It is always advisable to check with the event website or organisers before visiting any of the exhibitions / events listed here.
Note: Events are ordered by their end dates.
Showcasing new ideas developed by contemporary practitioners whose work builds upon Klein’s legacy in design, visual arts, and architecture, presented together with original examples of his design and artistic practice.
Free
Time: 10.00 – 17.00
Venue: V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee DD1 4EZFrom dressing a table loom to weaving in six evenings.
Tutor: Jessica Becker
Cost: £195
Venue: 22 Sanquhar Terrace, Forres, IV36 1DH, Moray, ScotlandThe course will take you through the weaving process from designing and making a warp to dressing the dobby loom and weaving a final project piece.
Tutor: Agnis Smallwood
Times:10am – 1pm for six Fridays from 10th November.
Cost: £295
Venue: Sunny Bank Mills, 83-85 Town St, Farsley, Pudsey, LS28 5UJAn exhibition of local, national & international contemporary fibre art.
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville, Ontario, CanadaA major new exhibition of artworks by Laura Thomas that represents a distillation of all of Laura’s areas of interest in working with thread, making both woven and non-woven works.
Venue: Ruthin Craft Centre, The Centre for the Applied Arts, Park Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire LL15 1BB‘Thread is a powerful metaphor, a material laden with symbolism and a basis for a craft language understood the world over’.
An exhibition representing a distillation of Laura Thomas’ areas of interest in working with thread, making both woven and unwoven works.
Open: Tues–Sun 10am–5.30pm
Free
Venue: Ruthin Craft Centre, The Centre for the Applied Arts, Park Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1BBA radical new look at one of the world’s best-known textiles. Tartan celebrates the global story of a unique pattern, and how the rules of the grid have inspired creativity from the everyday to the sublime.
Open daily except Tuesday, 10.00 – 17.00
Advance booking is recommended.
Venue: V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee DD1 4EZThe deadline for applications for grants from the Theo Moorman Trust for Weavers is February 1st 2024. Applicants need to have at least two and a half years experience after completing higher education, and live and work in the UK. Full criteria and details of how to apply: www.theomoormantrust.org.uk
Website: https://www.theomoormantrust.org.uk/how-to-applyTextile designer, weaver, and color authority Dorothy Liebes (1897–1972) helped shape American tastes in areas from interiors and transportation to industrial design, fashion, and film. This exhibition, including textiles, textile samples, fashion, furniture, documents, and photographs, reveals the scope of her achievements and adds a new thread to the story of mid-century modernism.
No maker stands in isolation: skills are learned, and skills are passed on; traditions are inherited, and transmitted to future generations. Makers respond to what has gone before, to the world around them, and to the future. Lineages will explore some of the threads which run through the Crafts Study Centre’s collections, connecting makers and their practices, past and present.
The exhibition to end February focusses on Textiles and Wood.
Venue: Crafts Study Centre Falkner Road Farnham, Surrey GU9Heallreaf 5, the international biennial exhibition of tapestry weaving, will take place in four venues in 2024 – 2025:
29 June 2024 – 29 August 2024 Weston Park, Shropshire
10 – 22 September 2024 Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester (tbc)
November – December 2024 The Morley Gallery, London (tbc)
8 January 2025 – 6 March 2025 Farfield Mill, Cumbria.
The deadline for entries is 1 March 2024. For further details see website.
Website: https://www.heallreaf.com/This exhibition explores printed propaganda textiles over more than two centuries, from the French Revolution to Brexit.
Times: Tuesdays – Saturdays, 11.00 – 18.00.
Venue: Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XFAn exhibition of tapestry and woven cloth exploring our relationship with butterflies and moths. A collaboration between weavers from Darlington Weaving Rooms and Northern members of the British Tapestry Group.
Venue: Preston Park Museum, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 3RHA display revealing the many uses of the Japanese dye ‘beni’, made from safflower petals, including textiles and ukiyo-e woodblock prints.
Admission: Free
Venue: V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RLThe ancient practice of embroidery, called tatreez in Arabic, is the most important cultural material of Palestine. Material Power charts the evolution of embroidery in Palestine over the past century , including work by contemporary artists.
Venue: The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER‘Is it alive?’ features textile installations that come to life thanks to technology including ‘I am Storm’, the result of research into self-supporting woven structures using metal threads on a computer-controlled Jaquard loom.
Venue: Textiel Museum, Goirkestraat 96, 5046 GN Tilburg, NetherlandsHilary Bourne (1909 – 2004) and Barbara Allen (1903 – 1972) were two of the most significant UK textile designers of the modernist period, designing and making fabrics for sectors including fashion, intereiors, film and aviation.
