Plastic Playing Fiber: Rug Hooking with Domenica Queen
Join us for a day of play as we learn to rug hook with Domenica Queen (she/her). Students will experience the basics of hand hooking a small rug with single-use plastic instead of traditional fabrics. They will also be shown a wide variety of applications for single-use plastics and instructed on sourcing and processing materials for their projects.
Class is on March 22nd, from 10-4 at Mycelium. We’ll take breaks for lunch and TipTop runs! All supplies are included.
Domenica’s bio: I am a Hispappalachian mixed media artist, using heritage textile and fiber art techniques to create heirloom artworks from waste plastics. My goal with this work is to shift the developed world’s
collective view of plastic from “disposable” to “heirloom material” by highlighting its operational life
through the context of heritage crafts. Plastic is a “legacy material” even if we treat it as disposable.
My pieces are geared toward all the thoughtful, curious people who enjoy the unexpected combination. Kind souls who aren’t content with letting the natural environment be consumed by industry also enjoy my work. Plastic is a heirloom material. Durable, flexible, reusable, and colorful, making it lasting and fun to work with. My work is heavily influenced by a combination of the skills taught to me by the women in my life and the aesthetics of Catalan Modernism and Art Nouveau. The work is equally likely to feature Gaudi-style mosaics, swirling natural forms or stitches that would be at home on an heirloom your grandmother made.
Join us for a day of play as we learn to rug hook with Domenica Queen (she/her). Students will experience the basics of hand hooking a small rug with single-use plastic instead of traditional fabrics. They will also be shown a wide variety of applications for single-use plastics and instructed on sourcing and processing materials for their projects.
Class is on March 22nd, from 10-4 at Mycelium. We’ll take breaks for lunch and TipTop runs! All supplies are included.
Domenica’s bio: I am a Hispappalachian mixed media artist, using heritage textile and fiber art techniques to create heirloom artworks from waste plastics. My goal with this work is to shift the developed world’s
collective view of plastic from “disposable” to “heirloom material” by highlighting its operational life
through the context of heritage crafts. Plastic is a “legacy material” even if we treat it as disposable.
My pieces are geared toward all the thoughtful, curious people who enjoy the unexpected combination. Kind souls who aren’t content with letting the natural environment be consumed by industry also enjoy my work. Plastic is a heirloom material. Durable, flexible, reusable, and colorful, making it lasting and fun to work with. My work is heavily influenced by a combination of the skills taught to me by the women in my life and the aesthetics of Catalan Modernism and Art Nouveau. The work is equally likely to feature Gaudi-style mosaics, swirling natural forms or stitches that would be at home on an heirloom your grandmother made.
Join us for a day of play as we learn to rug hook with Domenica Queen (she/her). Students will experience the basics of hand hooking a small rug with single-use plastic instead of traditional fabrics. They will also be shown a wide variety of applications for single-use plastics and instructed on sourcing and processing materials for their projects.
Class is on March 22nd, from 10-4 at Mycelium. We’ll take breaks for lunch and TipTop runs! All supplies are included.
Domenica’s bio: I am a Hispappalachian mixed media artist, using heritage textile and fiber art techniques to create heirloom artworks from waste plastics. My goal with this work is to shift the developed world’s
collective view of plastic from “disposable” to “heirloom material” by highlighting its operational life
through the context of heritage crafts. Plastic is a “legacy material” even if we treat it as disposable.
My pieces are geared toward all the thoughtful, curious people who enjoy the unexpected combination. Kind souls who aren’t content with letting the natural environment be consumed by industry also enjoy my work. Plastic is a heirloom material. Durable, flexible, reusable, and colorful, making it lasting and fun to work with. My work is heavily influenced by a combination of the skills taught to me by the women in my life and the aesthetics of Catalan Modernism and Art Nouveau. The work is equally likely to feature Gaudi-style mosaics, swirling natural forms or stitches that would be at home on an heirloom your grandmother made.