Intro to Wool Weaving on a Tapestry Loom

Join Ferry Building Gallery exhibiting artist Haley Hunt-Brondwin for an introduction to tapestry weaving on a frame loom. This workshop will guide you through the entire process of creating your first woven wall hanging, from setting up the loom and learning key weaving techniques, to finishing and removing your piece.

Registrants can attend a follow-up drop-in session in the Ferry Building Gallery on Saturday, February 28 from 1 - 3 p.m. if they want further guidance and assistance finishing their piece. All supplies will be provided, including a hand made frame loom, comb, weaving sword, warp thread, wool, and a cotton tote bag – all yours to keep! You will also receive an instruction guide with tips, tricks and techniques to support your continued weaving journey.

While the workshop is geared towards adults, ages 12 and up are welcome if they are keen to learn about weaving, enjoy working with their hands and feel comfortable in an adult setting.

Costs include a small handmade loom, supplies, tools, instruction guide, and optional two-hour follow-up session.

Follow-up session: Saturday, February 28, 1–3 p.m., at the Ferry Building Gallery
 

About the instructor

Haley Hunt-Brondwin is a visual artist and designer from the west coast of BC, splitting her time between “Vancouver” and qathet. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Emily Carr University. Haley has an interdisciplinary practice currently focused in painting and tapestry. Her work explores the qualities of human relationships and our phenomenological and physiological relationship to landscapes and the Natural world. Haley is interested in what is revealed amongst and within points of connection and disconnection – always in pursuit of the balance between tension and harmony.

Haley's art practice has evolved to include a focus in the fibre arts. Weaving and tapestry as a means of exploring tradition and human history specifically female lineage and its connection to hand crafts in that history. Fibre is a very visceral and relatable medium. Haley is interested in fibre's ability to draw parallels to the physical body and the experience of being in one’s own body.

Location: Harmony Room (downstairs), The Music Box, 1564 Argyle Avenue.