A gallery of the beautiful evening of walking, talking and dyeing with blackberry on May 10. Participants met out front of Strathcona Community Centre (601 Keefer St Vancouver); we talked about the land as it was before 1850 and shared what we knew of the plants, animals, and xwmkwy”m (Musqueam), Skwxw7mesh (Squamish) and sl”lwta”/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)…
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Himalayan Blackberry as a source of fibre for rope-making, spinning, and weaving
Seasonal Fibre Research Guilds 2019
Once a month, these groups will come together for seasonal based harvest and processing inquiry and to share a meal. Collectively we will work between both MOP and Trillium, stewarding, harvesting and processing. Members divide the days’ processed materials for personal work, bringing their own ideas, experience and plants they want to share and explore…
Commuters Pack Weaving Guild
Trillium North Park, Malkin @ Thornton, Strathcona and MacLean Park Fieldhouse, 710 Keefer St. @ Heatley, Strathcona 2019, Saturday/Sunday May 25, 26; June 1,2,15; 10am-4pm All tool use and materials included $305 REGISTER through PayPal What containers do you pack for your daily journeys – do you use a fold up bag, sling a book…
Material to Maker Matchmaking
10-11:30 Saturday 29 September @ Roundhouse Community Centre A “speed dating” session for Vancouver makers to meet gardeners with plantings and green waste that could be up-purposed for creative use. Are you a maker that could help in a garden and/or up-cycle another’s greenwaste? Do you have a garden that produces materials you think might…
Wayfinding: Weaving 2018
Nicole Preissl (Stolo) and Veronica Rose (Gitxsan) will be leading a series of interactive and informative walks for participants aged 13-24 who are interested in weaving with natural fibres. The walks will take place between MOP and Trillium North Park, where EartHand Gleaners has their locations. The walks are meant to engage youth in weaving…
Wayfinding 2018: Fibre and Dye
Artists Nicola Hodges and Anna Heywood-Jones will lead a series of research-based walking tours, alongside youth collaborators, throughout the course of the upcoming growing season. Traveling the path between EartHand Gleaners Society’s two sites, Trillium North Park and Means of Production Garden, each walk will focus on identifying plants growing along the route, learning through…
Weavers Research Guild 2018
7 sessions, Saturdays every 3 weeks* 10am -1pm Feb 17, Mar 10, Mar 31, Apr 28, May 19, Jun 9, Jun 30 Means of Production Garden, 6th @ St.Catherines; Trillium North Park, Malkin @ Thornton (Strathcona) Max 10 $250, includes materials & use of tools; personal gloves & secateurs welcome REGISTER for the Weavers Research…
FORAGE: Seasonal Fibre Series 2018
6 Sessions, Saturday, once a month from March-August 2018 10am-2pm Max 15 Free, Registration Required Tickets released 4 weeks before event date PLEASE have respect for others, do not sign up for a program and not show up Six opportunities for gathering, learning, and making in tune with the land. Each session will be a…
Everett Crowley Weavers Group
2018 3 Sessions, Wednesday nights 6-9pm January 10, February 14, March 14 Champlain Heights Community Centre Lounge $53.33 Registration is through the City of Vancouver online registration portal, activity 146794, or by calling Champlain Heights Community Centre at 604-718-6575 We are excited to announce EartHand’s partnership with Champlain Heights Community Centre and Vancouver Park Stewards in…
FORAGE June: Blackberry
We get asked about this one a lot. It’s really thrilling to make stuff out of blackberry bark, because it’s so ubiquitous and so maligned. It makes beautiful braids, one of our favourite things, to be turned into coiled or plaited projects.