LA Tactile Lab

We have an exciting line up for May✨ Check it out! Felt Loom Collage🍓🌀 Introduction to Tapestry Weaving🪡🧶 Intro to Sculptural Basketry🧺🌾 Intro to Weaving Intensive🧵🌱 Introduction to Tapestry has a few steps left! The rest of our workshops are sold out, email us at [email protected] to be added to the waitlist. For courses check out the link in our bio🔮 #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #maycourses #weaving

Mark your calendars for June 13th🗓️ LA based artist Sarah Ippolito will be giving a talk at the lab; part of our Artist Lecture Series🌿 @sarah__ippolito is an artist working in sculpture, installation, and drawing. Informed by time spent underwater as a scuba diver, her work explores ocean biodiversity, the sensory world of nonhuman organisms, and our shared connection to water. Through vibrant color, evocative texture, and magnified scale, her biomorphic sculptures invite contemplation of the vast liquid realm that defines our planet. Ippolito received a BFA in Sculpture from the University of Houston (2010) and an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2012). Artist Talk with Sarah Ippolito🌀🪸✨ Saturday, June 13th 4:30pm-5:30pm RSVP with the link in our bio🐠 #latactilelab #losangles #workshops #artisttalk #artistlectureseries

Coming up in May🌱✨ Virtual artist talk with Chicago based artist and the founder of The Weaving Workshop Dee Clements. Don’t miss this incredible conversation🌾 Dee Clements is an artist, educator, and founder of The Weaving Workshop with interests in materials, craft, and ethnography. She holds an MFA in 3D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Fiber and Materials Studies and Sculpture from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and the Centerfor Craft Teaching Artist Grant.  Her work is in the permanent collections of Cranbrook Art Museum, The Anderson Collection at Stanford University, and Yale University Art Gallery. Her work is represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, Library Street Collective, and Onna House. She grew up in the Mohawk Valley area of New York State, and has lived and worked in Chicago since 1998. Online Artist Talk with Dee Clements🧺🌿🔮 @studio_herron @the_weaving_workshop Wednesday, May 20th 5:30pm-6:30pm RSVP with the in link in our bio🌀 #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #artisttalk #artistlectureseries

This Wednesday🪩 Join us for a virtual artist talk with @studioherron , and learn about her practice and the her school @the_weaving_workshop 🌾✨ Dee Clements is an artist, educator, and founder of The Weaving Workshop with interests in materials, craft, and ethnography. She holds an MFA in 3D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Fiber and Materials Studies and Sculpture from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and the Centerfor Craft Teaching Artist Grant.  Her work is in the permanent collections of Cranbrook Art Museum, The Anderson Collection at Stanford University, and Yale University Art Gallery. Her work is represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, Library Street Collective, and Onna House. She grew up in the Mohawk Valley area of New York State, and has lived and worked in Chicago since 1998. Online Artist Talk with Dee Clements🧺🌿🔮 Wednesday, May 20th 5:30pm-6:30pm RSVP with the in link in our bio🌀 #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #artisttalk #artistlectureseries

Check out day one of Intro to Sculptural Basketry🧺 Participants were guided by @rosetsang.worklife , and the learned about the history of the practice and dived into making their own basket weave forms🌀 Have some experience in basketry? Join us for our upcoming basketry workshop with artist Rose Tsang🌱 Intermediate Sculptural Basketry🧺✨ Two sessions: June 6th-7th Saturday and Sunday 10:00am-3:00pm Sign up with the link in our bio🌾 #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #sculpturalbasketry #basketweaving

Join us for quiltmaking this July with @malt.liqua 🌀 Check out the process of making a quilt from previous workshops In this course, artist Malavika Rao, invites students into the slow and thoughtful practice of quilting. Students will explore patchwork, appliqué, and surface design through a mix of guided demos and personal experimentation, culminating in a completed quilted piece. Together, we will reflect on quilting’s deep histories of care, resistance, and community. Each participant will create a small quilted work through a process of experimentation and shared learning—moving at their own pace, in good company. Intro to Quiltmaking✨🪡💌 Four sessions: July 5th-July 26th Sundays 9:00am-12:00pm Sign up with the link in our bio🌱 #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #quilting #quiltmaking

