It feels so good to gather in person again! We have some outdoor open studio sessions planned, as well as community events that you will find us at over the summer months, as we share skills and methods for processing both nettle, flax for linen and wool fleece for spun lines that will be dyed…
Tag: Workshops
Weathering Systems in the Studio: Monthly Almanac
Join us online the last Monday of the month from January – November 2022, 7-8:30pm 11 virtual sessions: Jan 31, Feb 28, Mar 28, Apr 25, May 30, Jun 27, Jul 25, Aug 29, Sept 26, Oct 31, Nov 28 Join Jaymie Johnson (Nelson) and Sharon Kallis (Vancouver) to foster mindfulness for resilience by cultivating a…
Autumn Guilds and Opportunities
Sharon has been busy designing the autumn workshop and guild schedule which features collaborations with artists near and far including past and present Artists in Residence – now is the time to design your own Autumn learning journey with us! Summer Weave Extravaganza Four consecutive nights to get your weave on! Weaving all things basket…
Hand Care Salve with Cease Wyss
Maclean Park Fieldhouse, 710 Keefer St $60.00 – postponed until Spring 2020 In this workshop participants will work with Cease, learning about the plants while making a salve that heals hangnails and in general, cares for our hard-working hands that have done us so well through the garden season. Cease will have started a batch…
Seasonal Lessons from the Land: Spring
Seasonal Lessons from the Land: Spring Homeschoolers 8-12 yrs, Maximum of 12 Fridays 1.30- 4pm, April 26, May 3, 10, 17 Trillium North Park $95.00 REGISTER on Paypal You don’t have to get in a car to experience nature; when you can open your eyes to the nature around you in the city, you’ll always be…
EartHand’s 2019 Program Lineup!
The Master List of our workshop and free program offerings for 2019, Most programming takes place in Vancouver, with some field trips and exceptions to accommodate large groups. Our usual haunts: – MacLean Park Fieldhouse, 710 Keefer St. @ Heatley, Strathcona – Trillium North Park, Malkin @ Thornton in Strathcona (Official Trillium Park address 600 National…
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…
Natural Dyers’ Cooperative Garden 2019
April-October 2019, see dates below Means of Production Garden @ 6th & St.Catherines/ Trillium North Park @ Malkin & Thornton, Vancouver $310 ~Program Full~ Means of the Production Garden in Mount Pleasant becomes the site for research, work and crop share for a small group of dedicated individuals interested in building community while growing, tending…
Knapping in Public
MacLean Park Fieldhouse, 710 Keefer St @ Heatley 2019 Sunday May 26, 1-4pm All tool use and supplies included $75 REGISTER through PayPal Begin your journey of making ancient tools from stone in an urban environment and learn the art and meditation of flintknapping. Beginner to expert – all skill levels welcome. Participants will learn…
Baba Yaga’s Slippers
MacLean Park Fieldhouse, 710 Keefer St. @ Heatley, Strathcona 2 Monday nights 2019 Feb 25, Mar 4, 6-9pm $130 Register on PayPal This workshop using the diagonal plait technique is challenging but extremely rewarding, and gives participants a pair of slippers unlike anything else in the woven world. Starting off with paper samplers to understand…