Traditional Net-making with Daniel Rumbolt
Date: Mar 29
10:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Where: Art Gallery Classroom
Workshop
Nets are a multi-purpose tool - objects meant to catch, to hold, to support, and to contain. Join artist Daniel Rumbolt to learn the traditional art of net making, with an unconventional twist!
During the workshop, you will learn the basics of hand-knitting a net using materials such as wool, yarn, and twine. This basic technique can be applied in many ways to create both functional tools or decorative works of art.
Cost: $40 plus HST. 10% discount for Rooms Members. Please call (709)757-8090 to book your post.
About the artist:
Daniel Rumbolt is an artist from the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador.
His multidisciplinary art practice is informed by experience being raised in rural Newfoundland, using material manipulation to transform rural narrative, queer tensions, and emotions into a visual form.
Daniel has shown work in several curated & juried exhibitions, and galleries such as The Rooms, The Craft Council of NL, the Confederation Centre of the Arts in PEI, and the Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen Art Gallery in New Brunswick.
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Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling 709-757-8090.