Tag: Locally Made
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A free series of monthly workshops introducing local fibres and how to harvest and prepare them, and basic weaving and spinning skills
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A co-op dye garden for natural dyers in Vancouver, BC
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Accepting and using animal hides, bone and other parts is a keystone of ancestral life ways from all over the world. EartHand Gleaners Society is mainly ‘vegetarian’ in our materials, but as we move deeper into our relationship with the land, ancestral skills, and with First Nations, we recognize the importance of knowing more about working…
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This January we’ll be hosting two opportunities to learn about tending and working with the extraordinary SALIX (willow) family: 1/ WOVEN ARCH WORKPARTY! All are Welcome Bring a snack to share and a cup for tea. Help bring in the Willow crop at MOP. Learn about coppicing methods for annual harvests, rose twist knots for bundling,…
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It’s almost hard to imagine that the time is upon us, but here it comes: the very last Soil to Sky event, the Final Celebration on Saturday November 5. We’ve all learned so much from this project. It didn’t go off the way we expected, but we took the twists and turns with good grace,…
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Announcing a new project for the Fall of 2016 at Trillium North Park. Three local artists, Melodie Flook, David Gowman and Arlin ffrench, will be joining us at our work space at Trillium. The group projects to be undertaken include collaborative fence weaving using local plants (Festoonery), a handmade rain catchment system carved from local…
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From May 9- June 5 2016 From Soil to Sky is an opportunity for urban artists, gardeners, paper-makers, spinners, woodworkers, kite- fliers and care-givers to spend 12 sessions over the springtime sharing skills and resources while collaborating to make the best-flying, most inspiring kites we can -completely from materials that grow right in our neighbourhoods.…
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Community Research Labs Just Announced: In partnership with Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) this project brings together members from a stewardship group already working at Stanley Park and folks with some weaving experience to up-cycle invasive plants. In part 1, weavers work with Sharon Kallis to harvest and begin processing and experimenting with various techniques…
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eartHand’s Rebecca and Sharon made boots and shoes with community for the incredible Train of Thought journey that began in Vancouver back in May- and were lucky enough to meet Annie Smith, who would be traveling on that train… Annie was an incredible steward of the boots for the trip- finding plants and people at…
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Please join us at Trillium North on Sunday from 4.30-6.30 for our final celebration of the Urban Cloth Project, as well as our spring weaving projects that are complete! The site is looking good….
EartHand Gleaners Society 