We Economy: Making Your Own Cloth
with
Maggie Leininger
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category
Arts & DIY
Event Overview
Ever wonder how cloth is made? Come see how local resources are being used to create functional and creative cloth right here in Illinois. Try your hand at spinning your own yarn, weaving on a loom, needle felting, and dyeing fabric from plants around town.
This free 1 day symposium brings together Pamela Feldman, a master dyer specializing in plants, the owners of the Illinois Fiber Mill who raise their own sheep and process their wool, and Urban Threads Design Studio who teaches many of these demonstrated skills to encourage everyone to try their hand at making their own personalized textile creation. The symposium will also highlight the many resources out there that promote local and sustainable fiber production, skill sharing resources, and ways to think about our contemporary cloth culture.
Minimum age
All ages welcome
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST
Maggie has extensive experience teaching in the fine art realm of textile production. For the past 4 years, Maggie was a visiting professor at Arizona State University where she taught weaving, spinning, dyeing, sculpture and cloth construction. Currently, Maggie is the founding creative director of Industrious Anarchy that promotes socially and environmentally sustainable cloth production through various community events, workshops, symposiums and residencies.
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