The Work in Progress Lab in the rear of the Ruth Davis Design Gallery invites visitors to engage with materials and techniques on display in the CDMC. Feel the materials and learn techniques that transform them into the objects that have shaped and continue to shape our everyday lives. Develop and share your own material intelligence by felting with wool, weaving with linen, constructing with glass, and connecting with others through material processes. We offer instructions and supplies to get started on projects like weaving, basketry, crochet, embroidery, visible mending, felting, and much more!
Keep an eye out for WIP Lab Activations where CDMC staff and featured makers will lead guided workshops using the materials and techniques on display.
- October 31: Fall Needle Felting
- November 7th: Button Making and Co-Crafting with Ann Coddington
- November 21st: Crochet Flower Coasters with Willa Peterson
- December 5th: Arm Knitting Holiday Wreaths with Ruby Horowitz
- January 30th: Twined Basketry with Ann Coddington
- February 6th: Visible Mending with Emma MacLaughlin-Barck
- March 4th: Paper Butterfly Folding with Mariah Moneda
This making space is part of Material Intelligence and is on view in the Ruth Davis Design Gallery from October 16, 2024 – March 9, 2025.
This exhibition is supported by the Anonymous Fund, the Chipstone Foundation, the Marilynn R. Baxter Fund, the University of Wisconsin – Madison Division of the Arts Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts, University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Education Impact 2030 Helen Burish Fund, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research with funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
The WIP Lab is open during gallery hours:
Mondays-Tuesdays: Closed
Wednesdays: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Thursdays: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Fridays: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturdays-Sundays: 12:00-4:00 PM