Cordage Making Workshop

300 East Port Marina Drive,Hood River OR 97031

02 July, 2022

Description

Learn how to make cordage (rope) using local plant fibers with artist Chloë Hight Visual and teaching artist Chloë Hight will be creating a woven sculpture with natural material as a part of The Exquisite Gorge Project II: Fiber Arts in partnership with Maryhill Museum of Art. This spring and early summer, Chloë will lead hands-on weaving classes for children and adults in collaboration with The History Museum of Hood River County, Columbia Center for the Arts, and Arts in Education of the Gorge as an extension of this project. Participants will learn how to make cordage (rope) using local plant fibers to create lengths of woven material and explore the wide variety of plants that can be used for basket weaving. These community engaged weaving circles will inform and inspire Chloë's creative process in creating the art piece for the Exquisite Gorge Project II.