SAORI WOVEN JEWELRY with Brandy Godsil (Online)

Schedule: Jun 26, 2021: 4:00pm - 6:30pm (ET); 
3:00pm - 5:30pm (CT); 2:00pm - 4:30pm (MT); 1:00pm - 3:30pm (PT); 

The workshop will demonstrate how to make small looms using accessible materials, such as cardboard or paper plates and how to dress the loom by creating a warp. Then participants will be shown how to weave on their new looms using a variety of materials, such as yarn, ribbons, embroidery threads, fabric scraps, or string. The weavers will be encouraged to be experimental in their weaving process and embrace the SAORI philosophy of free-style weaving.

Intuition and creativity are embraced in the SAORI method. Weavers will then learn how to cast off their weavings and to attach them onto jewelry findings, which can include earring hooks, blank rings, bracelet cuffs, and strings/ribbons for necklaces.

Location/Venue:  Online with Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft
For more info & pictures: https://pocosinarts.org/zoom-workshops-books-mixed-media/ 
Cost/Fee*:  $90
Material/Studio fee:  

* Workshop fees are non-refundable but are transferable with a $25 fee.

Their workshop calendar:  https://pocosinarts.org/zoom-workshops-books-mixed-media/

Instructor and bio:  Brandy Godsil is a North Carolina based textile artist, fashion designer, and co-founder and teaching artist at weaving nonprofit organization SAORI Arts NYC. Since SAORI Arts NYC’s founding in 2015, she has been teaching weaving to people with disabilities in person and in virtual workshops. Brandy has taught weaving and sewing workshops at Craft Habit in Raleigh, North Carolina, Garment and Pattern-making classes at The Sewing Room of Garner in Garner, North Carolina, taught a virtual SAORI woven jewelry workshop at FABSCRAP NY, Art Camps and ArtSpace NC and hosts virtual private group and individual lessons in fabric dyeing, weaving, sewing, garment alterations, and drawing. She is passionate about teaching fiber arts and sustainability. 

Brandy graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2009 with a BFA in Fiber and Experimental Fashion. She studied Painting at Parsons School of Design Summer program in NYC and Experimental Fashion Design Online Course at Central Saint Martins. 

Brandy lived in NYC for 11 + years and has worked in the textile and fashion industry since 2010. She moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 2020 where she continues her multi-media artistic practice and teaching workshops. Her couture work has been featured in magazines Cosmopolitan, Vogue, GQ, Ink, and NYFW.