent her project and collaborative work. Anne’s heavily embroidered fabric collages are reminiscent of tapestry work and her signature stitching technique is applied to a variety of surfaces. She uses mixed media … Continue reading Travels in Textiles with Anne Kelly – 8th & 9th August 2020

limited space available   Michael Brennand-Wood Michael has an international reputation as one of the most innovative artists working in textiles today. He has lectured at Universities in London, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Poland and USA.His work is represented in collections worldwide, including the Victoria & Albert Museum and the National Gallery of Australia. … Continue reading Subtraction-Erasure-Conjection with Michael Brennand-Wood – 14th, 15th & 16th August

SUE BROWN: MA 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. Sue has been an artist for over 20 years and … Continue reading Mixed Media Textured Textile Book with Sue Brown 29th & 30th August

Ruth Singer is a textile artist with a background working in museums. Her work is often inspired by museum objects, archives or personal and family history. She works mainly with old, worn and damaged textiles, creating one-off exhibition pieces and commissions with a sense of history and an emotive story. She has exhibited widely in … Continue reading In the Shadows: experimenting with transparent fabrics with Ruth Singer 5th & 6th September 2020

Full- please email Bookings@hopeandelvis.com to be added to the wait list    Matthew Harris is a graduate of the textile course at Goldsmiths College and has been working with textiles since 2000, having for the previous ten years made and exhibited drawings and works on paper. He has shown in a number of group and … Continue reading Matthew Harris – 11th, 12th & 13th September 2020

This workshop will look at the concept of the book as a whole artwork, rather than bookbinding as the production of an empty vessel to be filled at some point in the future.  During the course we will look at developments of the Artist’s Book from its historical beginnings in the work of William Blake … Continue reading Artist Book with Cath Ray – Book Binder -19th & 20th September 2020

Mandy trained as a Surface Pattern and Textile Designer and now work from an attic studio in a converted manse in rural Northumberland. 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 have been passed on … Continue reading Lace Books with Mandy Pattullo, 3rd October

workshop Full, please email bookings@hopeandelvis.com to be added to the waitlist 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 have been passed on or discarded. I particularly like to cut up and unpick utility patchworks and … Continue reading Textile collage & Rebel Cross stitch! with Mandy Pattullo 4th October 2020

Cas Homes studied in Fine Art, Maidstone College of Art (UCA) in the eighties before a further study in Japanese art, textiles and paper making in Japan under a Japan Foundation Fellowship and a Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship. S. Cas has also published work including; Textile Landscape, The Found Object in Textile Art, Stitch Stories, … Continue reading Cloth and Shadows with Cas Holmes 10th & 11th October 2020

Cas Homes studied in Fine Art, Maidstone College of Art (UCA) in the eighties before a further study in Japanese art, textiles and paper making in Japan under a Japan Foundation Fellowship and a Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship. S. Cas has also published work including; Textile Landscape, The Found Object in Textile Art, Stitch Stories, … Continue reading Layers, Lines and Images: Improvised Book forms with Cas Holmes – 12th & 13th October 2020

I am delight to have Viv of Hens Teeth back at Hope and Elvis in 2020 Viv’s practice comes from a lifelong and deep need to make, draw, stitch and paint. Viv has worked specifically with vintage textiles, paper and haberdashery since 2000 We shall create a cross body bag, utilising and repurposing time worn … Continue reading Hand Stitched Cross Body Bag with Hens Teeth – 17th October 2020

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‘Emily is a textile Artist living in the Midlands. She mixes contemporary hand embroidery and mixed media methods to create one off wall pieces and landscapes’ Emily studied at Leeds College of Art and Design between 2006 and 2008, which resulted in a passion for Photography, Textiles and Fashion. She then attended the University of … Continue reading Textile, Texture and Surface with Emily Notman – 31st October 2020

Emily Jo Gibbs is a British Artist who over the last two decades has established an international reputation for her delicate textiles. Emily’s latest body of portrait work The Value of Making depicts various making disciplines through to-scale representations of tools; hand-stitched exquisite still life portraits in a collage of silk organza. Emily made these … Continue reading Illustrative Pictures Working with Silk Organza – Emily Jo Gibbs 7th & 8th November 2020

FULL – to be added to the wait list please email bookings@hopeandelvis.com   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. … Continue reading Wire Work with Helaina Sharpley 14th November 2020

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 Collect & Stitch : Stitch with Found and Gathered Materials with Alice Fox, 5th & 6th December 2020

Email Louise@hopeandelvis.com to register your interest   Designer maker Leah is every bit as wonderful as her name with a glorious sense of colour and flair for vintage.. This is a great opportunity to make a hand crafted Angel using an original pattern designed by Leah. You’ll learn doll-making techniques, tips on stuffing, creating faces … Continue reading Heirloom Angel with Leah Halliday – Details Coming Soon

Hope and Elvis would not be the same without Jessies wonderful workshops , such a wonderfully inspiring tutor, it never fails to produce wonderful textile pieces to treasure. This most favourite and popular workshop will focus and explore Jessie’s signature style of hand embroidery combined with her unique approach to applique and patchwork Jessie will … Continue reading Embroidered and Appliqued illustrations with Jessie Chorley – 5th June 2021

This workshop will focus and explore Jessie’s signature style of hand embroidery combined with her unique approach to applique and patchwork as she delicately and sympathetically helps you to create embellishment on pre-loved items of clothing Jessie will show you how she uses pre—worn items of clothing as her canvases as she illustrates them with … Continue reading Embroidered and Applique Story Garments with Jessie Chorley 6th June 2021

A Hope and Elvis day is a great experience, set in a large inspirational studio full of warmth, materials and great food. An ideal gift for any occasion. Hope and Elvis gift vouchers can be used as part or full payment depending on the chosen workshop. To redeem your gift voucher simply choose your workshop … Continue reading Workshop Gift Voucher