Each year for the past fifteen, I've had the privilege of spending two intensive weeks teaching the craft of weaving with plant fibers, to young people with wildly diverse backgrounds, between the ages of 8 and 14. As an Artist in Residence at IslandWood, an environmental education campus on Bainbridge Island, just a ferry ride across the water … [Read more...]
Suquamish Elementary Students
In 1985, our eldest son, Spence, began kindergarden at Suquamish Elementary, the first year of his public school experience. Our youngest son, Jeff, was three years old then, and I had recently transitioned away from my nursing job in Seattle, to become a full-time "Home-Maker". By a gift of good fortune, I was then able to begin studying Art, in … [Read more...]
Gifts from the Landscape – 2016
I am grateful to be able to teach a cedar bark weaving workshop at IslandWood this upcoming February. For those of you eager to learn about this cultural art form, but you might not have signed up in time, be sure to get on the wait list in case anyone cancels. https://islandwood.org/event/gifts-landscape-cedar-satchel NEXT CLASS … [Read more...]
Cedar Workshop June 6, 2015
June 6, 2015, I'll be teaching a workshop at the Rolling Barn, in Rolling Bay Washington. I'll be bringing in a freshly cut Western Red Cedar tree so students can learn from the tree to the finishing, how to make a folded cedar bark pouch. The class size is limited so every person will get plenty of individualized attention. There will be enough … [Read more...]
Weaving With Western Red Cedar
It was a lovely week at IslandWood this May, with every kind of weather. Warm and sunny, then cool winds with dramatic clouds and thunder, torrential spurts of showers, and back again to warm slightly humid air, scented with the fragrance of everything living. I brought a simple project for both the graduate students professional … [Read more...]
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