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Natural Materials Jewelry: Medallions and Earrings

Make pendants and earrings with a variety of natural twigs, roots, bark, reeds, grasses and ferns.

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Natural Materials Jewelry: Medallions and Earrings

Natural Materials Jewelry: Medallions and Earrings

Make pendants and earrings with a variety of natural twigs, roots, bark, reeds, grasses and ferns.

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Start your first day by making a twined medallion with a variety of natural twigs, roots, bark, reeds, grasses, and ferns.  Some are common in gardens and some are wild. You'll learn how to split and prepare the materials into tiny weaving strands, as well as a few kinds of starts and finish the piece with leather and shell and wood beads. Bring something from your own garden if you'd like to try it.

On the second day, you'll make twined earrings or a pendant in the shape of an acorn or mushroom using natural materials. Pussy willows and beads complete the illusion.

Details

  • Skill level: Some basket weaving experience is strongly recommended. This class is not for beginners. Knowledge of twining is strongly advised.
  • There will be lunch break of about half an hour each day so bring lunch. A refrigerator and microwave are available on the lower level.

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A $60 materials fee, included in the price of the class, covers everything you need.

Instructor
Margaret Mathewson

Margaret (Pegg), who began weaving in 1980 in California, has studied and practiced styles from around the globe. She specializes in technical analysis and works for numerous museums and tribal organizations documenting and revitalizing ancient traditions. Her own work is a mix of ancient and contemporary, and focuses on natural materials. “I look at my current art as a celebration of the contrast between random free flow and exacting tradition. Both inform my work. I love the feel, color and texture of natural materials and found objects. Nothing can really improve on a scene from nature. I just feel I have to try putting together my own pictures.”

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