August 16 - August 17, 2008: Museum of Indian Culture Powwow
Allentown, PA 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Beat the heat along the Little Lehigh at the Roasting Ears of Corn Festival. The Museum of Indian Culture again hosts Native American Indian dancers, native foods and native and colonial demonstrations. My interpretive display demonstrates how native peoples created porcupine quillwork and I show you ways it’s done today. www.museumofindianculture.org for more information.
September 20, 2008. Native American Porcupine Quillworking Part 1: Colors of the Past
Museum of Indian Culture, Allentown, PA 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
- Class fee: $45 for Museum Members/ $50 Nonmembers
- Materials fee: $10
(Teenagers and Adults) 2 hours. Before beads became popular, Native American Indians created colorful embellishments for clothing, pipes, and bags with a most unique material: porcupine quills. Join us as we explore this art form that dates to before the 1500s. You’ll try your hand at this ancient art as we learn how to plait quills (end result could be wrapped around a pipe, knife handle, or wood) and wrap quills to create a medicine wheel. Along the way you’ll discover the tools and techniques Indians used to manipulate quills into works of art, and we’ll peek into the unique life of the prickly porcupine. Pre-registration is required!
September 20, 2008 Native American Porcupine Quillworking, Part 2: Stories in the Quills
Museum of Indian Culture, Allentown, PA 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
- Class fee: $45 for Museum Members/ $50 Nonmembers
- Materials fee: $10
(Teenagers and Adults) 2 ½ hours. Using dyed porcupine quills, you’ll learn how to create pictures and symbols on leather in the tradition of Lenape (woodland) and Plains Indians. You can help revive a dying art as you learn the fundamental stitches of porcupine quillwork. Attendance at the first workshop (Colors of the Past: Native American Quillwork) is suggested but not required. Pre-registration is required!
Save 15%! Sign up for both workshops (Quillworking Parts 1 & 2) for 1 low price Members: $76/ Nonmembers: $85 plus Materials Fee: $20
September 21, 2008 Horse Hair Bracelet Class
Out of Our Hands, Emmaus, PA Noon - 2:30 p.m.
- $65 (all supplies included).
Turn bits of horse tail in wearable art. Learn how to make horse hair pulls and then braid them into a 12-strand braid. You’ll add end caps and a clasp to make a unique horse hair bracelet. All supplies are included in the class fee, but you may bring your own horse hair if you choose (please contact me ahead of time so I can give instructions for cleaning and preparing the horse hair). Pre-registration is required!
October 18 - October 19, 2008: Museum of Indian Culture Powwow
Allentown, PA 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
A Time of Thanksgiving Festival is a fun way to experience fall. Sometimes you find a turkey or sturgeon roasting over an open fire pit. The dancing is colorful, the drumming is intense and you’ll see into the lives of Native American Indians and colonial settlers from the1500s through the 1800s. I’ll be demonstrating porcupine quillwork, a pre-1500s art. www.museumofindianculture.org for more information.
October 12, 2008 Create Horse Hair Earrings Class
Out of Our Hands, Emmaus, PA Noon - 2 p.m.
- $50 (all supplies included).
Get a little insight into how these earrings are handmade as you created a four-strand brand from horse hair, then fashion it into a pair of looped earrings. Inside each loop ha
ngs a dangle jewel drop of peridot, citrine, turquoise or pearl.
The class will take place from noon to 2 p.m. at Out of Our Hands Fine Craft store in Emmaus, PA. Pre-registration is required!
Single Quill Earrings
This class is currently not scheduled. Please contact me to be added to the waiting list.
$40 (includes all supplies)
You’ve been intrigued by the porcupine quill earrings at Out Of Our Hands. Now you can learn how they are made as you fashion your own single quill earrings with gemstone chips. As you craft these unique earrings you’ll learn a bit about the porcupine and how people have used quills for decoration throughout the ages. Choose from amethyst, peridot, citrine or aquamarine chips and silver or gold ear wires. Sign up by contacting Out of Our Hands at 610-965-4806.
Brownie and Girl Scout Beading Classes
I come to your Brownie or Girl Scout meeting to teach the girls about beading, jewelry use around the world, and careers in the arts. We complete at least one project and can meet badge requirements.