Maker Faire WNY Regional 2024
NatureConnect 365: UpCycled Fiber Art
Home: New York, United States
Using recycled materials, participants will have opportunity to create wall decor. Cardboard looms, donated fibers, twig dowel. Hands-on beginning weaving technique enjoyed by novice and experienced fiber artists, alike.
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Maker
Patricia Patterson, PhD
Hi! I'm Patricia Patterson PhD , Founding Facilitator of NatureConnect 365. I have had the immense pleasure of sharing eco-minded, sensory-based activity with fellow intergenerational human beings for decades. To create moments that allow Earth to teach, is our mission. Envisioning school sites as community hubs of student-driven innovation and creativity we endeavor to galvanize community-based programs and partnerships. Supporting teachers, caretakers and community partners who are deeply invested in the capacity of young people to care for themselves as they develop care for the world around them. Experiencing, while learning about, the environment as a young person builds a foundation for lifelong environmental literacy. Frequent opportunities to creatively investigate, learn from identified challenges, caring for nature and their lived environments is central to each and every program offered.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricia-ann-patterson-phd-9b5434129/What Inspired You to Make This?
Development of hands-on activity which introduces concept of UpCycled decor in a process-based format, which can be easily replicated. *while the category of Fabric Art was chosen, Fiber Art more aptly meets the description of yarns and cords also used.
