Chilkat Beginnings: Thigh spinning Merino Wool with Alaskan Chilkat Weaver
About Chilkat Beginnings: Thigh spinning Merino Wool with Alaskan Chilkat Weaver
After a 30 minute presentation of WHAT IS CHILKAT WEAVING, students will be invited to bring their own stash of roving to their hands and thigh, to learn how Native artists in Alaska and Canada start preparing to weave a Chilkat Dancing Blanket (Robe), or a geometric Ravenstail Robe. Similar, but different to a drop spindle, renowned weaver, Lily Hope, will lead participants to create a two-ply strong bulky cord that allows for future finger-twining of circles and lightning without crushing the warp fibers. Come experience the beginning of a 2500-hour weaving process, by trying your hand at thigh spinning.
The capacity for this class is 25 students.
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90-min live online session.
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Lily Hope
Lily Hope (b. 1980) was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska to full-time artists. She is Tlingit Indian, of the Raven moiety. Following her matrilineal line, she’s of her grandmother’s clan, the T’akdeintaan. She learned Ravenstail weaving from her late mother Clarissa Rizal, and Kay Field Parker, both of Juneau.
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