Meet Our Tutors
"One Design. Four Artists. One Moment in Time."
Meet the Team
At the creative heart of the event is a unique collaborative embroidery project created especially for this celebration.
Four internationally respected embroidery artists will each design a different element of one commemorative work:
Jenny Adin-Christie · Julie Romero · Alison Cole · Ekta Kaul
Across four days of stitching, guests will rotate between the four tutors, working with each artist in turn and completing a different part of the overall design.
Each artist brings a distinctive creative language, specialist technique and individual approach to embroidery. Individually, the four elements will reflect the character and expertise of their designers. Together, they will form one complete and harmonious work celebrating Au Ver à Soie.
This is a collaboration created specifically for this event. It will happen only once.
Jenny Adin-Christie
Jenny is a distinguished embroiderer, teacher and designer from Derbyshire, with extensive training at the Royal School of Needlework and a successful freelance career spanning commissions, restoration, international teaching and embroidery kit design.
Julie Romero
Julie Romero is a renowned textile designer and haute couture embroiderer, trained at École Lesage, with a successful career spanning French fashion houses, creative workshops and online teaching.
Alison Cole
Alison is a renowned embroidery artist and teacher from Australia, with over 25 years’ experience specialising in Goldwork and Stumpwork, and an international career spanning teaching, exhibitions, commissions, awards and publications.
Ekta Kaul
Ekta Kaul is a renowned British-Indian textile artist and author based in London, specialising in stitched narrative maps that explore heritage, place and belonging. Her international career spans museum collections, exhibitions, teaching and her acclaimed book Kantha: Sustainable Textiles & Mindful Making (Bloomsbury).