COMMUNITY WORKSHOP: Weaving with Wild Fibers, Angela Eastman — The Hambidge Center
Register for a community workshop on harvesting, processing, and weaving with wild fibers led by Angela Eastman.
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- deadline unknown, verify at source
- Entry fee
- Not listed - check the source
- Location
- Hambidge Center, 105 Hambidge Court, Rabun Gap, GA 30568
- Exhibition window
- Oct 10, 2026 → Oct 10, 2026
About
Overview
This workshop takes place during the annual fall open house and covers harvesting, processing, and weaving with wild fibers such as vines, bark, and leaves. Participants will work with material harvested from Hambidge's campus to create several small samples of weaving techniques and discuss how using invasive and/or native plant material can imbue meaning into their work.
About the Instructor
Angela Eastman is an artist and teacher from Hillsborough, North Carolina. She holds an MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art and completed the Core Fellowship program at Penland School of Crafts. She has participated in residencies at MASS MoCA (MA), Vermont Studio Center (VT), the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild (NY), Sitka Center for Art and Ecology (OR), Talking Dolls (MI), the Ragdale Foundation (IL), and SIM and Nes residencies in Iceland. She creates jewelry, baskets, furniture, and other home goods through her design business Flag Mountain Studio and teaches art workshops to adults and youth.
Key Details
- Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026
- Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Location: Hambidge Center, 105 Hambidge Court, Rabun Gap, GA 30568
- Space limited to 10 participants
- Experience encouraged but not required; all experience levels welcome
Eligibility
- Primary address must be in Rabun County to attend without additional fee
- Non-Rabun County residents may attend for a monetary fee (amount not specified)
- Open to local creatives age 12+
- Minors must be accompanied by a participating adult
- Each participant must register separately
- Attendance subject to instructor approval
Registration
Register online. Minors will not be asked for ID; only adults will be asked to show ID with their address upon arriving.
- Entry fee
- Monetary fee applies for non-Rabun County residents; fee amount not specified.
- Theme
- A workshop on harvesting, processing, and weaving with wild fibers such as vines, bark, and leaves, exploring how using invasive and/or native plant material can imbue meaning into creative work.
- Eligibility
- Primary address must be in Rabun County; open to local creatives age 12+; minors must be accompanied by a participating adult.
- Audience
- Local creatives over the age of 12; all experience levels welcome
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