In this self-paced online course, you‘ll dive into the world of Opus anglicanum.  A famous style of embroidery practised in England, and indeed the rest of Europe, in the 12th to the 15th centuries. The style is characterised by the use of very fine directional split stitch and underside couched Read more

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

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