The Nod Makerie at Camp Wandawega – Weaving Workshop

October 7, 2015

Post by Michelle Kohanzo

Follow along as Michelle recaps our parent & child creative workshop, The Makerie at Camp Wandawega. Read other posts about our weekend in the woods HERE.

The Nod Makerie at Camp Wandawega - Weaving Workshop

Mine and Everett’s first workshop of camp was weaving with the amazing Dee Clements of Herron Clothier.

Everybody got a cool flouro acrylic loom and made potholders out of their old t-shirts. Everett directed me very specifically on the order of and thickness of each color. He (I) made an amazing little potholder that now hangs on his wall, holding no pots. I love that Dee used old t-shirts for this project. It’s a brilliant idea, because who doesn’t have some old clothes lying round that no longer fit, or have become torn and worn. Why not turn them in to a little bit of art you can make with your kids?

The Nod Makerie at Camp Wandawega - Weaving Workshop

Dee is such a wonderful and patient teacher and, as always happens with her workshops, she got everyone hooked on weaving. Everyone was making such beautiful, interesting pieces. I even got a chance to make my own after finishing Everett’s, and mine actually holds pots! How amazing that after this workshop we all went home with a useful little potholder and a pretty loom to make many more creations.

The Nod Makerie at Camp Wandawega - Weaving Workshop

All photos provided by: THUSS + FARRELL

Michelle is the mother to four kids (yes, FOUR!), a gourmet cook and a retail junky. She’s painted her dining room countless times and changes rugs like most people change their bedsheets. When she’s not living and breathing retail, she’s weaving amazing works of art with her sister for Bourbon+Gin Weaving.