birch bark ornaments

Tuesday, December 3rd | 6 PM | Our Lady of the Snows | $5 | Sign-up Required

Come learn to weave a beautiful ornament or pendant from the bark of the White Paper Birch tree! Using simply our hands and thin strips of birch bark salvaged from a local arborist, we will learn to twist and weave a beautiful star. Participants will leave with their own finished ornaments as well as the skills to weave their own from other materials they might salvage locally themselves!

Grant Hawkes is a maker, wanderer, handtool addict, with a healthy dose of wool and herbal tea thrown in the mix. Born and raised exploring the woods and coastlines of Maine, he has always been fascinated with the outdoors and using his hands to make things. Grant completed various apprenticeships and extensive wilderness skills training as a teenager, and now spends his time as a handcraft instructor and wilderness guide. Having been profoundly impacted by the process of making things in wild places, he loves to share these opportunities with others whenever possible.

ACE aims to create an inclusive and accessible environment for all of our attendees; please contact our Executive Director, Sara Gibbs, with any questions regarding accessibility.