SAORI WEAVING

SAORI Weaving - Instructor: Chiaki O'Brien Date: Saturday 12p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Max: 12 Min Age: 10 Class Fee: $45 Materials fee payable to instructor: $20

SAORI is very different from traditional weaving: placing more importance on free expression and creativity than on technical skills or the regularity of the woven cloth. This is a therapeutic/healing weaving technique. Students in this class will relax, enjoy, explore, and develop positive thinking through weaving.Be ready to feel like you are 5 years old and be ready to follow your heart!Even though there are only two harnesses, students can still enjoy weaving with many colors, textures and utilizing the inherent sense of exploration we all possess! Students will be amazed how much they can do with two harnesses. The warp will be set for students, so they can start weaving right away. Students will take home whatever length they weave. We always try to do what only human beings can do, without imitating machine-made products. No two weavers are alike, so it is very natural that every single cloth, freely woven by people with different personalities, is beautiful in a unique way. Irregular selvages and accidental skips of thread add to the un-programmed beauty of SAORI cloths. We admire this irregularity as the unintentional beauty resulting from our natural creativity.

Students should bring:

Be willingness to explore!ScissorsIf they like to incorporate their own material such as hand spun yarn, strips fabric, feathers....they are welcome to bring them.

Instructors Website: http://www.saoristudiofun.com

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Shepherd's Harvest Sheep & Wool Festival, Washington County Fairgrounds, Stillwater, United States