“My daughter and I did this workshop together…We harvested birch bark in our midtown Toronto neighbourhood from a dead tree standing. How serendipitous! The second basket has a pewter teardrop with an image of a petroglyph represented on “The Teaching Rocks” outside of Peterborough, ON near Stony Lake.” – Jody Doulis It’s also a nod to my teacher, Lindsey Lickers of the Turtle Clan. We visited the pictographs years ago but I came across this souvenir a few short hours before I learned about From Weeds We Grow. I remember taking my boys there and paddling across the lake to marvel at the pictographs on Mazinaw Rock. One has an elongated penny with a painted turtle on it from Bon Echo Provincial Park. “This basket will forever remind me of time spent with beloved longtime friends, and my introduction to connecting with the land in this beautiful, simple medium in the outdoors.” – Sandra Nakata An online exhibit will present the final work alongside the creative process and learnings. We welcome those who don’t want to or are unable to participate in the making process, but want to learn more, to join.įollowing this workshop participants will have created a miniature birch bark basket used in medicine gathering. The aim of this workshop is to share one way that Indigenous peoples honour this relationship through craft and provide an opportunity for participants to experience first-hand the interconnectedness in all things, while also honouring their own experiences, histories and relationships with the basket serving as the keeper of this new awareness. Rooted in an expanded understanding of the importance of connecting to land, creation utilizing natural materials combined with personalized symbolism of these learnings, will be actualized through the medium of basket making. This workshop will also explore how this relationship with the land has been strengthened by the knowledge learned and shared during the workshop. Led by First Nations artist Lindsey Lickers, this workshop is a reflective exercise that not only allows participants to not only participate through creation, but to dive deeper into their current relationship with the land base they reside on and the environment at large. Join us for a Birch Bark Basket making workshop which is part of the STEPS Public Art “From Weeds We Grow” series.
FROM WEEDS WE GROW: HONOURING OUR CONNECTIONS – CREATING A CARING VESSEL
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