My journey into researching medieval goldwork embroidery began over ten years ago. It is an ongoing labour of love, one that I am deeply grateful for. Over the years, I have had the privilege to visit originals, stitch replicas, and study other people’s research into this fascinating art form. The Read more

In this self-paced online course, you‘ll learn three of the most important medieval embroidery techniques: beading, couching and silk embroidery. The design has been adapted from a chasuble orphrey fragment held at the Bayerischen Nationalmuseum in Munich, Germany (Inv. Nr. T 297). This particular scene is part of a famous Read more

In this self-paced online course, you‘ll learn two of the most important medieval embroidery techniques: couching and silk embroidery. The designs have been adapted from the so-called Wolfgangskasel, exhibited at the Domschatzmuseum Regensburg. The bell chasuble, which was made soon after AD 1050, has a gold-embroidered forked cross. The ‘real’ Read more

In this self-paced online course, you‘ll learn two of the most important medieval embroidery techniques: couching and silk embroidery. The designs have been adapted from the so-called Wolfgangskasel, exhibited at the Domschatzmuseum Regensburg. The bell chasuble, which was made soon after AD 1050, has a gold-embroidered forked cross. The ‘real’ Read more