Venue: Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft, Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex, BN6 8SPThe Macclesfield Silk Museums have a unique collection of textiles, pattern books and items associated with creating print for fabrics, especially on silk. This new exhibition presents many of these items together for the first time to show how textiles were designed and to explore historic methods including block printing.
Venue: MacclesfieldFour online study group sessions (20th September 2023, 24th January, 24th. April and 17th July 2024) meeting seasonally to explore weld, madder, Saxon blue and overdyeing.
Led by Jane Deane.
Time: 7.30pm – 9pm.
Cost: £126.
Website: https://theloomshed.com/An opportunity to weave your own rug or wall hanging on a pre-warped 8 shaft Finnish-made Toika floor loom, with support from James Donald.
Times: Tuesdays and/or Thursday evenings, 6pm – 9pm.
Cost: initial 4 week block £120 (thereafter £25 per session as required).
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETThe first UK exhibition dedicated to the work of French couturière, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, charting the establishment of the House of CHANEL and the evolution of her iconic design style which continues to influence the way women dress today.
Closing date not yet published.
Check website for booking details and closing date.
Venue: V&A Kensington, LondonThe International Weaving group presents its second virtual exhibition with highly personal responses with the theme ‘Freedom’, featuring work by weavers from Sweden, UK, Italy, France, Belgium and The Netherlands.
A guided tour can be found here: https://www.artsteps.com/view/63b6cc430049f1b7328b7dd5
Website: http://www.weven.euA call for entries for the 3rd on-line exhibition of the International Weaving Group, on the theme of Bees, that will open in April 2024.
Broad interpretations welcomed. For more information contact exhibition@weefnetwerk.nl.
Entry deadline 29 November 2023.
This course offers one-to-one tuition, with access to an extensive range of specialist textile literature. All materials and equipment are provided, and the class is suitable for both beginners and those with previous weave experience.
Contact James Donald for availability.
Times: Tuesday or Thursday evenings, 6pm – 9pm.
Cost: £330 (11 classes).
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETAn online tour of the recent exhibition at Japan House, London, exploring the Japanese art of kumihimo, an intricate, decorative braided cord.
Venue: Japan House, 101-111 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5SAA self-directed online course created by designer/weaver Laura Thomas. Suitable for those with existing weaving knowledge who want to build their design understanding and confidence.
Cost: £125
Venue: https://www.laurathomas.co.uk/designforweaveA series of podcasts exploring the way in which cloth speaks to us and the impact it has on our lives.
https://hapticandhue.com/
Website: http://hapticandhue.com/A symposium draws on speakers from a range of backgrounds backgrounds to illuminate Bernat Klein’s practice spanning design, art and architecture, and his enduring influence today.
Cost: £12 (concessions £6)
Time: 10.00 – 16.30
Venue: V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee DD1 4EZA Christmas sale of members’ hand crafted work.
Venue: St Mary's School Buildings, Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire BA 14 6EUAn ongoing series of interactive online sessions providing an opportunity to explore an aspect tapestry weaving: Shape and Line in Tapestry
Facilitated by Irene Evison and Anna Wetherell of Nearly Wild Weaving.
Time: either 2.30pm or 7pm UK time.
See website for further info and to to book a place.
Venue: OnlineWith Winter settling in, come and explore the patterns and textures in trees, sky and water and create a small woven tapestry inspired by the landscape around the Mill. Suitable for beginners and improvers.
Tutor: Anna Weatherell
Time: 10am – 4pm.
Cost: £60 plus £5 to be paid to the tutor.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5LWExplore the patterns and textures in trees, sky and water and create a small woven tapestry inspired by the winter landscape around the Mill.
Suitable for beginners and improvers.
Tutor: Anna Wetherell
Cost: £60 plus £5 to be paid to the tutor
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LWAn ongoing series of interactive online sessions providing an opportunity to discuss any issues we are coming across in our tapestry weaving with the aim of helping each other find solutions for practical weaving problems.
Facilitated by Irene Evison and Anna Wetherell of Nearly Wild Weaving.
Time: 7pm UK time.
See website for further info and to to book a place.
Venue: OnlineThis workshop has been designed for you and a friend to work together on a small project such as a cushion cover. You will be sharing a loom throughout the workshop and working collaboratively.
Tutor: Agnis Smallwood
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: £95 plus booking fee
During the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Cost: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETSee website for details.
Website: https://www.walthamabbeywoolshow.co.uk/Learn to warp up and weave this weft-faced Scandinavian technique.
Tutor: Angie Parker
Cost: £315
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYAn introduction to the basic skills involved in creating a woven tapestry, from warping up a simple frame loom to exploring flat woven techniques, creating shapes, lines and playing with colour.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
Time: 10am- 4pm
Cost: £215
Venue: Studio 114, WASPS Studio, Patriothall, Edinburgh, EH3 5AYA workshop accompanying the current exhibition ‘Double Weave: Bourne and Allen’s Modernist Textiles’.
