Plants Make Color!

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Drop by to meet a few plants that are packed with color! See and smell a few dye vats and watch the process of dyeing with plants as it happens. Visit the Remaking the Renaissance …

Square image of fabric samples arranged on wooden table. Four images of flowers are imposed on top with corresponding text. Clockwise from top: Cosmo, Cosmos sulphureus; Pincushion, Scabiosa atropurpurea; Indigo, Indigofera tinctoria; Walnut, Juglans regia.

Tangible Secrets

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 10:00 am -

In Tangible Secrets, Cho investigates collected secrets as palpable material and explores the contemporary application of jiseung, a traditional Korean paper-weaving craft.

Woven abstract structure in natural colored yarn

Weaving and Counterfactual Narratives of Technical Progress

Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall
@ 5:00 pm

Recording of Event Counterfactual thinking is a form of asking “what if” questions that consider how the present would have unfolded had historical events had different outcomes. In this talk, I’ll draw from my research …

Two speech bubbles with images of a woman in profile weaving (top left) and a woven textile (bottom right), with the text Phyllis Huffman Fresh Ideas logo on the top right and Laura Devendorf Mar 5 @ 5pm on the bottom right

Random Weave Workshop with Ann Coddington

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Join us for this engaging workshop where you will explore the process of random woven basketry. We will begin by creating an armature, then complete the form with random weaving using round and flat reed …

Five random weaved baskets hang on a neutral wall.

Visible Mending Workshop at the School of Human Ecology

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Finally, learn the art and craft of two visible mending practices, darning and Sashiko stitching, with Mitch Frank, teaching faculty in sewn construction at UW-Madison’s School of Human Ecology. In this hands-on workshop you will …

10 colorful squares of fabric surround the number 4 with the words Nancy Nicholas Hall mending workshop @ 3pm at the bottom of the image.

Exhibition tour of Social Threads at the School of Human Ecology

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery
@ 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

At 2:30pm, visit the Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery at UW-Madison’s School of Human Ecology for a tour of Social Threads: Making, Mending and Maintaining Community. This exhibition brings together objects from the Helen Louise Allen …

10 colorful squares of fabric surround the number 3 with the words Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery @ 2:30pm tour Social Threads at the bottom of the image.

Tour of The Mending Project at Madison Central Library

Madison Central Library
@ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Starting at Madison Central Library from 11am-12pm, The Sewing Machine Project will host a tour of the mending services available through their initiative, The Mending Project. Learn about the day in the life of the …

Opening Reception for Heart, Head, and Hand

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

October 19, 5:00-8:00pm | Ruth Davis Design Gallery Join us in celebrating the opening of Heart, Head, and Hand: Making and Remaking at Berea College Student Craft. On view starting October 18 in the Ruth …

Photo of a colorful broom with broom corn in the background and "Heart, Head, & Hand" in the foreground along the bottom