The practice of basket weaving spans time and many cultural traditions. Here in California, basketry is an integral part of life for indigenous peoples. They’re used for both utilitarian purposes while also demonstrating skill and artistry. They often exhibit elaborate designs that are based of geometric and mathematical concepts. The sculptural practice of basketry continues to evolve as artists incorporate ancient traditions into their work. Check out some incredible examples of historical basketry techniques spanning many traditions and the contemporary artists who are adding on to the conversation of basket weaving. If you already have some experience in weaving basketry, join us for our upcoming basketry workshop with artist @rosetsang.worklife Intermediate Sculptural Basketry🧺✨ Two sessions: June 6th-7th Saturday and Sunday 10:00am-3:00pm Sign up with the link in our bio🌾 Photo credits: 1. Sarah Zapata, Installation view of “If I Could” 2. Jeremy Frey, Blue Point Urchin 3. Dee Clements, Installation view of solo show The Future Has an Ancient Heart 4. Mabel McKay, Cache Creek Pomo 5. Brittany Britton, Burden Basketry (Carry that weight) 6. Ruth Asawa, Installation view of Ruth Asawa: Retrospective at SFMOMA 7. Ed Rossbach, Constructed Color Wall Hanging 8. Debora Muhl, 1429 9. Joey Lavadour 10. Bernice Akamine #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #sculpturalbasketry #basketweaving

Take a closer look at one @svetalanashigroff ’s pieces made from freeform machine embroidery🧵🏁 Intrigued by this technique? Svetlana will be teaching a workshop all about it this June🌱 Artist and LA Tactile Lab co-founder, Svetlana Shigroff will show participants how easy it is to change a regular sewing machine into a freeform embroidery beast. Participants will learn embroidery techniques unique to fabric, paper and dissolvable cellulose mediums. Let’s get wild. Basic sewing machine skills required. Intro to Freeform Machine Embroidery🪡✨🌀 Two sessions: June 20th-21st Saturday and Sunday 10:00am-3:00pm Sign up with the link in bio🪩 #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #machineembroidery #freeformembroidery

Next Week🗓️ Learn more about Dee’s incredible woven works in this upcoming talk🌾 Dee Clements is an artist, educator, and founder of The Weaving Workshop with interests in materials, craft, and ethnography. She holds an MFA in 3D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Fiber and Materials Studies and Sculpture from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and the Centerfor Craft Teaching Artist Grant.  Her work is in the permanent collections of Cranbrook Art Museum, The Anderson Collection at Stanford University, and Yale University Art Gallery. Her work is represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, Library Street Collective, and Onna House. She grew up in the Mohawk Valley area of New York State, and has lived and worked in Chicago since 1998. Online Artist Talk with Dee Clements🧺🌿🔮 Wednesday, May 20th 5:30pm-6:30pm RSVP with the in link in our bio🌀✨ #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #artisttalk #artistlectureseries

Check out the STUNNING weavings made in Intro to Tapestry🧶🪡 Taught by @alexis_zoto participants continued experimenting with color, materials, and patterns within their weavings We’re so excited to share the results🌱✨🎀 For courses check out the link in our bio🌀 #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #tapestryweaving #weavingworkshops

This July @nehemiahcisneros will be back at the lab to instruct a workshops on painting🖌️🌱 Students will complete one major work over a 4 week period culminating with an open studio critique led by the instructor. Class hours are devoted to studio time where students work on their piece for critique, supported by daily individual studio visits with the instructor and daily group conversations about the progress of the work. The course is designed for students hoping to understand the content and formal applications of their work in conversation with the history of art making. This class is designed for portfolio building, for students applying to college art programs, as well as artists that are looking to grow their understanding of maintaining a professional studio practice. Painting Strategies with Nehemiah Cisneros🎨✨ Four sessions: July 5th-July 26th Sundays 1:00pm-4:00pm Sign up with the link in our bio🖼️ Artwork credits: Nehemiah Cisneros The Pit Acrylic on Canvas, 36”x30” 2025 #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #paintingstrategies #painting

What an incredible start yesterday for Intro to Tapestry Weaving! Taught by the amazing @alexis_zoto , participants learned about the tradition of tapestry weaving, warped their loom, and started their samplers🌀🧶 Tomorrow they will continue experiments in color, texture, and patterns in their tapestries Stick around to see the final result✨ For courses check out the link in our bio🌱 #latactilelab #losangeles #workshops #tapestryweaving #weavingworkshops