March Workshop. Lisa Binkley, "Dots and Dashes: The Language of the Handmade Stitch"
Thu, Mar 13
|Greater Portland Bible Church
Lisa Binkley hand stitches with embroidery and beads to explore line, mass, visual movement, overlay, shading, and positive and negative space. A supply list will be emailed to you a month before the workshop.
Time & Location
Mar 13, 2025, 9:00 AM – Mar 15, 2025, 4:00 PM
Greater Portland Bible Church, 2374 SW Vermont St, Portland, OR 97219, USA
Guests
About the event
Dots, dashes, lines, and other shapes have been used throughout history to communicate ideas and information. Each artist can develop their own recognizable style of visual communication through hand stitching with embroidery thread and beads. The development of this textured “hand writing” or visual communication is the focus of this 3-day workshop. We'll explore line, mass, visual movement, overlay, shading, and positive and negative space. Hand stitching with beads and embroidery thread is a meditative and expressive way to create textured shapes that express your feelings and ideas.
About the Artist
Lisa Binkley loves sharing her life-long passion for fiber art and beads through her artwork, classes, and lectures. Since 2007, she has taught workshops throughout the US and internationally and in her home studio in Madison, Wisconsin where she lives with her husband, artist Ed Binkley, and their big, fluffy dog. Her award-winning artwork has been selected for national…