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Fabric Covered Hats with Sarah Lomax

Millinery is a large subject area, and the course will begin on the first evening with an introduction and an explanation of the variety of different materials and methods used […]

Leather and Silk Flower Headpiece

Tutor: Anne Tomlin The aim of this course is to experiment with different techniques of couture flower making using a mixture of traditional French and Japanese somebana heated tools. You […]

Making Spring Flowers with Anne Tomlin

Tutor: Anne Tomlin Make beautiful silk spring flowers, including narcissi, anemones and snowdrops. Learn lots of flower making techniques, experimenting with traditional heated tools to manipulate silks and velvets to […]

Dahlias with Anne Tomlin

Tutor: Anne Tomlin Observe and make a realistic silk dahlia using traditional flower-making tools together with Anne’s own techniques that she has developed over her long career in millinery. The […]

Silk Daisy Chain

Tutor: Anne Tomlin The aim of this course is to introduce students to the art of millinery silk flower making using a mixture of traditional French and Japanese somebana heated tools. […]

Silk Orchid

Tutor: Anne Tomlin Learn how to make couture millinery orchids using different types of silk. Learn about the construction of an orchid through observation and drawing. Each process will be demonstrated […]

Velvet Rose

Tutor: Anne Tomlin Learn how to make couture silk and velvet roses using silk velvet and silk. Learn about the construction of flowers through observation and drawing. Each process will […]