Sumner, Brisbane

classes and kits: Sewing and Embroidery • Textiles • Print Making

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Hi, my name is Nicole. I am a retired Travel Agent with a serious passion for creating beautiful hand-made products using natural fibres and incorporating up-cycled materials.

I developed a fascination for Japanese Arts & Crafts in my early twenties when I first worked with Japanese tourists and visited Japan. In 2019 I qualified as an Ikebana teacher (Japanese art of flower arranging - Sogetsu School) still attending classes and workshops on a regular basis, having recently obtained my 3rd grade teachers diploma.

My creative passion has also incorporated a dab in pottery to make my own Ikebana vases and designing and carving stamps to print my own unique patterns incorporating some of our local flower and fauna, having attended a workshop in October 2024 with Rowan Sivyer, the queen of Modern Block Printing and learning new techniques.

Having attended various Boro & Sashiko workshops as well as having travelled through Japan on a textile tour in December 2018 I learned more about Boro, Sashiko and various other embroidery techniques such as Kogin and Chiku Chiku not to mention Indigo Shibori dying. I refreshed my knowledge on all of the above during a hands on craft tour of Hobard in August 2024.

I love sharing my knowledge and hold regular workshops in my Studio, situated on the Mezzanine Level of an Industrial Shed (stairs, no lift available) in Sumner Park.

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