Workshop Descriptions

Simply Knotted
1-2 Day workshop
This fun and inspiring workshop teaches the simple sculptural techniques of knotting through the process of starting a small bowl form. Information covered includes how to begin, increasing and decreasing the core, adding and subtracting colors, and methods to finish. You will also learn creative ways to add patterns, textures and embellishments to make it your own unique vision!

Knotting with Katie!
2-5 Day workshop
This fun and inspiring workshop teaches the simple sculptural techniques of knotting through the process of working on an easy to handle surface; completing your piece will result in a small scale sculpture. Information covered includes different methods to begin, adding and subtracting colors, how to utilize language and differing methods of finishing your form. You will also learn creative ways to add patterns, embellishments and various textures to express your own unique vision.

Katie Anderson: The Path from There to Here
PowerPoint with Q&A discussion
45 minutes - 1.5 hours
Kate Anderson will present a dynamic presentation on her work. She began as a painter in 1982 and eventually transitioned into collaborating with her artist husband. For 10 years they had an active career exhibiting their painted mixed media wood assemblages. In 1995, after a taking a knotting workshop for fun, she began knotting exclusively by 1996. Eventually she ended a 24 year career as a gallery director in order to focus full time on her work and on the opportunities the textile world presents. This session will culminate in a group discussion about the ability to reinvent oneself and the power of positive change.