*New* Object as Story: Weaving Personal History, Nov. 8
$250 | 1-Day Workshop | Saturday, November 8, 10 am-4 pm, The Weaving Workshop, 3022 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL. | Instructor: Dee Clements
This narrative-driven workshop invites participants to weave memory, identity, and emotion into sculptural form. Participants will use expressive weaving and wrapping techniques and guided prompts to create a sculptural vessel, shrine, or wrapped form that embeds or is inspired by a meaningful object, memory, or material. The goal is not to make a functional basket, but rather a personal artifact—a form that holds a story. These can look like a lopsided or abstract basket-like vessel, a wrapped bundle or bound relic form, a woven shrine or altar-like structure, a fiber-embedded sculpture incorporating a found or meaningful object. The Emphasis is on emotionally responsive form making, not precision.
Techniques Covered: Twining, binding, wrapping, lashing, free-form shaping
Materials Provided: foundational materials are providedreed, wire, raffia, and adhesives.
What to bring: Participants are asked to bring 1–3 personal or meaningful items to work with or embed into their piece. These could include fabric, text, objects, or materials that carry memory or personal resonance. A full suggested list will be provided upon registration.
CANCELLATION + REFUND POLICY:
Please carefully consider your investment and participation in this class. If you cancel 30 or more days prior to the workshop's start, a full refund, minus a $25 processing fee, is available. If you cancel fewer than 30 days before the workshop's start, your entire course fee will be forfeited. As always, there are options to join a future class instead of cancelling.
Image: Judith Scott, Untitled, 1993, 44 × 10 × 10 in, Brooklyn Museum.
$250 | 1-Day Workshop | Saturday, November 8, 10 am-4 pm, The Weaving Workshop, 3022 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL. | Instructor: Dee Clements
This narrative-driven workshop invites participants to weave memory, identity, and emotion into sculptural form. Participants will use expressive weaving and wrapping techniques and guided prompts to create a sculptural vessel, shrine, or wrapped form that embeds or is inspired by a meaningful object, memory, or material. The goal is not to make a functional basket, but rather a personal artifact—a form that holds a story. These can look like a lopsided or abstract basket-like vessel, a wrapped bundle or bound relic form, a woven shrine or altar-like structure, a fiber-embedded sculpture incorporating a found or meaningful object. The Emphasis is on emotionally responsive form making, not precision.
Techniques Covered: Twining, binding, wrapping, lashing, free-form shaping
Materials Provided: foundational materials are providedreed, wire, raffia, and adhesives.
What to bring: Participants are asked to bring 1–3 personal or meaningful items to work with or embed into their piece. These could include fabric, text, objects, or materials that carry memory or personal resonance. A full suggested list will be provided upon registration.
CANCELLATION + REFUND POLICY:
Please carefully consider your investment and participation in this class. If you cancel 30 or more days prior to the workshop's start, a full refund, minus a $25 processing fee, is available. If you cancel fewer than 30 days before the workshop's start, your entire course fee will be forfeited. As always, there are options to join a future class instead of cancelling.
Image: Judith Scott, Untitled, 1993, 44 × 10 × 10 in, Brooklyn Museum.
$250 | 1-Day Workshop | Saturday, November 8, 10 am-4 pm, The Weaving Workshop, 3022 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL. | Instructor: Dee Clements
This narrative-driven workshop invites participants to weave memory, identity, and emotion into sculptural form. Participants will use expressive weaving and wrapping techniques and guided prompts to create a sculptural vessel, shrine, or wrapped form that embeds or is inspired by a meaningful object, memory, or material. The goal is not to make a functional basket, but rather a personal artifact—a form that holds a story. These can look like a lopsided or abstract basket-like vessel, a wrapped bundle or bound relic form, a woven shrine or altar-like structure, a fiber-embedded sculpture incorporating a found or meaningful object. The Emphasis is on emotionally responsive form making, not precision.
Techniques Covered: Twining, binding, wrapping, lashing, free-form shaping
Materials Provided: foundational materials are providedreed, wire, raffia, and adhesives.
What to bring: Participants are asked to bring 1–3 personal or meaningful items to work with or embed into their piece. These could include fabric, text, objects, or materials that carry memory or personal resonance. A full suggested list will be provided upon registration.
CANCELLATION + REFUND POLICY:
Please carefully consider your investment and participation in this class. If you cancel 30 or more days prior to the workshop's start, a full refund, minus a $25 processing fee, is available. If you cancel fewer than 30 days before the workshop's start, your entire course fee will be forfeited. As always, there are options to join a future class instead of cancelling.
Image: Judith Scott, Untitled, 1993, 44 × 10 × 10 in, Brooklyn Museum.