Fiber Arts Classes
Fiber Arts Classes 2012:
Natural Plant Dye Workshop
with Rebecca Burgess from Northern California
August Date to be Announced…
Join us for a weekend of fun with fibers! Natural Dyeing with Wild and Cultivated Vermont Plants
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Rebecca Burgess is an ecological restoration educator, curricula developer, author, and textile artist. Rebecca is the author of the newly released book, Harvesting Color. Rebecca founded Ecologicalarts in 2005, an organization dedicated to creating, reviving, and teaching textile art forms that utilize botanical resources in a manner that promotes the health and regenerative processes of the ecosystem. She teaches workshops, and classes for schools, and a wide-array of organizations. She has written an educational curricula on restoration dye gardening. She writes for eco-blogs, and has been featured by numerous online periodicals. Go to Rebecca Burgess to learn more.
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Camping, Community Dinner on Saturday night(bring a pot luck dish to share. Bring everything you need for the weekend - camping and food. Facilities include outdoor shower, composting toilet, outdoor kitchen/classroom for plant dye workshops, potable water, plenty of camping. More details will be posted soon…
Must pre-register for this workshop To register call 802-276-3839 or or contact us for more info.
Natural Plant Dye and Felting Workshop
dates to be announced…
Bring a bag lunch and a dish to share for optional dinner pot luck.
A fun filled day creating a wet felted pouch. Participants will learn about dying with plants and how to make/ process them for the dye bath. We will gather plants and do several batches of plant dye. Then we will use this dyed wool in a felting project which you get to take home!
Cost is $65 and includes materials.
contact us to register or for more information.
3 Class Fiber Arts Series:
From Raw Wool to Plant Dyed and Felted Art
This is a 3 class series, dates to be announced…
In this 3 class series you will learn how to process a raw wool fleece into a piece of art.
Class one: Skirting & Scouring & touring the Dye Gardens
Class Two: Learn about Carding, the cultivation and harvesting of Dye plants, and the process of Natural Plant Dyeing
Class Three: Natural Plant Dyeing and Felting Project whcih you get to take home.
There seems to be an ever-growing interest in learning the ancient arts our ancestors knew as yearly routines. We long to reconnect to our surroundings and the things we gather for daily use. We have lots of “things” that are an essential part of our daily lives, this longing has sparked an interest in some of us for learning, for instance, how exactly a wool coat, rug, pot hold or pouch came to be. In our modern society many of us have lost the conscious connection between our “things” and source of raw material it came from. In this series we hope to inspire the participants to connect with a naturally abundant source, found in Vermont (Wool), for creating warm, comfortable, functional “things”.
Cost: In an interest to make this series more accessible we are offering a sliding scale cost of $150-$225 for each series (3 classes). Please pay what you can afford.
contact us to register or for more information.
We are very fortunate to have Joann Darling teaching our Fiber Arts Classes at Twin Pond Retreat. Joann Darling’s life work is the growing and nurturing of plants. A Vermont Native, she stays close to the land where she continues to learn and teach about the amazing gifts we receive from the plant world.
Read more about Joann Darling on our staff page!