ABOUT THE CLASS:
In this workshop, I'll be sharing an ancient handwork practice that I use as a mediation to sooth ruminating thoughts, relax, be in the moment and sooth myself with color. we'll be focusing on the transformation or used, worn out materials into something beautiful.
This project is great for beginners, and the more you do it, the more benefits you reap! Including having many beautiful baskets to share!
The 4 videos are edited from a previous live Zoom class, removing the awkward parts, but keeping the great student questions - so it's almost like getting to be in a live class!
The Process :
Spiraling around and around of the basket will be like a walking meditation through a labyrinth and can tell the story of our lives through color, expressive stitching and experimentation.
Across cultures, the coiled basket has been both a humble tool for everyday survival and a rich culture-keeper of story and dreamwork, from Australian Aboriginal People, to Masai, to neolithic Celtic peoples, to Hopi and Navajo, to North Atlantic islanders, to Coast Salish peoples.
I began this meditative process by studying baskets called ciosans, made in the Scottish Highlands out of marram grass.
In our current consumer culture, materials that are plentiful is textile waste from our fast fashion addictions.
These materials are abundant to the point of destroying our environment. We’ll be using recycled fabrics diverted from the waste stream, considering our impact on the planet through our fast consumer choices, we'll be slowing way down to hand make a labor intensive basket.
This project is a fantastic way to utilize your worn out fiber to create something beautiful and useful.
