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In-Person Mud-Dye Workshop with Virtual Instruction from Aboubakar Fofana
Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station for a three-day workshop on Fermented Mineral Mud-Dyeing taught by textile artist Aboubakar Fofana. The virtual instruction runs from 9:00am to 12:00pm each day. Students are invited to stay until 4:00pm to continue working on their pieces. The workshop […]
Northern CA Fibershed Coop @ Temescal Farmers’ Market
Northern CA Fibershed Coop @ Temescal Farmers’ Market
SUMMER SOLACE TALLOW X NORTHERN CA FIBERSHED COOP MARKETPLACE Visit the Summer Solace Tallow x Northern CA Fibershed Cooperative booth every other Sunday at the Temescal Farmers Market in Oakland. There you can peruse our curated selection of Fibershed products including locally spun yarn, Climate Beneficial™ felted home goods, handwoven shawls, blankets, luxurious sheepskins, as […]
Monthly Mendocino Mending Circle – July
Monthly Mendocino Mending Circle – July
Monthly Mendocino Mending Circle — Boonville, CA Next Mending Circle: Sunday, July 30, 11-3p (the last Sunday of every month) Who: Hosted by Marie of Full Circle Wool Where: Saoirse Byrne's studio in Boonville (plus an intro to cordage from Saoirse, see her work at www.saoirsebyrne.com/) No supplies provided, although natural fiber scraps to share There will […]
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Felting Workshop: Make Your Own Felted Wool Fabric
Felting Workshop: Make Your Own Felted Wool Fabric
Little Wool Workshop At JG SWITZER Presented by SHOP SHEEP by JG SWITZER Time: 11am-12:30pm WEEKENDS: Friday, June 2, 2023 Sunday, July 23, 2023 Friday, August 4, 2023 Cost: $85/person Learn about nature’s miracle fiber: wool. Make your own fabric. Workshops include a tour of our little wool workshop and a half-hour of making your […]
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Virtual Visible Mending Workshop with Kira Dulaney
Virtual Visible Mending Workshop with Kira Dulaney
August 5 Visible Mending is a creative way to extend the life of clothing and household items while embellishing them for a unique look. We will cover woven mends with Speedweve style looms as well as decorative embroidery including reinforcing fabric through patching and using backstitch, split stitch, chain stitch, daisy stitch, French knots, and […]
Design Your Own Backstrap Loom with Mayan Master Weaver Doña Lidia
Design Your Own Backstrap Loom with Mayan Master Weaver Doña Lidia
A warping workshop for students ready to create their own Mayan backstrap loom Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center, in Point Reyes, CA, and build your own loom in the style of the Mayan brocade backstrap looms, from start to finish. Doña Lidia de Lopez’s brocade looms are a work of art, handmade […]
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Weaving on a Mayan Backstrap Loom with Sari Monroy Solís
Weaving on a Mayan Backstrap Loom with Sari Monroy Solís
Learn to weave on a brocade-ready loom that you will take home The backstrap loom goes back thousands of years and is one of the oldest known tools in the world. It evolved in several places, including the Western highlands of Guatemala. Mayan weavers continue to make traditional clothing for everyday use and for the […]
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Northern CA Fibershed Coop @ Temescal Farmers’ Market
Northern CA Fibershed Coop @ Temescal Farmers’ Market
SUMMER SOLACE TALLOW X NORTHERN CA FIBERSHED COOP MARKETPLACE Visit the Summer Solace Tallow x Northern CA Fibershed Cooperative booth every other Sunday at the Temescal Farmers Market in Oakland. There you can peruse our curated selection of Fibershed products including locally spun yarn, Climate Beneficial™ felted home goods, handwoven shawls, blankets, luxurious sheepskins, as […]
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Northern CA Fibershed Coop @ Temescal Farmers’ Market
Northern CA Fibershed Coop @ Temescal Farmers’ Market
SUMMER SOLACE TALLOW X NORTHERN CA FIBERSHED COOP MARKETPLACE Visit the Summer Solace Tallow x Northern CA Fibershed Cooperative booth every other Sunday at the Temescal Farmers Market in Oakland. There you can peruse our curated selection of Fibershed products including locally spun yarn, Climate Beneficial™ felted home goods, handwoven shawls, blankets, luxurious sheepskins, as […]
Spinning on a Drop Spindle with Alisha Bright
Spinning on a Drop Spindle with Alisha Bright
Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, and learn how to make your own yarn using a drop spindle with Alisha Bright of Fiber Circle Studio. In this 4 hour class, students will get to practice making a single ply yarn, and learn how to […]
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Gallery Exhibit – Beauty and Terror by Robin Bernstein
Gallery Exhibit – Beauty and Terror by Robin Bernstein
Robin L Bernstein will be exhibiting a selection of works from Beauty and Terror, an 18 work series about the Holocaust, as well as work about contemporary issues. Each artwork is made by obsessively pressing thousands of tiny cut pieces of colored string into wax. The pieces in Beauty and Terror range from major aspects […]
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Program & Yarn Painting Class with Robin L Bernstein
Program & Yarn Painting Class with Robin L Bernstein
Robin L Bernstein will be giving an artist talk about her work, motivation, processes, and background. She will highlight the work in her series Beauty and Terror and also show examples of her most recent work, which highlight urgent contemporary concerns. Her talk will be supported by slides and a demonstration table where you can […]
2-Day Yarn and String Painting Workshop with Robin L Bernstein
2-Day Yarn and String Painting Workshop with Robin L Bernstein
Learn to make a yarn painting of your own design. The making of a yarn painting can be much more than drawing a design and filling it in. The process of pressing colorful yarn into wax under the warm glow of a lamp accompanied by the sweet smell of honey is as much meditative as […]