The first day will involve indigo dyeing which will then be woven on the second day of the workshop, on a frame loom.
Tutor: Poppy Fuller Abbott (whose work appears in the exhibition).
Cost: £180
Venue: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex, BN6 8SPExplore the use of colour and texture, how to dress a loom, and how to read pattern draft. Suitable for both absolute beginners and
developing weavers.
Tutor: Jan Beadle
Cost: Residential £365 , non-residential £255. Yarns £15 purchasable from tutor.
Venue: Higham Hall College, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9SHTaught live through Zoom with a small group of students. Using simple equipment and materials, you will create 4 different hand woven passementerie designs in the form of a sampler.
Tutor: Elizabeth Ashdown
Cost: £160.00
Time: 4:00pm – 7:15 pm UK time
Venue: OnlineExplore a range of techniques to create surface and texture in tapestry weaving. Suitable for beginners and developing weavers.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £215
Venue: WASPS, Studio 114, Patriothall, Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH3 5AYTime: 10:30am – 5pm
Venue: The Burgess Hall, One Leisure, Westwood Rd, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6WUDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Cost: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETWeave a cushion panel on a 50cm wide four shaft table loom. No sewing required.
Tutor: Angie Parker
Cost: £80 (plus £3.95 booking fee)
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Venue: Creative Space, 56-58 North St., Bristol Southville, Bristol BS3 1HJWeave a cushion panel on a 50cm wide four shaft table loom. No sewing required.
Tutor: Angie Parker
Cost: £80 (plus £3.95 booking fee)
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Venue: Creative Space, 56-58 North St., Bristol Southville, Bristol BS3 1HJA residential tapestry weaving holiday (4 days tuition). For more information and booking see Gartmore House website.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
https://www.fionahutchison.co.uk/workshops/
Venue: Gartmore Estate, Stirling, FK8 3RSSpend the day dyeing an indigo scarf using stitched Shibori techniques .
Tutors: Jeanette and Ellie Orrell.
Cost: £79
Venue: Oriel Davies Gallery, The Park, Newtown, Powys, UK, SY16 2NZA talk by Alison Wibner exploring samples from the Sunny Bank Mills archive dating between 1942-1945, including examples of experimentation with ground-breaking wool fibre blends incorporating man-made fibres. Following the talk there will be an opportunity to visit the rest of the Archive.
Time: 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Cost £5 plus booking fee.
Venue: Sunny Bank Mills Archive, Water Lane, Farsley, LS28 5UJFor urther details and tickets see website.
Venue: Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7QRSee website for futher information.
Venue: Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7QRAn exhibition by Ros Hornbuckle, who spins and dyes the yarns she weaves with.
Venue: Oriel Ynys Mon, Llangefni, Anglesey LL77 7TQA six-day beginners’ course.
Dates: 10th- 11th, 17th-18th and 24th-25th February 2024.
Cost: £350
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYHow to weave a variety of marks and lines, from clean sharp edges to soft broken lines. Suitable for beginners and developing weavers.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £215
Venue: WASPS, Studio 114, Patriothall, Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH3 5AYA two-day workshop for intermediate spinners.
Cost: £95.
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYSee website for further information.
Venue: The Norfolk Showground Arena, NR5 0TTClasses for all levels of experience, yarn sales and more. See website for further information.
Venue: Dornoch, SutherlandWeave a cushion panel on a 50cm wide four shaft table loom. No sewing required.
Tutor: Angie Parker
Cost: £80 (plus £3.95 booking fee)
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Venue: Creative Space, 56-58 North St., Bristol Southville, Bristol BS3 1HJWeave a cushion panel on a 50cm wide four shaft table loom. No sewing required.
Tutor: Angie Parker
Cost: £80 (plus £3.95 booking fee)
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Venue: Creative Space, 56-58 North St., Bristol Southville, Bristol BS3 1HJThis exhibition, by six handweavers who studied at the Handweavers Studio and Gallery in London, celebrates hand weaving as a complement to the power looms at Whitchurch Silk Mill.
This exhibition is included in the cost of entry.
Venue: Whitchurch Silk Mill, 28 Winchester Street, Whitchurch, RG28 7AA three-day workshop led by Margo Selby.
Cost: £340.
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYA workshop designed to develop thinking about colour in the context of weaving.
Tutor: Margo Selby
Cost: £330
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYA residential tapestry weaving holiday (4 days tuition). For more information and booking see Gartmore House website.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
https://www.fionahutchison.co.uk/workshops/
Venue: Gartmore Estate, Stirling, FK8 3RSThe Scottish Wool Producers’ Showcase shines a spotlight on yarns with a distinctly Scottish origin and their makers.
