BLOOMS
The workshop gives participants the opportunity to create a small fabric collage using old materials that are meaningful to them. “I invite people to think about the origin and creation of an item, about what it can tell us and how it can inspire us.”
Blooms consists of hundreds of floral embroideries by a myriad of anonymous women, brought together to flourish. Heidi is an acclaimed artist moving between the realms of art and memory through embroidery.
“My work listens to the mundane and attempts to interpret the narratives which are embedded in our everyday. It draws from domestic activities: habits, objects and intimacy, and looks for ways in which to create paths between the private and the public, between the inside and the outside.
…I believe that handmade objects have a physical memory and absorb the essence of their makers. The process of sewing is essential to to me: piercing the fibers allows me to create both a physical and an emotional bond with the material. Working with old textiles is especially important, my mission is to give discarded handiworks and their creators a new existence.”
Heidi's practice incorporates the tactile and the performative, ultimately arriving at a body of work that is both spiritual and deeply grounded in the handmade and physical.
- Julia Harris, Textile Arts Center New York
Participants should bring their own piece of fabric. There is a fantastic flee market in Consell every Sunday. All the other materials will be provided.
Final project: your own Bloom!
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum 15 people
Cost per person: 150 €
The workshop gives participants the opportunity to create a small fabric collage using old materials that are meaningful to them. “I invite people to think about the origin and creation of an item, about what it can tell us and how it can inspire us.”
Blooms consists of hundreds of floral embroideries by a myriad of anonymous women, brought together to flourish. Heidi is an acclaimed artist moving between the realms of art and memory through embroidery.
“My work listens to the mundane and attempts to interpret the narratives which are embedded in our everyday. It draws from domestic activities: habits, objects and intimacy, and looks for ways in which to create paths between the private and the public, between the inside and the outside.
…I believe that handmade objects have a physical memory and absorb the essence of their makers. The process of sewing is essential to to me: piercing the fibers allows me to create both a physical and an emotional bond with the material. Working with old textiles is especially important, my mission is to give discarded handiworks and their creators a new existence.”
Heidi's practice incorporates the tactile and the performative, ultimately arriving at a body of work that is both spiritual and deeply grounded in the handmade and physical.
- Julia Harris, Textile Arts Center New York
Participants should bring their own piece of fabric. There is a fantastic flee market in Consell every Sunday. All the other materials will be provided.
Final project: your own Bloom!
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum 15 people
Cost per person: 150 €
The workshop gives participants the opportunity to create a small fabric collage using old materials that are meaningful to them. “I invite people to think about the origin and creation of an item, about what it can tell us and how it can inspire us.”
Blooms consists of hundreds of floral embroideries by a myriad of anonymous women, brought together to flourish. Heidi is an acclaimed artist moving between the realms of art and memory through embroidery.
“My work listens to the mundane and attempts to interpret the narratives which are embedded in our everyday. It draws from domestic activities: habits, objects and intimacy, and looks for ways in which to create paths between the private and the public, between the inside and the outside.
…I believe that handmade objects have a physical memory and absorb the essence of their makers. The process of sewing is essential to to me: piercing the fibers allows me to create both a physical and an emotional bond with the material. Working with old textiles is especially important, my mission is to give discarded handiworks and their creators a new existence.”
Heidi's practice incorporates the tactile and the performative, ultimately arriving at a body of work that is both spiritual and deeply grounded in the handmade and physical.
- Julia Harris, Textile Arts Center New York
Participants should bring their own piece of fabric. There is a fantastic flee market in Consell every Sunday. All the other materials will be provided.
Final project: your own Bloom!
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum 15 people
Cost per person: 150 €
About the tutor
Heidi Hankaniemi was born in Finland, lives and works in New York City.
Heidi received her BA (Hons) Degree in Critical Fine Art Practice and a Foundation Diploma in Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins in London UK. Her work is predominately textile -based. Hankaniemi's work has been exhibited throughout Europe and in the US, including at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Mana Contemporary Art Center. Solo exhibitions include L’Space Gallery in Chelsea NY 2023,
Espacio Valverde Madrid, The Finnish Consulate NY for New York Textile Month. Her Bloom pieces are available at ABC Carpet and Home in Manhattan New York.
In addition to Fine Art Hankaniemi has worked extensively within the commercial arts field, focusing on site-specific installations and visuals. These include projects for Swarovski, Sir Elton John, Tiffany’s, among others. Hankaniemi’s work is included in private collections in Europe and America and has been featured in publications ranging from Artnet and Architectural Digest to Elle Decor, Vogue, Hola and HELLO!.
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