About course:
This embroidery making holiday offers a calming creative retreat from the stresses of the outside world, a beautiful location and a chance to create a unique piece of art to take home.
Your tutor is academic painter Antonia Ruskovic. This fun course will provide the environment, materials and guidance so that you can produce your own unique artwork.
Course description:
- Learn a traditional craft that can be worked with bobbins in a variety of styles both traditional and modern.
- Having learnt the basic techniques you will be encouraged to develop your skills on individual projects
- This specific embroidery can be applied on bags, wallets, table -cloths, curtains, dresses and other clothing
- On the course you will be able to complete and take back home your artwork to enjoy and impress your friends.
About Silk and Tradition of Silk Embroidery in Konavle
Konavle is the rural area in the hinterlands of Dubrovnik known for its national costumes and hospitality of its people. Konavlian women still breed silkworms and use the silk threads to embroider the most beautiful parts of their costume.
Today the embroidery represents the most known souvenir for the entire Dubrovnik area. You will have the opportunity to see the silkwarms kept in the atelier of Antonia Ruskovic and to hear the story about the silk.
Itinerary:
Day 1 Arrival Day
Welcome at the airport of Dubrovnik and transfer to your accommodation in small pictoresque seaside resort of Cavtat.
Arrive and check into your accommodation anytime after 12pm and enjoy the rest of the day to settle in.
Day 2 Traditional Embroidery Workshop
After breakfast, we drive 15 minutes to the countryside to meet our host and artist Antonia in her own atelier.
On our way we make a stop in one of the neighbouring villages. Two elderly ladies dressed in traditional costumes will show you how they make home made silk from the silkwarms and how tradition still lives emroidered on their costumes.
After introduction to the basics of the traditional craft you will go to the atelier to work under guidance of your tutor.
Break around 1:00 pm for homemade light lunch and cup of tea, juice or coffee afterwards. After break you will finish your artwork.If you wish to add some more creative energy you can choose some extra products like bags or bookmarks and decorate them with your own design.(These extra products cost addittionally from 5 € to 30€ ) Around 4:00 pm we go back to Cavtat – rest of the day at leisure.
Day 3 Walking tour of Dubrovnik
Morning transfer from Cavtat to the Old City of Dubrovnik.
Walking tour with local friendly guide where you will be introduced to the history and centuries old architecture .We finish on the beautiful site on the City walls where another atelier of your host is situated...there you will be given your artwork to take it home.
Rest of the day at leisure
Day 4 Departure day
Transfer to the airport provided.
Suitability
Suitable for all ages and levels from complete beginners to those with experience of embroidery techniques and who wish to take their skills to the next level
Bring your friends and family along !
Non Participating Partner?
Non-participating partners sharing a room are welcome and will receive a discounted price
Single supplement ?
Private rooms are available for a single supplement.
Course Starting Dates
Courses run throughout the year( except on Christmas and New Year holidays)
All arrivals are on Thursday afternoon and the painting course will finish on Sunday morning (3 nights / 4 days)
If you can’t find the dates you need, we can be flexible so please e-mail your ideal arrival date requirements or call us on +385/91 567 26 39 and we’ll do what we can to accommodate you.
Prices are based on 2 people sharing their own private accommodation.
If you are travelling solo you can pay a supplement for your own private bedroom
A minimum of 2 people must be booked on this course for the course to run.
Maximum 10 people in a group.
Included in course :
- 3 nights/4 days in superb private accommodation in Cavtat
- Arrival and departure airport transfers, and transfer to the place of workshop and back
- English speaking driver
- Presentation of traditional home made silk production
- English speaking assistant during the silk production presentation
- Light lunch and drinks/juice, water, tea, coffee/ during the traditional embroidery workshop-day 2
- All materials for the workshop are included
- Tuition of academic artist
- Licensed local guide for the walking tour
VAT and discounts :
- VAT is included in price
- discount of 10% is available for cash payments
Items not included :
- Travel to Dubrovnik, Croatia from home country
- Any airport arrival/departure tax
- Travel and/or medical insurance
- Meals
- Gratuities
- Any other cost incurred outside the workshop itinerary
Prices
Per person based on number of people travelling together.
Based on 2 people
Euro 599 per person
Based on 4 people
Euro 475 per person
Based on 6 people
Euro 430 per person
Based on 8 people
Euro 405 per person
Based on 10 people Euro 390 per person
Maximum number of participants in this course is 10 people.
Payment instructions
Full details of how and when to pay will be given during the booking process.
For any other details don't hesitate to contact us, we will do our best to respond as soon as possible.
