Beginning Loom Weaving: A Week of Cloth
May
13
to May 17

Beginning Loom Weaving: A Week of Cloth

Warren Wilson College - Mountain Institute

Explore the wonderful world of weaving on a floor loom. Explore a variety of weaving techniques in your day 1 sampler, then learn how to thread a loom and spend the rest of the week weaving a set of towels, a scarf, or a scroll of art cloth of your choice.

More info on pricing and to register HERE

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Craft & the Land
May
20
to May 24

Craft & the Land

Warren Wilson College - Mountain Institute

Working with materials grown or raised on our land on campus such as wool, natural dyes and other plants, we will explore the processes of dyeing, felting and basketry. Learning about the historical and environmental importance of these materials, come away with a set of hand dyed napkins, a felted bag, a basket, a week of memories, and a variety of new skills.

More info on pricing and to register HERE

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Garden to Cloth - Exploring plant based dyes
Aug
25
to Aug 30

Garden to Cloth - Exploring plant based dyes

Workshop at John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC

Use natural dyes grown in western North Carolina to create a rainbow of color options. Identify dye plants and learn how to incorporate them in the home landscape, best growing conditions, and practices for harvest and storage. Explore multiple mordanting and natural dyeing techniques, including eco-printing and surface design. Create a sample book with your results and a collection of dyed cloth suitable for simple garments and accessories.

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Jul
23
to Jul 28

Garden to Cloth: Exploring Plant-Based Dyes

Use natural dyes, grown at John C Campbell and western North Carolina, to experiment with a rainbow of color options. Eco-printing and surface design techniques will also be explored but will not be a focus of the class. Using your hand-dyed cloth, learn to create fun and simple dyed items for the home or body.

Workshop will be held at John C Campbell Folk School

The Cory Brown Memorial Dye Garden at John C Campbell Folk School, 2021

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May
15
to May 19

Dyeing to Quilt: a Workshop Making the Rainbow in Natural Dyes on Cotton Fabric

In this five day hands-on workshop we will learn about how to use plants grown in the Warren Wilson College’s dye garden to create a rainbow collection of fabrics. The first half of the week we will learn about mordanting techniques on cotton fabric, and dyeing with indigo, madder root, and various flowers. We will then take the fabrics and learn how to sew a tiny art quilt perfect for a pillow or wall hanging. The class will meet in the fiber arts studio on Warren Wilson’s campus each day beginning at 9am. There will be an hour lunch break from 12-1, and then another session from 1-3pm. The priority deadline for registration is April 15th, but all spots may be filled significantly earlier. Cost $650 +$50 materials fee

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Photo credit: Emerson Kopp

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Workshop - Flax to Linen
Jun
25
to Jun 26

Workshop - Flax to Linen

Learn how to process flax fiber to make handspun linen cloth. In this hands on 2 day workshop we will learn about growing the fiber flax plant in the Western NC region, harvesting and processing steps, as well as contextualizing it’s history and potential for a fiber crop. $200

Saturday, June 25, 2022 & Sunday, June 26, 2022

9:00 am - 1:00 pm both days

Location: Fibers studio, Warren Wilson College (details will be sent after registration)

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A Winding Sheet of Linen: A community field to cloth project
Oct
24
2:00 PM14:00

A Winding Sheet of Linen: A community field to cloth project

Shroud - The flax used in this demonstration was grown on the campus of Warren Wilson College as a collaborative project with Celo, NC death midwife Katherine Savage, who will make her linen shroud from it. By documenting the process of creating a shroud from seed, she hopes to connect people’s views of death to the natural life cycles of the earth, and thereby help advance a heathy death culture. For more information about this project here.

Attendees will receive hands-on practice in the skills of breaking, scutching, and hackling flax, and take part in a discussion about the potential for creating a local linen infrastructure in our mountain region.

We welcome all who have interest in:

  • learning how to grow and process flax

  • advancing earth-honoring body disposition practices that incorporate locally-grown textiles

  • supporting a return to our local heritage of growing and using cloth-making plants

COVID-19 safety precautions and social distancing will be observed, including wearing masks, 6 feet of social distancing, and sanitizing flax stations between use. More info will be sent at registration. Space is limited.

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A Winding Sheet of Linen: A community field to cloth project
Sep
12
2:00 PM14:00

A Winding Sheet of Linen: A community field to cloth project

Shroud - The flax used in this demonstration was grown on the campus of Warren Wilson College as a collaborative project with Celo, NC death midwife Katherine Savage, who will make her linen shroud from it. By documenting the process of creating a shroud from seed, she hopes to connect people’s views of death to the natural life cycles of the earth, and thereby help advance a heathy death culture. For more information about this project here.

Attendees will receive hands-on practice in the skills of breaking, scutching, and hackling flax, and take part in a discussion about the potential for creating a local linen infrastructure in our mountain region.

We welcome all who have interest in:

  • learning how to grow and process flax

  • advancing earth-honoring body disposition practices that incorporate locally-grown textiles

  • supporting a return to our local heritage of growing and using cloth-making plants

COVID-19 safety precautions and social distancing will be observed, including wearing masks, 6 feet of social distancing, and sanitizing flax stations between use. More info will be sent at registration. Space is limited.

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