Spend an afternoon learning to weave with fiber artist Mary Burns.
You’ll take home a mini loom and a finished project. The cost for this class $7, to help cover the cost of materials.
There is limited seating for this class (12): so you MUST RSVP by May 23rd! Call 920-295-6777.
Mary has spent decades perfecting the art of weaving art, including complex portraits, with sophisticated looms. She is the creator of the handwoven jacquard exhibits Women and Water: Woven Portraits from Around the World and Ancestral Women: Wisconsin's 12 Tribes. Mary's love of weaving began in high school art class and for many years she wove award-winning rug-weight wall hangings, which reside in private homes across the United States. She also creates and teaches tapestry weaving, felting and eco-printing.
Also a writer, Mary's novel Heartwood (2003) is a middle grade fantasy/natural history novel. She is a contributor to A Place to Which We Belong: Wisconsin Writers on Wisconsin Landscapes (1998).
Mary and her family have lived in her grandparents’ home in northern Wisconsin since 1984.
This program is sponsored by a wonderful Friends of the Library volunteer who wishes to remain anonymous.
This event is part of our Summer Reading Program, "Adventure At Your Library." Join us for amazing events and win prizes for reading. More info is available on our website at https://princetonpublib.org/node/1589
