Fibershed Learning Center
Make a Coiled Rush Basket with Charlie Kennard
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesJoin us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, where we will learn to rush (Juncus) or grass as the foundation for the beginning of a small bowl-shaped basket. As binder, we will use peeled and split willow grown and prepared by Charlie. Participants will also practice splitting […]
Fibershed Wooly Winter Discount Sale
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesFibershed Wooly Winter Discount Sale Friday, December 1, 10am-4pm PT Skip Black Friday shopping and slow down with us at the Fibershed Learning Center instead. Join us for our Wooly Winter Discount Sale next Friday, December 1st, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We'll have Climate Beneficial™ fabric, knitwear samples, swap garments, and remnants to peruse […]
How to Create Patterns that Replicate Your Closet’s Comfiest Clothes with Gynna Clemes
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesA slow and sustainable wardrobe doesn’t have to be uncomfortable! Join us at the Fibershed Learning Center and learn from Gynna Clemes how to create patterns from your favorite outfits, so that as they wear out, you can recreate them using sustainable materials. Students will learn: How to replicate clothing and make a pattern. How […]
Community Fresh-Leaf Indigo Dye Bath
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesJoin us at Fibershed Learning Center, for a community dye bath with the last of this season's fresh-leaf indigo! Have a look in your closet for some pale protein fibers (ivory, white, gray, yellow) -- your old wool hat or gloves, silk ties, an old silk scarf or handkerchief, or your little ball of wool […]
Invasive Inks: Autumnal Bay Area Invasive Plants with Elissa Callen
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesLed by artist and instructor Elissa Callen, learn how to identify and harvest “invasive” plants of the Bay Area autumnal landscape and turn them into inks for your painterly proclivities. This course will begin with an introduction to local plants and ecology, a short plant walk with applicable plant harvesting, and will follow with step-by-step […]
Botanical Printing with Mayumi Fujio
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesLearn to create beautiful botanical prints using fresh leaves, flowers, and minerals. Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, where Mayumi will introduce botanical printing using fresh leaves and flowers, along with minerals, to transfer natural colors and shapes from plants onto fiber. It is […]
Weaving on a Mayan Backstrap Loom with Sari Monroy Solís
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesLearn 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 […]
Paint Making with Lakes and Mineral Pigments
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesExpand your art practice with living color—whether you are seeking an introduction or looking to further your work, join Judi Pettite at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, for this one-day workshop. We’ll explore water and oil-based mediums along with the best use of paper, fabric, or […]
Indigo Extraction Process—from leaf to pigment with Judi Pettite
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesWondering how to convert the leaves of Japanese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria) into blue pigment? Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, for a day of indigo extraction with Judi Pettite — from a tour of the Fibershed pigment garden, to a demonstration of harvesting the […]
Making a Tule Boat with Charlie Kennard
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesLearn to make California-style tule boat Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, where will make a five-bundle California-style boat using tule previously gathered at a large pond on the ranch. The workshop will take place from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm both days. The […]