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“Golden Basket with Flowers” Gold Work, with Edith Lynch Bouriez
Tuesdays, August 3, 10, 17 & 24: 9 A.M..–Noon
Member $225; Nonmember $275
The lightship basket, made of wooden staves and woven cane has become iconic in Nantucket, even being replicated in real gold. In this “Golden Basket” needlework design, gold thread of lustrous cotton as well as a variety of real and synthetic metallic threads and basic crewel stitches are used. The class will include instruction of gold-embroidery techniques using couched Japanese gold, sequins, pearl purl, bullion, laying cords, soutache, braid, and more in a tradition that dates back centuries to ecclesiastical embroidery. The work is always done on a frame, as some stitches are worked exclusively on the surface of the fabric. This class is designed for intermediate to advanced students. Please bring a notebook and embroidery scissors.
All materials provided. Maximum class size: 6
Edith Lynch Bouriez, was principal needlework teacher for Erica Wilson for twenty years She was responsible for the management of her shop in New York, organization of her Nantucket Needlework Seminars, and taught workshops in a wide variety of disciplines nationally and internationally. She holds a teaching certificate in Crewel from the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Inc. and has taught at itsnational seminar. Starting in 1989, while living in France half of each year, she organized and taught extensively both in Paris and in the southwest of France. In 2009, she added knitting in cashmere to her agenda in Nantucket. A native New Yorker, she has been a summer resident of the island for over fifty-eight years, owning one of the oldest houses for much of that time.
