Back home from learning how to harvest and process river cane at the Rivercane Festival with Robin McBride Scott in OK. Even though we crammed all the learning into one Sunday versus the two-day option we learned A LOT! From harvesting in the cane brake, to splitting, to peeling, this stuff is a really cool medium for weaving. No wonder the Cherokee used it. The baskets and mats that Robin had to share were AWESOME! Not to mention all the works of the other weavers that were there to share and learn.
After learning the processing part we went on to learning to weave a mat. I thought it's flat it will be easy. WRONG. Working on the bias is a whole new ball of wax especially when you change patterns from border to float weave. 3-3-3-3 with a 1-3-5 in there on the corners and then 4-1-4-1-4-1 for the float weave. My eyeballs were bug eyed by 5:00 PM. If we would have had time there was the double weave basket to learn, dyeing with natural materials, and honeysuckle preparation. Next year I must schedule so that I can be there for the WHOLE weekend! Thank you ONABA, it was a great event! Pics to come soon as they are all on Jen's camera and WE CAN'T FI
ND THE TRANSFER CORD! ARGH!Hanging with the Cherokee Meemaw:
We got a chance to spend time with our buddy Grenetta who hosted the BYO -Antler class in AR. What a cool lady! She's got more energy then a pack string of mules. She gave us the grand tour of the Cherokee nation in Tallequah and helped us research Jennah's Cherokee kin.
BYO-Antler Buds:
The BYO-Antler class was a great success. I didn't know what I was doing since I haven't taught it before but everyone seemed happy with the results. Empowering women with hand tools! Drill on sisters!
Posts
1 comments:
Sounds like it was a fabulous experience. Thanks for sharing it.
Post a Comment