Participants draw any flowers and leaves on their sketchbooks in the museum garden and then transfer their drawings onto vintage linen/cotton fabric. Participants will stitch their designs using Emi’s naturally dyed threads, including indigo-dyed yarn. If the weather is good, we will be set up at a table in the garden, and participants will be able to work anywhere in the garden can work anywhere in the garden.

About the Tutor – Emi Fujisawa

Emi is a Japanese textile artist and designer based in England who specialises in hand weaving with natural materials and natural dyeing. She launched her slow fashion garment collection in 2021. She is also trained as a Japanese Sukumo Indigo Dyer in Japan and plans to set up a Japanese Sukumo Indigo Studio in England. 

She is also influenced by the study of traditional textiles, techniques and materials inspired by Confucius's words, who said: "We can learn new things from the past". She loves to explore different countries and find traditional materials, techniques and ideas. She has developed her own style to express her art, which is based in a Japanese identity with European influences.

To book, email: handsonheritage@oxfordshire.gov.uk