About this Event
CLASS DESCRIPTION:
Celebrate the Winter Solstice with a hands-on wreath-making workshop inspired by the longest night of the year and the gradual return of the light. Create a seasonal wreath using fresh evergreen boughs, holly, mistletoe, and pine, then personalize your design with gemstones like garnet, citrine, and pyrite, along with warm cinnamon and gold accents.
Blending natural elements with cozy winter details, you’ll create a welcoming wreath that honors the season and brings a little warmth and light to your home throughout the winter months.
ABOUT THE MAKER:
Patty Figliola is the maker behind Aisling MagickArt. Aisling (ASH-ling) is the Irish word for dream or vision, a name she first used in 2001 when she started Aisling PhotoArt, a body of work built on Polaroid manipulations. Another photographer told her that he sees things as they are, but she sees things as they could be. Manipulating a Polaroid’s soft, instant image with clay tools into something dreamlike was the first expression of that vision, and it has guided every medium since.
Today she brings that way of seeing to handmade work rooted in Irish myth and the Wheel of the Year: wreaths, Brigid crosses, cornhusk Goddess dolls, spell jars, and the Apotheckary Collection of loose incense, aromatic mists, and essential oil roll-on blends. Her workshops invite you to look at a handful of herbs, flowers, and gemstones and see what they could become.
No experience necessary. Leave with something made by you, and a new way of seeing.
Event venue & nearby stays
WE MAKE DC, 1140 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States
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