W22

Tulle Embroidery – Transparent Traces from the Archive

Fri 02 – Sun 04 April 2027

This workshop is part of an ongoing series of courses that use the historical collections of the Textile Centre of Haslach as a lively starting point for participants' own textile work.

This time, we will focus on tulle needle lace, a fine, transparent, and easily learned technique, where simple thread movements create lines, rhythms, areas, and ornamental structures. We will examine selected archive patterns, interpret their shapes, repetitions, and design principles, and transfer motifs, fragments, or structural ideas onto tulle. Step by step, we will explore possibilities of density, permeability, and movement. Thus, historical templates become the starting point for a personal textile handwriting between ornamentation and free embroidery.

Group of participants: those interested in embroidery, historical patterns, archival work and experimental work with tulle; suitable for beginners and experienced embroiderers
Requirements: Patience, curiosity, joy, and a willingness to work with fine material and an embroidery hoop
Number of participants: max. 10 persons
Course times: Fr: 17:00 – 20:00, Sat: 9:00 – 13:00 and 14:30 – 18:00, Sun: 9:00 – 13:00
Course fee: 230 Euros, for students 210 Euros (excluding 25 € material costs)

Course instructor: TANJA BOUKAL, Austria
Born in Vienna in 1976, trained in embroidery and textile technology as well as stage design; artistic work focused on textile techniques and social issues since 2000, numerous international exhibitions, lives and works in Vienna.
More info: www.boukal.at