Workshop

26/03/2022

Straw Crafts Demonstration

Sylvia Martin

Coventry Canal Basin, CV1 4LY

Sylvia Martin (art historian / researcher / straw artist) demonstrated craft ‘POSSIBILITIES’ with straw, including examples of straw spiral work, straw marquetry and split and spun straw.

Part of the Hairy Barge Event Day: A number of talks and workshops at the intersection of heritage, craft and contemporary art to mark the arrival of our Hairy Barge into Coventry; bringing our straw harvest to the communities that will help to transform it this Spring/Summer into the Hand Earth Gesture Return public art installation.

#Collaboration #Community #Making #Materials #Straw

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