WEAVING WONDER WITH JESSIE MORDINE YOUNG

The heart of this retreat is to connect through craft. The experience is about cultivating curiosity and discovering new possibilities through material and process in a woven form

Together we’ll learn the fundamentals of tapestry weaving on a frame loom while exploring how to translate inspiration into thoughtful woven compositions. Through a material-driven practice, we’ll look closely at the landscape around us — its colors, textures, forms, and natural materials — and consider how these observations can inform what we create.

Throughout three beautiful days, Jessie will cover the basics of frame loom weaving: from warping the loom, to drafting a design, to learning a variety of tapestry techniques. We will look at structure, image building, and materiality, inviting students to incorporate a variety of fibers and intentionally sourced objects from Black Cat Farm, such as botanicals, small stones, and other nature bits, as part of a process referred to as “tactile collage.” In a series of two workshops within spread across the three days, students will create a three-dimensional piece in the form of a woven shoulder bag or market tote on the first day, and a family of smaller weavings incorporating all the techniques on the second and third days. This retreat experience is perfect for beginners and weaving enthusiasts alike — a chance to create or expand your personal weaving practice, with variations as far as your imagination can take you.

2027 Black Cat Makerie : Weaving Wonder with Jessie Mordine Young

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