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Join us for Tibetan Thread Spirit Catchers with Wendy Arbeit.
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For centuries and up to the present time thread spirit catchers in Buddhist, Bön, and animist areas of Tibet and beyond were made to lure and hold certain spirits in order to keep good fortune or repel bad. In this class you’ll construct a genuine good fortune example documented for Tibet as far back as 1895 and still in use today. And you’ll learn two modern variations with their optional finishing touches. You’ll also find out about their history and contemporary ceremonies.
Next season we’ll build on what you learned in this class with even more colorful variations.
All materials are provided. There will be a $10 supply fee paid to the instructor on the day of class. The fee will cover handouts, sticks for the armatures, and lots of colorful yarns.
What to bring:
- $10 supply fee
- Scissors
- Hot-melt gun if you have
Instructor Bio
Wendy Arbeit received an MA in Art from Columbia University. She started making crafts from an early age and continued after her degree by learning the traditional arts of beading, back-strap weaving, basket making, and twining from Iroquois, Mexican, and Pacific island people. She learned sashiko and temari from Japanese books at a time when none were available in English and kumihimo at a Japan-sponsored program.
She has written four traditional-craft related books, What Are Fronds For? a manual for plaiting coconut fronds; Baskets in Polynesia, a survey of central Polynesian baskets; Tapa in Tonga, an introduction to Tongan barkcloth; and finally the award-winning, Links to the Past: the Work of Early Hawaiian Artisans, a compendium of 1000 objects made within 50 years of Western contact.
Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.
This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.
We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.
MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00. All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass. All transactions in cash.
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