Join renowned textile artist Dawn Erickson for this festive and hands-on experience! In this workshop, you will use the instructor’s pre-cut blocks to create designs printed on fabric and paper. You may also make a block or two of your own. After everything is dry, you will fold boxes and learn to giftwrap in the Japanese furoshiki style, complete with handmade ribbons and bows.
Participants may bring a couple small gifts to wrap (about the size of a book or smaller, such as earrings or socks).
Bring a lunch or plan to eat downtown.
$10.00 for supplies payable to the instructor
CLASS INFORMATION:
Saturday, December 13 from 10am-3pm (one hour lunch break)
Teaching artist: Dawn Erickson
Level: All skill levels welcome
Age: 18+
Class size: 8-15
Participation fee: $95
About the Artist: An Honors Graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Dawn is an independent artist/designer. Her textile designs have been exhibited extensively throughout the world and are in the permanent collections of the Kyoto Textile Museum in Japan, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design in New York, and The Art Institute of Chicago as well as numerous private and corporate collections. Her considerable foreign travel experiences (including Asia, Eastern Europe, India, Russia, Turkey, and former Soviet countries) are evident in her work.
Following her college graduation Dawn moved to New York City where she worked as a Textile Designer. Later moving to Minnesota, Dawn continues to do fine art as well as textile designs for the home textile industry. She designs for many companies in the country and around the world, Papyrus-Recycled Greetings, Crate&Barrel, Garnet Hill, Eddie Bauer, Pottery Barn, Ikea of Sweden, TAG, and Target to name just a few.