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Artist-Led Workshop at Art Makers Outpost: Hand Spinning 102 with Aaron Storm
February 25, 2024 @ 6:45 pm - 9:00 pm
$50
Hand Spinning 102: Drop Spindle Plying Methods
In the fourth iteration of Art Makers Outpost’s Artist-Led Adult Workshop Series, participants will learn the double-ply technique as well as how to create cloth from the material they’ve spun.
$50 per participant, all materials provided. To register, please visit https://www.artmakersoutpost.com/oad-workshops
Workshop Description: In this two-hour workshop, we’ll build upon the skills you gained in Hand Spinning 101! We’ll dig into a variety of traditional methods to ply yarn back on itself to create a strong, finished, and balanced yarn you can knit, weave, or crochet with. Students will use their own handspun yarn from the previous class to create two and three ply yarns, but we’ll have extra yarn on hand to experiment with just in case.
Aaron Storm (They/Them) is an award-winning artist and educator based in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in the southern midwest, they received their BFA in Studio art from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. They have been an Artist in Residence at the University of Arkansas and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, as well as a Studio Assistant at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and have exhibited their work nationally. Having trained with many Applachian and Japanese artisans, their work navigates intersections of historical imaging techniques and traditional textile practices in order to explore the queer eroticisms of death, grief, and the haunting presences of ambient phenomena.
ARTIST LED WORKSHOPS at Art Makers Outpost are BYOB and 18+
6:45 pm-9:00 pm on select Tuesday Evenings.
Doors Open @ 6:45 pm | Pre-Registration Required
6:45 pm-9:00 pm | BYOB | Appetizers Provided 18+ | Must be 21+ to BYOB Alcohol or Imbibe Alcohol
