Pine Needle Wall Decoration with Marsha Leavitt

Join Marsha Leavitt at The Local Art Gallery on Sunday, May 18 from 1-5pm to create a Pine Needle Wall Decoration. Participants may choose between making one ornament or one wall hanging.

You will be working with long leaf pine needles from the southern coastal regions that have been treated with glycerin; so they are softer, flexible and glistening. You will have a choice of several different types of bases - wooden cut out, oyster shell, slice of black walnut, ceramic or even other tag sale finds. Marsha will demonstrate stitches and you can incorporate beads or wrapped sections to make a unique ornament. If you are unable to finish during class time, Marsha will make sure you know how to finish at home and have the supplies you will need.

$50, all materials included. Ages 16+ . Some hand strength is helpful to enjoy this workshop.

Check out our events calendar to find out what other artists are lined up for our Sunday Art Space each week.

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Artist bio:

Right out of college I taught high school for five years. Since then, I have been teaching adults in many capacities. I taught week long basket classes several times in the Smith College J Term program. I retired in February 2016 and was teaching basket classes in my studio in Florence until Covid forced me to let go of the studio.

I love taking classes as well as teaching and have taken many different basket classes. I love experimenting with different materials and letting those materials dictate what happens.

I have been a member of the Northeast Basketmakers Guild for many years and was on the Board for two years. I am also a member of the National Basketry Organization. My work has won several awards in several venues. I was juried into the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts virtual holiday shows for 2021 and 2022. Many years ago the Spectrum Art Gallery in Centerbrook, CT juried in some of my work. Recently I have had work in two shows at the Fiddleheads Art Gallery in Northfield.

I am truly a basketcase!

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