Janey and Jay hosted an afternoon of activities for the kids at the Strathcona childcare centre on the pro-d day on April 29. Both these artists are really connected with the wild, and the ideas that seem to have resonated most strongly with them in this project are of how the land and waters looked…
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Wayfinding: View of the Sisters/ St.George Rainway
Behind St.Francis Xavier church, across from 440 East 5th Ave Vancouver If the day is clear, you’ll be able to look out from this spot and see the North Shore Mountains. Near the western side are two prominent knobs of rock that have been named “The Lions” on many maps made by the newcomers in…
Wayfinding: China Creek Ravine/MOP @ 6th & St.Catherines
This is the first stop of the Walking, Weaving and Wayfinding: The False Creek Fibreshed tour from Means of Production Garden to Trillium North Park. (above left: False Creek (near Clark Drive?) circa 1904, Archives, found on https://www.straight.com/news/698461/celia-brauer-revitalizing-false-creek-flats-more-paved-over-human-development-or-place above right: slough near Garry Point Park, Steveston, in 2018. Photo credit Rebecca Graham At the northern…
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…
Summer Shoreline Spinning
This summer, the EartHand Land & Sea project gets us out of our chairs from conversation circles and begins the practice of walking while spinning or rope making along various coastal shores in our community. The Seaside and Shoreline Spinners’ Walking Club will be a walked and measured map created by community labour. The club…
Community Learning Circle at Seymour Longhouse 2018
We were honoured that this Community Learning Circle could be held at the Seymour Longhouse of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation. We spent an afternoon tanning salmon leather thigh spinning nettle and linen for making nets; learning bow drill fire starting, carving, and other traditional skills. Most importantly, we spent the afternoon together. We were honoured to…
Conversation Circle~Land Grab? Indigenous plant foraging protocols, relationships and responsibilities
It felt monumental to us in so many ways to be hosting this event — the largest event EartHand has created so far, on themes that are central to our work and often very challenging to bring up. Facilitator Kamala Todd and speakers Dionne Paul, Bardia Khaledi and Cease Wyss (see bios below, included in…
Land & Sea Weaving Conversation Circle at Heart of the City Festival 5 Nov
The November rains pour down with only brief respite; inside, we gather over good food and practice our thigh spinning with flax tow and nettle, hearing stories from those who’ve lived by the waters of the land, and sharing our gratitude. This Weaving Conversation Circle was facilitated by Kamala Todd, with a welcome by Tracy…
Walk for Reconciliation
Thank you everyone for being a part of the day on September 24. What a time! It was such pleasure to have our team representing EartHand and our Land & Sea project … there were so many good conversations over the course of the afternoon, so many people were touched by what we are up…