4254 Introduction to Ply-Splitting: Create a key chain or bookmark in SCOT

4254 Introduction to Ply-Splitting: Create a key chain or bookmark in SCOT

Class | This program has been canceled

349 W. Commercial St. Studio 1940 East Rochester, NY 14445 United States

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No prior experience needed,

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 (one day)

1:00 PM-3:30 PM on Tue

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$43.00

Registration Deadline: 5/4


Working with only firmly plied cords and a tool called a grip fid, you’ll learn the basics of one of the most popular ways to use ply-splitting as you make at least one—or maybe even more—narrow bands to use as a bookmark, key chain, pull for a light or overhead fan, or….. This ancient and unique technique involves cords moving not over and under one another, not interlooping, but actually going through/splitting one another. Warning: Ply-splitting can be addictive!

 

AGE:  16 and up

**This Class has a special tuition rate for children. At the top of the page, select Youth Discount. At checkout, a child's tuition will be discounted to $20. The student must be registered as a child in your account profile to receive the discount.


  • MATERIALS FEE: $ 7 paid to instructor for ply-splitting cords and handouts

  • Pen, pencil, note-taking supplies

Robards, Joyce

After a career of more than ten years in fine arts and art education, I “discovered” fiber arts while on a sabbatical leave earning my MST in textiles at RIT. Following graduation, participation in the active and knowledgeable Weavers’ Guild of Rochester and volunteer work for HGA gave me different, but equally valuable, perspectives on the craft of handweaving. I began my professional weaving life on the local craft show circuit, but the joy of teaching continued to beckon. I now meld my drive to create and the irrepressible urge to work with fibers with teaching. I enjoy sharing both my professional knowledge and experience-honed skills and my unique perspectives on the fiber crafts in the classes, workshops and programs I offer. I am one of the “founding members” of the Weaving and Fiber Arts Center, and in addition to a regular schedule of weaving and other textile technique classes there, I present programs and workshops for fiber-related Guilds and conferences, and produce a limited line of handwovens for sale.