REGISTRATION OPENS:
JANUARY 9 AT NOON
One of seven courses available for the May 8 – 11, 2025
MCA Weekend Workshop @ Haystack
Adornments: Objects of Beauty, Status and Ideas
Instructor: Lissa Hunter
Haystack Studio: Visiting Artist
Enrollment Limit: 12
Materials Fees: $10, See Materials List Below
Level: All Levels Welcome
Class Description:
An adornment is generally seen as an accessory worn to enhance beauty or status, and/or to define cultural, social, or religious status within a specific community. Working with various materials (for example, thread, fabric, paper, wire, wood, etc.) and various techniques (for example, coiling, looping, weaving, collage, stitching, etc.) we will make a series of body adornments emphasizing the use of a guiding idea to progress from one to the next.
This workshop will be more about process than product but you may be surprised at what can be accomplished in a short time with simple materials.
Materials + Fees: $10
The instructor will provide some basic materials for the $10 fee that will be applied to your invoice at the time of registration.
In addition to the fee, participants should bring the student-supplied materials listed below:
- One piece of jewelry that is important to you (Will not be changed or affected in any way)
- Scissors
- Mat knife or X-acto knife
- Sketchbook or plain paper
- Pencil or pen
- Ruler or tape measure
- Needles: sewing, tapestry or rug
- Small amounts of any of these that you already have: papers, fabrics, yarns, threads, mark-making implements (pencils, crayons, markers, etc.), beads, metal, wire, wood, beads
- Any found or natural materials you would like to use…small!
About the Instructor-
Lissa Hunter is a studio artist living and working in Portland, Maine. Her work engages many materials and techniques mostly grounded in fiber and can be found in major museum collections including the Smithsonian Institution, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Art and Design and Racine Art Museum. She has received the MCA Maine Craft Artist Award and Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellow award and is a Life Trustee of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
