Freestyle Weaving for a Creative Spirit

Service Description

Learn to weave freestyle and freespirited on a simple floor loom. Honor your own inner sense of beauty and truth as you play with color, texture, and technique, and come away with a unique piece of woven art that reflects your heart. Students will learn the basic skills of freestyle weaving on a highly approachable and easy-to-use two-harness SAORI floor loom. A few simple weaving techniques will be taught, but the emphasis of the class will be on exploration of color and texture in the service of personal expression. Students will take home what they weave. Materials fee includes: Warped looms and associated tools (shuttles, bobbins, etc.), plus access to various different weaving materials: yarn in a variety of fibers, colors, and textures, beads, wire, embroidery floss, Mylar, fabric scraps, fiber, etc. Instructor will provide all tools and materials. If students want to bring something personally meaningful to them to incorporate into their weaving if possible, they're welcome--indeed, encouraged--to do so. Some past examples: specialty paper, pieces of jewelry (this is a fun use for unmatched earrings!), dyed or undyed fiber, leftover quantities of treasured yarn too small to knit or crochet a finished item with. *Skills: No previous experience with weaving required (though experienced weavers are as welcome as complete novices). Freestyle weaving is intended to be accessible to everyone, no matter their level of skill or knowledge. Students just need to bring their willingness to experiment and explore--and to practice imperfection! *Other: Class is open to anyone 8 years old and up. Students must be tall enough to reach the floor pedals on the looms and should be able to focus and to sit on a slightly padded keyboard bench for the duration of the class, with occasional breaks. Registration fee included in the class cost.