Spend a summer morning weaving your own vibrant and contemporary coaster in the rölakan flat weave style with textile artist, Chrtistine Novotny. Students will each create their own unique tapestry while touching on elements of color blending and design. Each student will leave with knowledge of the rölakan technique and a new coaster tailored to their aesthetic preferences!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Christine Novotny is a textile artist, designer and educator. She weaves vibrant textiles, all guided by her love for surprising color and design interactions. From rugs and blankets to fine art work, each of her pieces explore color nuance and relationships through materiality and traditional techniques. Her designs are guided intuitively by the physical practice of different woven processes, finding bold, graphic forms in tapestry and loom-controlled designs, and sensitivity and atmospheric movement in rya pile weavings. Christine’s weavings explore not “if” colors work together, but how they interact, seeking unexpected color nuance and relationships in woven form.