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January 2021
Virtual ‘Research, Design and Collection Creation;’ Course (10 wks)
Do you feel you have the practical skills to create millinery but struggle to come up with unique designs? Do you want to stop just making and start designing? Do you want to inject originality into your millinery and feel confident to create designs from your inspiration? We can help you with this challenge, we will guide you through the steps you need to take to design and create your own collections. Here is an outline of what is covered RESEARCH…
Find out more »Millinery Course – 8 lessons
Course millinery couture Making hats is the prefect match between ‘art’ and ‘craft’. Learn in eight evenings de traditional techniques of this beautiful craft and get inspired by creativity. At the end of the course you have finished two perfect beautiful hats for yourself. How great is that! Of course you can use wooden shapes of my special course collection. And choose materials & accessories from an enormous stock in the atelier. 18 January - 15 March
Find out more »March 2021
1950’s Straw Braid Hat
3rd, 16th, 19th March During this online workshop Tracy will show you how to recreate this vintage “1950’s Straw Braid Hat” using traditional and modern millinery techniques. Whilst guiding you through the process Tracy will give you clear instructions and will clearly demonstrate each technique. You will then repeat the process with her guidance. Guest tutor Veronica Main MBE will join us to share her expertise and knowledge and will start the Masterclass with an informative discussion about straw braid.…
Find out more »Online Freeform Sinamay Techniques with Tracy Chaplin
Learn how to sculpt and manipulate Sinamay to create individual and innovative designs. Date: March 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th. Time: 9.00am - 12.00pm GMT each day with email support and video links. Price: £295
Find out more »Virtual Silk Abaca Chrysanthemum
Online Class with Jenny Roberts This course is aimed at: Those who want to expand their flower making skills. This course is suitable for all levels The course will involve: How to manipulate the silk into petals How to put petals together to form the flowers and create the centre of the flower 10% off all courses (except module courses) with the offer code XMAS10 - expires 31.12.2020
Find out more »Millinery Masterclass – Italian Mesh Headdresses
Would you like to learn how to create your very own headpieces, fascinators… transforming them into unique jewel headdresses for an upcoming event? …or perhaps you’re passionate about hats, fascinators, headdresses and would like to start learning more about the art of millinery! The course is suitable for beginners who want to start out in the art of millinery, for people who want to make headdresses for an upcoming event or professionals in millinery and fashion who would like to…
Find out more »Making Spring Flowers
Make beautiful silk spring flowers, including narcissi, anemones and snowdrops. Learn lots of flower making techniques and experiment with traditional heated tools to manipulate silks and velvets to shape the petals. The aim of this course is to learn about millinery of silk flowers from observation of flowers and to interpret them using silk, velvet, paper clay, and wire. You will learn many techniques of millinery silk flower-making using a mixture of traditional French and Japanese Somebana heated tools. You…
Find out more »July 2021
Flower making with Bridget Bailey
Dates: 10-17 July 2021 Teacher: BRIDGET BAILEY Location: CHATEAU DUMAS, Nr Toulouse, FRANCE Email: enquiries@chateaudumas.net Website: www.chateaudumas.net/workshop/106/ Bridget has an unsurpassed reputation for intriguing ideas and exquisite making and over the years she has developed a particular set of skills and techniques for working with silk, sinamay and straw. This workshop will focus on flower-making and you’ll learn some of the secrets behind Bridget’s extraordinary designs. With endless good humour and enthusiasm, she'll show you how to manipulate materials to…
Find out more »More Millinery Perfection with Dillon Wallwork
Haute-couture milliner Dillon Wallwork returns to Chateau Dumas again in 2021. With over 35 years’ experience in high-end model millinery, Dillon has a set of skills that make his classes essential for students wanting to improve their traditional skills. This 7-night workshop is aimed at competent milliners who are looking to take their skills to a more refined level. During the week Dillon will cover advanced techniques for blocking and creating a variety of foundations including Sparterie. Understanding how to…
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