Fabulous place to experince and sketch

or

dance and sketch...

Coming up soon

Take a look at exisiting tours: mix and match from there.

India has so much variety to offer we simply can't list it all.

Sketch

• Amazing cities like Kokata
• papermaking at Jaipur and many great locations to sketch - palaces, stepwells, Traditional minature painters working on a range of incredible ceramics - we can take a workshop in their studio and paint a plate.
• South India tropical beaches and spice plantations, temples
• Gujarat & Ahmedabad Old City is World Heritage listed, fascinating stepwells, travel to a village camp and go on safaris to see Wild Ass, sunrise see the flamingos, move on to stay in a 15th Century Fort and use it as your studio for a while.
• Blockprint on hand made paper or cloth

Stitch themes and traditional artisan visits - we have so many contacs. Talk to us.

• Blockprint on hand made paper or cloth
• natural dyes
• tie and dye
• embroidery
• stitch
• goldwork embroidery with precious gem inserts
• weaving
• kalamkari
• lots of fabulous Women's NGOs

Istanbul is an amazing city.

Vibrant, colourful and so many layers of history.

• You could sketch it and delve into its history for a travel journal
• soak up its bright markets and souks
• try an catch just how sparky the blue waters of the Bosphorus really are.
• spend days in various museums filling your eyes and sketchbooks full of wonders.
• we ahve contacts for paper marbling, ceramic tile painting, felt making to add interest to a tour

Orham Palmuk's Museum of Innocence is a wonderful Book and Museum experience - he worte the book with the idea of turning it into a museum experience in mind.... there are creative ideas there to explore.

We offer a jaunt to Cappadocia on some of our trips to add an exotic delight, if it appeals.

Take a look at exisiting tours: mix and match from there.

We focus on the safe and relaxed areas of Yucatan Peninsula, Chiapas and Oaxaca.

Sketch & Art

• Colourful colonial streets, festive decorations
• Amazing natural spaces

Ceramics - there are some amazing potters we could work and learn in their studios

Stitch & Textiles

• natural dyes
• traditional embroidery with artisans
• back strap weaving
• So much to be inspired by in a slow stitch + travelworkshop

Take a look at exisiting tours: mix and match from there.

Sketch & Art

• Fabulous to sketch - medinas, mountains or deserts and kasbahs
• we visit a school for a calligraphy lesson
• We could stay with a folk painter at her Auberge and work

Stitch 

• Slow stitching, inspired by landscape or items found in the markets?
• Artisan workshops in embroidery, Djellabah button making, weaving, wool production

Romania is a land of magic - medieval castles, lush green forests, bubbling streams, a blend of Art Nouveau and Ottoman architecture, and fantastically painted churches. 

A perfect destination for travel + sketching.  Take a look at an exisiting itinerary.

Stitch Themes

• Look at exisitng tour for ideas on textile connections
• we also have a beautiful country place we could run a retreat over a few days and and soak up local culture too. Only 1.5 hrs from Bucharest it is a gem. Add to this a Castle near Brasov and Dracula's castle and you would have a very satifying Travel + Stitch event

Creamics

We have great ceramic connections,  Horezu has been listed on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists since 2012. there is a long history of quality ceramics in Romania and we have some great connections.

We are heading there on a Food + Travel jaunt soon, fantastic place for Travel + Sketch, think tropical jungles, palm lined beaches....

Take a look at exisiting tours: mix and match from there.

Sketch & Art

• Zo papermaking - we can visit the village where paper is made
• traditional wooden seal carvers for a printing elemnt
• we can find studio space to delve into printing workshops
• Temple of Literature has a great demonstration of traditional printing techniques
• Hanoi Art Museum allows you to visit and sketch

Stitch & Textiles

• Slow stitch themes
• great fabric markets, second hand traditional cloth dealers
• we can use machines in a women's project
• natural dyes
• indigo and batik
• weaving

Take a look at exisiting tours: mix and match from there.

Ceramics

• well established workshops blossoming with the fall of USSR. Traditions date back nearly 1200 years

Sketch & Art

• Islamic minature painting artisans - a tradition that dates back to 1200s
• fabulous monuments
• handmade paper in Samarkand- this made the city wealthy when the idea was stollen from China in Silk Road Days

Stitch

• slow stitch inspired by enviroment, monuments
• beautiful handwoven ikat cloths, silk velvets
• good second hand textile market

Take a look at exisiting tours: mix and match from there.

Ghana

Textiles - take a look at our existing tour

we could use a friends machine workshop to sew

At the womens group we can do jewellery making and in a friends studio make glass beads....

It would be easy to craft a Making Type Tour

Art & Sketch

• Benin & Togo, especially offer so many uniques places and experiences that would be fabulous to sketch. 
• Very lively contemporary art scene
• Ghana - sculpture - possibility to spend time in a studio working with recycled materials and assemblage

We have papermaking connections in

• Hanoi
•  Jaipur, India, 
• Kerala, South India 
•  Samarkand, Uzbekistan 

which could be the beginning of great printmaking or art workshops 

Also a great studio space in Istanbul we could workshop in.

We have great connections in 

• Uzbekistan
• Romania