9 sessions First Tuesday of the Month*, from March through September, 6-8pm Plus additional retting & processing dates First Class March 6 @ Bee Space, 580 Powell St, Vancouver, BC V6A 0A5 All other sessions @ Trillium North Park, corner of Malkin & Thornton, Vancouver Max 15 $220 (2nd Tuesday in April, 10th) This program…
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Trillium Community Dyers Club 2018
8 sessions 2018: Sundays 2-5.30pm April 8, May 13, June 10, July 8, Aug 12, Sept 9 Tuesdays 6-9pm June 26, July 31 $75 REGISTER for the Trillium Community Dyers Club This new monthly program is a chance for community members to dip toes into the world of the natural dye pot. Led by Nicola…
Summer at Trillium: Open Studio Weaving Circles
If doing more weaving is on your summer bucket list (you have to practice, after all, if you want to be able to make yourself an awesome hat like us) then check in with our Calendar — we’ll be hosting free drop-in Open Studio Weaving Circles starting June 20, 6-8:30pm. Bring your own projects, supplies…
A Little History on Flax to Linen
Almost thirty years ago in 1989, Mavis Atton’s book Flax Culture: from flower to fabric was published by Ginger Press, a chronicle of Atton’s experiments growing and producing hand spun flax in Georgian Bay, Ontario. A few years later, Linda Heinrich of Vancouver Island wrote The Magic of Linen, a result of the extensive research she…
PROJECT:Weaving Our Social Fabric
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…
Eslhalha7kw’hiwus project complete!
Eslhalha7kw`hiwus is a Squamish word shared with us by language keeper Rebecca Duncan, who received it from her late father. It describes how our lines are all connected: to each other, the land, the plants, and our ancestors; and it expresses the intention of our project to re-establish a respectful relationship of balance between a…
From Soil to Sky- Research Project
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….
March at Trillium
Such a busy month! it has taken me the first week of April to even sort photos for all the happenings, but have posted on our Trillium Almanac School Residency at last a March Page… you can read about March in the park and follow the whole project from here. A big thanks to our…
June 14th invitation
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….
Pollinator House Video
Our 2015 spring season of working for the bees with Strathcona Elementary School and Environmental Youth Alliance wonderfully documented here by Martin Borden. The Pollinator House is lovely addition to Trillium North Park, and the bees are moving in!