28) Turkish Embroidery & Embellishment

About this class

In this class, you will learn about the basics of Turkish Embroidery, which has all the characteristics of fine art.

Turkish Embroidery can be used in daily life at every level of society – for men’s and women’s garments, i.e. robes, kaftans, underclothing, a variety of decorated scarf, shawl, waist coat, cape, handkerchiefs.

However, the most striking examples of Turkish Embroidery can be found within the soft furnishing of any house, i.e. on cushion covers, wall and door curtains, hand towels, cloth coverings, purses, bags, pillows, frames, boxes, etc. In this class you will learn the art of Turkish embroidery and embellishment.

Class Outline

1. Basic Embroidery stitch – stem-, back-, chain-, bullion- and daisy-stitch, colonial knot
2. The count work ( hesap işi)
3. Turkish embroidery (türk işi)
4. Openwork embroidery (ajurlar) – lentil-, spider web-, ladder hem-, padded-, satin- stich, needle weaving, cut work
5. Cross stitch (kanavi çe)
6. Maraş work embroidery (golden thread satin stitch)
7. Antep work embroidery (ladder hem stitch)
8. Suzeni embroidery

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

Participants are required to buy their own materials beforehand and bring them to every class

• Fabrics: Class 1 to 4: 1m Cotton Batiste / Class 5 to 8: 1m Linen
• Sharp Embroidery Needles size 9
• Tapestry Needles size 24 to 26
• Set of embroidery cotton threads in different colors (DMC)
• Set of Gold and silver color, yellow and grey embroidery threads (DMC)
• Pencil
• Pencil Sharpener
• Tracing paper
• Fine Bladed Scissors

Further Materials needed may be indicated by the lecturer as the course progresses

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:

• Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
• Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
• Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
• Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
• Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Thu, 5 Feb, 2015
End: Thu, 9 Apr, 2015
Lessons: 8, no classes on March 5th and 12th
Days: Thursdays
Time: 5 pm – 8 pm
Location: VCUQatar, Room 254
Cost: QAR 1,200 / US$ 330

Instructors

Arzu Demirok

Arzu Demirok is a Turkish Embroidery and Embellishment Teacher coming from Ankara. She has lived and taught her art in various different countries in Europe, Australia and now Arabia and has written and published a series of articles and a book ‘History in a Dowry Box’ to introduce the subject to a wider audience.

Register

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