In this self-paced online workshop, you will learn three of the most important couching techniques seen in medieval goldwork embroidery: diaper pattern couching with passing thread, basket weave couching with passing thread over string padding and diaper pattern couching with Japanese thread (similar to medieval membrane gold) over string padding. Read more

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