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NCI Students Begin Their Projects

July 13, 2012 By Melinda

The following images were taken by Julie Toomey.  Thanks for sharing these Julie!

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Many students came with their own project ideas.  It was amazing to see how these ideas became transformed into objects.  Don is making a wall sconce for a light fixture at home.

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Mary wants to make a special open basket, for holding her “angel cards” that she like to pick up and read for daily inspiration.

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In between assisting students Elizabeth manages to start a small purse using birch bark found along the trail that goes to a beautiful waterfall above the North Cascade Institute campus.

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Linda starts a small satchel.

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Julie Toomey, our photographer, starting her square twill basket.

8-8-11 Marjorie goes for a larger satchel

Margie starts a larger satchel.

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As does Shelley…

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And Michelle….

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And Nancy, (at back of table).

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Rich explores the properties of the materials with small projects like this tray.

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Don progresses on his sconce.

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Dan works on a small pouch with a flap.

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Forty years ago, while sitting on the beach playing with my young children, I made my first basket out of a pile of willow trimmings someone had tossed there. It looked wildly made like a crazy bird’s nest. While being together with my two sons on a beautiful Pacific Northwest shoreline, this simple experience of crafting with the natural materials at hand kindled a passion for creating forms using plant fibers. I thank my family, my community, and all my teachers for cultivating this gift in me.
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