Millinery workshop - Wendy Knight
LEARN TO MAKE UNIQUE SUMMER HEAD PIECES AT THE LEITRIM DESIGN HOUSE
What do you get when you combine colourful straws and silks, exotic plumes, crinoline, dazzling beads with a splash of glamour? The answer is breathtaking hats. The current Renaissance in the craft of hat making gives inspiration to all of us to produce the ultimate accessory.
A special one day workshop in the art of millinery will take place on June 14th between 11am and 4pm at the Leitrim Design House.
Create your own headpiece for summer celebrations with milliner Wendy Knight of Wendy Louise Designs.
Wendy is one of ten outstanding Irish designers that make up RED THREAD APPLIED applied art and design - RED THREAD is a new cooperative body established to promote the work and interests of a group of Irish Designers, makers and applied artists brought together under the Leitrim Design House Art of Fashion and Business development programmes.
An exhibition of fashion and knitwear, textiles, jewellery and accessories by unique designers from Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal, Dublin and Longford runs at the Leitrim Design House until the 22nd of June.
Wendy Louise Design.
Wendy Knight of Wendy Louise Designs offers unique designed handcrafted headwear and accessories to suit all occasions. Hand blocked hats, feather, beaded and fabric headpieces, evening bags and bridal headpieces all in sumptuous fabrics. Wendy originally from Oxford in England is passionate about hats. It’s in the blood, as her grandfather was a milliner and owned his own hat factory in Luton Bedfordshire, the home of the hat making industry. Wendy has always had a flare for fashion, her father was a photographer and she herself studied fashion and photography at college in the UK. Now settled in Ireland she works from her studio at home in the midlands.
This workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn the basic techniques used in the wonderful art of millinery. We will be using traditional materials such as sinamay and wire. The aim is to create a unique headpiece or hat using the skills you have acquired during the course. Early booking is advised. The fee for this workshop including materials costs is 80.00 euro. Refreshments included.
What out for exciting news on a hat extravaganza by the Leitrim Design House in the near future….
For further information and bookings contact the Leitrim Design House on 071 96 50533 or email info@leitrimdesignhouse.ie