Time: 11am – 4pm
Cost: £9
Venue: Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, PH2 0THDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Cost: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETA range of whole and part fleeces, sample boxes etc. from a variety of breeds (including lustre fleeces) plus shearing demonstrations.
Time: 9am – 4pm
Venue: Fernhill Farm Cheddar Road, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6LDMakers Guild Wales hosts this exhibition of woven textiles by one of its members.
For further information and updates on artist’s talks and weave workshops see website.
Woven/Unwoven is a Ruthin Craft Centre-initiated exhibition.
Venue: Craft in the Bay, The Flourish, Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff CF10 4QHSee website for further information.
Venue: The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley Gates, Harrogate Road, Leeds LS17 8GSTaught live through Zoom with a small group of students. Using simple equipment and materials, you will create 4 different hand woven passementerie designs in the form of a sampler.
Tutor: Elizabeth Ashdown
Cost: £160.00
Time: 4:00pm – 7:15 pm UK time
Venue: OnlineA two-day workshop led by Laura Thomas.
Cost: £225.
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYFor weavers already confident in designing and weaving double cloth structures on a block draft, an opportunity to learn how to weave motifs on a double cloth pointed draft and how to design your own double cloth motifs.
Tutor: Laura Thomas
Cost: £225
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYSee website for further information.
Times: Saturday 10am – 5:30pm, Sunday 10am – 4:30pm.
Venue: Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, PowysDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Cost: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETA touring exhibition of members’ work to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Braid Society.
For further information go to www.braidsociety.com.
Techniques to achieve woven fabrics that look as though they have been stitched, visually referencing Japanese sashiko embroidery.
Tutor: James Donald
Cost: £330
Venue: Devon Weavers Workshop, 8 Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes TQ9 7DYIncluding a talk by Ann Martin, former spinner/weaver at Quarry Bank Mill, suppliers’ stalls and exhibition of work. Open to all members of AGWSD Guilds from 10 am to 3.30pm. Entry free – bring a dish for a shared meal. Contact: cheshireguildwsd@gmail.com.
Venue: Frodsham Community Centre, Fluin Lane WA6 7QNCelebrating creativity, the festival brings together over 750 established and emerging makers, designers, brands and galleries from around the world.
For details of exhibitors and venues ee the website.
Venue: VariousSee website for further information.
During the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETCheck the website for details.
Venue: Magna, Magna Way, Templeborough, S60 1FDSee website for further info.
Venue: J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, LA7 7FPDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETA residential tapestry weaving holiday (4 days tuition). For more information and booking see Gartmore House website.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
https://www.fionahutchison.co.uk/workshops/
Venue: Gartmore Estate, Stirling, FK8 3RSA touring exhibition of members’ work to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Braid Society.
For further information go to www.braidsociety.com.
The conference will celebrate the riches of wool, from historical practices through to current and future possibilities, commencing with dinner on Friday 12 July and closing after lunch on Sunday 14 July. Bursaries are available for this event. See website for full programme.
Venue: Bicton College, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton EX9 7BYDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETLearn the fundamentals of setting up a four-shaft table loom to be able to weave independently. For beginners and refreshers.
Tutor: Ali Sharman.
Cost: £210 plus £5 materials.
Introduction to Studio Practice offers students the opportunity to build their creative and technical skills in tapestry weaving, aimed at those who have completed a beginners course and are looking to extend their practice.
The study programme runs from January to September 2024 and requires commitment to 5 x 2-day workshops plus guided and self-directed study through a series of projects.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
Cost: £995
Venue: Studio 114, WASPS Studio, Patriothall, EH3 5AYFeaturing independent yarn dyers, producers of single origin wool, tutors and lecturers.
Venue: Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, PH2 0THA residential tapestry weaving holiday (4 days tuition). For more information and booking see Gartmore House website.
Tutor: Fiona Hutchison
https://www.fionahutchison.co.uk/workshops/
Venue: Gartmore Estate, Stirling, FK8 3RSDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETDuring the weekend weave class you will receive targeted and concentrated tuition, with access to a range of specialist textile literature, samples and notes, with the purpose of you leaving with a firmer grasp of how cloth is woven.
Tutor: James Donald
Times: 9.15am – 4pm
Cost: £275
Venue: Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6ETSpend an afternoon weaving on a traditional dobby handloom, in a small group with plenty of individual support.
Time: 2.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Cost: £35
Venue: Twisting Gallery Studios, 83-85 Town Street, Farsley, LS28 5UJ, West YorkshireA celebration of the rich heritage of the woollen industry of Cumbria and the Yorkshire by the Threadmill Textile Artists group.
Venue: Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, LA10 5LWThe 6th International Braiding Conference will take place in Cleveland, Ohio, with workshops, talks and other activities.
See website for further information.
Website: https://amksoc.org/uncategorized/braids-2025/