Backpack Basket Weaving Class with Peter Yencken

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Turtle Island Backpack Basket Weaving Class with Peter Yencken

insert_invitation Fri, Oct 18, 2024 10:00 AM (EDT)

location_on Turtle Island Preserve, Boone, North Carolina

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This event ended Sun, Oct 20 - 03:00 PM

Delia Fian lives off-grid in the mountains of Western North Carolina and weaves invasive plants into useful items. She runs a school for rewilding and handcrafts called School of the Greenwood with her husband Joel Thorn Fian, where she teaches children and adults to meet their needs in place. Delia is working towards a handmade life, building a treehouse with wood from the forest, harvesting wild food, sewing clothes, and woodcarving, but basketry is her favorite skill as it transfers into many aspects of life. Delia weaves hats, shoes, chairs, backpacks, bowls, and is always exploring new (old) uses for the plants outside her door.