November 2024 – Workshop led by Dot Black in Edinburgh

Sixteen members took part in a one-day workshop that focused on experimental drawing using natural forms as a stimulus, working from A4 up to large-scale. The group explored drawing with the non-dominant hand, making continuous line drawings and using a range of media and mark-making tools.

March 2024 – Workshop led by Sheila Mortlock in Penicuik

Twelve members of EDGE Textile Artists Scotland took part in a two-day weekend workshop, Printed Layers for Stitch. The group participants experimented with gel plate printing using acrylic paints with fabric medium, alongside various print blocks, stencils and Thermofax plates. Artworks were developed from those prints using techniques including deconstruction, appliqué, collage and stitch.

2022 – Workshops led by Dominique Cameron and Eleanor K White

In an online workshop with Eleanor White, Abstract Form – Text & Tone, members worked with text and handwriting to create a series of small black and white designs. In a second online class, Abstraction into Personal Motif, the group moved onto some colour compositions, while working towards a final composition using their own images and inspirations.

Members met with Dominique Cameron for the workshop Making a Map, exploring and documenting their memories of a favourite walk. They were encouraged to reference poems and interpret their memories in both pictorial or abstract ways.