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News and Updates from Sanborn Mills Farm
— March 18, 2022 —
Upcoming Workshops: April, May, early June
Here are the workshops that will open the season at Sanborn Mills Farm, beginning in April. Click on the workshop title to learn more and to register.
Draft Animal: Oxen Basics: April 29-May 1
Natural Dye Basics: Natural Indigo Vats with Extract: May 5-7
Natural Dye Basics: Mordant Dyes on Cloth: May 12-14
Blacksmithing Basics: May 20-22
Beginning Spinning on a Spinning Wheel – Spring Session: May 21
Stenciling Basics – Stenciling Placemats: May 21
Draft Animal: Working Oxen on the Farm and Garden: May 21-22
Rug Hooking: May 21-22
Blacksmithing Basics: May 27-29
Indigo Shibori Dyeing from Itajime, Arashi, Nui, Kumo, and Beyond: May 30-June 3
Sew Something Special – A Week with Great Fabric, a Machine, and a Community: June 6 – 10
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Meet Debbie Maddy, Shibori Artist and Fiber Arts Workshop Instructor
Sanborn Mills Farm is thrilled that Debbie Maddy, renowned artist in shibori, a manual-resist dyeing technique that originated in Japan, will join us at the Farm to teach a workshop titled “Indigo Shibori Dyeing from Itajino, Arashi, Nui, Kumo, and Beyond.” Debbie will be at the Farm from May 30 through June 3; for more information about her workshop and to register, click here.
“I love learning my art and teaching it to others,” she says. “The delight in my student’s eyes makes me very joyful. I love teaching because it has given me the opportunity to meet so many people and make some wonderful friends.”
To read our full interview with Debbie, click here.
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Apple Pruning Demonstration at the Farm with UNH Extension, March 25
In cooperation with UNH Extension, Sanborn Mills Farm will co-host an Apple Pruning Demonstration on Friday, March 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. This free workshop will focus on pruning mature apple trees, as well as touching on training young trees. No registration required. It’s early spring, so dress for the weather!
For information, click here.
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Book of the Month
What We’re Reading in March
In early 2019, the craft community experienced a reckoning when crafters of color began sharing personal stories about exclusion and racial injustice in their field, pointing out the inequity and lack of visible diversity within the crafting world. In This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection, author Jen Hewett, who is one of a few prominent women of color in the fiber crafts community, brings together this book as a direct response to the need to highlight the diverse voices of artists working in fiber arts and crafts.
The book weaves together interviews, first-person essays, and artist profiles to explore the work and contributions of people of color across the fiber arts and crafts community, representing a wide spectrum of race, age, region, cultural identity, education, and economic class. For more information and a link to independent bookstores, click here.
And Just in Case You Missed It…
Last fall, students from Merrimack Valley Middle School in Merrimack, N.H., enthusiastically joined Fiber Arts manager Sara Goodman at Sanborn Mills Farm to learn how to make natural dyes from plants. Recently, they stitched together all the individual alphabet letters they made in the workshop to create this inspirational banner.
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Photo Credits
Debbie Maddy photo courtesy Debbie Maddy.
Apple Pruning photo by beyondthechickencoop.com.
This Long Thread cover courtesy Penguin Random House.
Merrimack Middle School photo courtesy the school.
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