Study Group Notebook
Meeting 5 : Harvesting Vine + Rinsing Root
Since our last meeting we have been harvesting kudzu and knotweed roots from our site in Marshall, NC, where earthwork and road building efforts have lifted the topsoil and exposed...
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Meeting 4 : Knotweed Paper + Pigment
Early spring you can find japanese knotweed popping up along the river, creak, and mountain spring lines, along roadways, growing through gravel, in disrupted then abandoned areas — this water...
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Meeting 3 : Testing the (Dye Pot) Waters
This month, we furthered our banana fiber explorations and discussed the abundance of banana trees in our region. Then together, we worked with osage orange saw dust (an abundant tree in...
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Meeting 2 : Baskets + Banana Fiber
We shared our baskets and learnings from the foraging and making process. As newcomers to the craft, we all followed a fairly free-form approach. Julia brought banana stalk and fiber. We...
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Meeting 1 : Kudzu Fiber Processing
In our monthly Invasive Fiber Study group we will collaborate with regional ‘invasive’ (or highly abundant) plants from kudzu to knotweed. We want to rewrite the narrative and reframe these...
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