Taste of Art: Spring Sweepers
Art + Wellness | Available
Our Taste of Art Workshops welcome students of all skill levels for a series of projects that you can make and take home with you that very day. Today’s project: Spring Sweepers! Merge the worlds of wood and textiles and learn to bind a variety of Appalachian style whisk brooms, with a Spring twist. No experience necessary. Age 14+. All materials included.
Rebecca Juliette-Duex
Rebecca was introduced to the value of craft at an early age. During visits to her mother’s childhood home in rural Western Pennsylvania, she observed how her grandparents found solace in their own handcraft; her grandfather, a coal miner, in his woodshop and her grandmother with needle and thread or yarn. An immersion in weaving (2017–19) and woodworking (2019–21) at Haywood Community College has been an opportunity to build the skills necessary to honor the legacy of her grandparents. Rebecca’s work brings wood and fiber into conversation to tell the story of her own creative heritage and to inspire others to do the same. You can see Rebecca's work at rosevalleyworks.com