Overview
In this workshop with artist Angela Eastman, participants engage in a practical exploration of natural plant fibers. After a tour of the Museum Park, learning how to identify, harvest, and process useful plants, students utilize weaving techniques to create sculptural woven vessels and forms. This process opens up a conversation about the intersection of ecological responsibility, creative placemaking, and heritage crafts. Supplies included. No experience needed.
About the instructor
Angela Eastman is a mixed-media artist based in Hillsborough, NC. She has a background in sculpture and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She completed the core fellowship program at Penland School of Craft in 2014. Eastman now works primarily as a basket weaver and teacher of weaving, blacksmithing, and ceramics in addition to her own mixed-media studio practice.
Image: Courtesy of Angela Eastman
