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awhile back i mentioned i would tell you more about tree clooties in a later post
i love to use up the bits and pieces that are left over from my different fiber projects
years ago i had made some napkins as a gift— i used 4 different really gorgeous japanese ikat fabrics— all patterns in navy blue and ivory
it turned out that the fabric was cut very unevenly off the bolt, so i had big tapering strips left over— i was getting together a christmas box for my daughter and decided to make some “tree sashes” that she could hang outside the little cabin she was living in at the time, up in alaska
i got together the strips of fabric, thread in lots of colors, beads and raven feathers and i created these strikingly dramatic pieces, joining some of the strips and embellishing them
some time after that i created a tree meditation workshop, making these and taking them to an open space and finding a tree to meditate with then either leaving the “tree sash” or bringing it home
then i came across the feature on “clootie wells” on atlas obscura— the ancient tradition of hanging pieces of “clootie,” the scottish word for cloth, at sacred wells in ireland and britain for healing— i decided to call my tree sashes “tree clooties” and incorporate the story of this old ritual into the workshop
that was pre-puppet days!— once i made my tree mother puppet at the last boulder puppet boot camp in 2019, not long before the pandemic, i had another medium in which to express my love and respect for trees
now i am ready to roll these all together!— a tree mother puppet story, a tree meditation and an afternoon of making a “tree clootie” to take home
i am planning to host some women friends at my studio on february 19 for this event!
if you want more information about a tree clootie workshop for your group i would love to introduce you to this magical combination of experiences!— let me know here
working on some protypes for the workshop!
