Grasping the Nettle: A Two Day Fiber Workshop

GRASPING THE NETTLE: A TWO DAY FIBER WORKSHOP

Sunday, July 27 & Monday July, 28 | 3-5:30PM

$80 per person/$70 per Museum Member

Learn ways of working with Nettle as a fiber plant with local multi-media artist and fiber explorer Carla Klinker. Nettle has been been used worldwide for generations as a fiber source for textiles. In this two-part class, learn about it’s history and then get your hands on the raw material. Participants will harvest and process the plant to create cordage to take home.

Carla will introduce a variety of ways of working with nettle fiber, including harvesting times and techniques, making cordage, and integrating nettle thread into practical and artistic projects. Explore the history and practice of this ancient craft and deepen your connection with the plants in your own backyard.

Register online at - https://www.prattmuseum.org/event/grasping-the-nettle-a-two-day-fiber-workshop/

You may also like the following events from Pratt Museum:

• This Friday, 11th July, 01:00 pm, Weaving Art Baskets with Mavis Muller in Homer
• This Friday, 11th July, 05:30 pm, Jenny Baker LIVE at the PRATT in Homer
• Next Friday, 18th July, 02:00 pm, The Grace of Ditushi: A Botany & Symbology Art Workshop in Homer

Also check out other Workshops in Homer, Arts events in Homer.