In this mixed-media workshop, you’ll make layered textile art. You’ll explore how cut pieces, sheer materials, and stitching can create depth, movement, and visual excitement.

Using shapes from geometry, nature, and maps, you’ll create a mixed-media surface that balances planned design with spontaneous creation, where layers hide, show, and change each other.

We will use the Silhouette Cameo to produce precise cut elements, along with a curated set of pre-cut laser shapes for further experimentation. We will combine these components with fabric, collage materials, and hand stitching to build a richly layered composition.

Techniques include electronic and hand-cutting, collage construction, layering strategies, slow stitching, and surface development. The retreat will emphasize composition, material relationships, and the evolution of a cohesive visual structure.

You will develop your own visual style by exploring processes, layering, and materials. By the end of the workshop, you will have finished mixed-media textile pieces.