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Autumn Prairie Loom

7/17/2020

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It's really not rocket science. It's nature art!
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  • Find yourself a nice vine or twig or branch that has at least one V. I made my frame out of honeysuckle. I do not feel bad about harvesting a branch cut from the bush because Japanese honeysuckle is a brute. An invasive that just keep spreading through our native habitat and choking out our local plant biodiversity. And, it's more flexible when it's green.
  • I tied mine together into an arcing eye shape but you can leave it a Y or V shape if you prefer, or if you can't bend your branch.
  • Once the end is tied (or not), begin to weave the string of your choice from side to side, forming a continuous W, back and forth from one end of your loom to the other, wrapping it a couple times before moving on. 
  • Then, go out in your garden, the prairie, a field, and gather a few stalks of in-season plants, flowers, and seed heads. 
  • Weave them into your loom from the base of their stem pulling through so not to ruffle the foliage in the wrong direction.
  • Carry as your wand of power or hang as decor. 


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    Ceramics teacher for several years at the Indianapolis Art Center, a play-based preschool teacher and Art and Science of Nature teacher at Red Oak Community School in Columbus, OH.

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