Today I got to see my friend Christine at St. John’s School to weave hearts with a couple of classes! Oh what fun they had! Each wove their heart and learned to twine with my naturally dyed yarn. In particular, they learned that my yellow comes from a Dyer’s polypore mushroom which glows under UV light! I made a black box and keep a mushroom sample and a small sample of the dyed wool! Shrieks of ooohs and aaaahs were heard! Needless to say they were amazed! Hay čxʷ q̓ə For a great day! @ritakompst #musqueamartist #coastsalish #cedarweaving #fibreartist
What a FUN class! Hay čxʷ q̓ə To the UBC Equity & Inclusion Department for having me in to share cedar 🩷 weaving! We wove hearts with cedar adding my naturally dyed yarn (thanks @urbanyarns ) to twine the close after placing personal messages inside. They will be reminded of their message each time they look at it. The 💜 is not a traditional weaving but it gives us the opportunity to learn the basic over/under weave as well as the basic twining method while weaving something memorable incorporating two fibres that come from the land. This is a great opportunity to connect! @ritakompst #musqueamartist #coastsalish #cedarweaving
I truly have a fabulous day each time I teach, today was no different at KPU, Richmond campus. Thanks for weaving cedar hearts with me @wilsondesignkpu It was such a fun afternoon! 💛🧡💚💙💜🩷 @ritakompst #musqueamartist #coastsalish #cedarweaving #fiberartist
It was a fabulous day spent with the EartHand Gleaners Society which will now have the Vancouver Fibre-shed under its umbrella. The VF has been inactive for the past two years and is being brought back through EHG. There are so many wonderful people working behind the scenes to make this happen. I joined EHG in January as the Indigenous Advisor. Thanks to all for the warm welcome. If you are interested in fibre arts and stewardship consider joining our membership. One of the days’ highlights was meeting Susan from Barnston Island who shared wonderful stories of each sheep during the auction. It was my pleasure to meet her❤️. See the @earthandgleaners link for info. Thanks to all for a fabulous day! @ritakompst #musqueamartist #vancouverfibreshed #fibreartist
Today I got to teach with my daughter Zoe💜 at the Surrey Teachers Association! We wove baskets as we did last year! So much fun to spend time with teachers in the classroom! It was great to meet each of you! You totally deserve today! Thanks for selecting my stream! #musqueamartist #cedarweaving #coastsalish #basketweaving @ritakompst
I will be with EartHand and Vancouver Fibreshed this weekend at Trillium Park. So excited for the fleece auction and swap on Saturday with demos on Sunday starting at 12:30 pm! @ritakompst #musqueamartist #fibreartist #fleece #naturaldyersofinstagram
Thank you to all who joined me for the EartHand Gleaners Society for our lichen dye workshop on Sunday! Shout out to Carla for all her assistance. We first dyed Usnea / Old mans beard using the boiling water method. As you can see I did not get any photos of the workshop. Participants each fermented lichen in a jar to take home and shake daily! We scraped Xanthoria for our next dye gathering where will also dye with Lungwart using the boiling water method. Such a beautiful yellow achieved dyeing with Letharia vulpina / wolf lichen. Thanks to everyone for a fun afternoon of laughs and natural dyeing. A shout out to our new members who joined us🤗 @ritakompst #musqueamartist #naturaldyersofinstagram #fiberart #lichendye #vancouver
My daughter Zoe and I will be teaching an intense natural dye workshop at the Richmond Arts & Cultural centre on June 20th from 11 to 4 pm! Registration is now open! What will we have in the dyepots? #musqueamartists #naturaldyersofinstagram #indigenous #fiberartist @ritakompst
Thanks to my friends Derek and Joyce for a tour of Daphne Boyer, a Visual Artist and plant scientist, exhibit this afternoon at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum on the UBC Campus. Daphne’s exhibition runs until November 22nd. I absolutely love the “Watershed” piece. Beautiful! Thanks for a great afternoon! Time to get my “weave” on. @ritakompst
I will be leading a Lichen fermenting / natural dye multi class with my friend Carla with EartHand Gleaners Society this Sunday. Check the link for member registration and sign up! Our lichen has been harvested ethically and sustainably from fallen branches. It is not scraped off of standing trees or rocks! Later in the year we will weave with our lichen dyed wool! #musqueamartist #naturaldyersofinstagram #weavetoheal #fiberartist
