Upcoming and Recent Events
Festival; Personal Appearance
10am to 2 pm. Saturday, June 28, 2025
Champlain Heights, Vancouver, BC
A community engaged event, free and accessible to everyone. I will be demonstrating how to make leaf sculptures using a paper casting method. Using recycled paper pulp with native plant seeds, pressed onto a real leaf with a twig “stem”. Take one home to dry and enjoy it inside, or leave it outside to biodegrade and maybe (just maybe) some seeds will grow as it returns to the earth.
Workshop/Live Session
Working with English Ivy
This live ZOOM session class will cover what to look for, how to harvest, and a detailed demonstration on how to peel and split the vines into fine material. I will have several finished projects to show how the vines can be used in different ways. Not a weaving class, more of a materials deep dive. Included in the session is a brief intro into how to dye the peeled vines, followed by a question and answer period.
Workshop
Subtle Colours from Nature:
Fun with Handmade Inks
1 to 5 pm. Monday, March 31, 2025
Learn how to make a batch of ink from botanical materials. Meanwhile, we will play with abstract mark making, building up loose patterns in muted tones on watercolour paper. Beginners welcome.
Artist Talk
Vancouver Island Woodworking Guild
Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
7 to 8pm
Lee Valley, Victoria BC
On the intersection of woodworking and basketry, with a look at coppice agroforestry practices.
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