Fiber Arts Event: The Maker & The Making
The Maker & The Making
A workshop for artists & Craftspeople,
exploring body use, awareness & creative process
- Are you a weaver, spinner, knitter, basketmaker or other fiber artist and feel you are not performing at your full potential due to physical discomfort?
- Do you suffer from Repetitive Strain Injury or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
- Do you have a backache or stiff neck and shoulders?
- Do you become uncomfortable working for long periods of time?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then the AASW Fiber Arts Event may be of great benefit to you.
The Alexander Alliance Southwest Fiber Arts Event is an annual workshop that is both part of the Teacher Training program we offer and is also open to Fiber Arts professionals and enthusiasts, who may like to explore their specific interest through the window of the Alexander technique.
The Alexander Southwest Fiber Arts Event will help fiber artists identify their habits of posture and work that cause pain, fatigue and which interfere with their creative expression. It will educate you as to how you may be misusing your body and how your everyday habits of work can be contributing to your discomfort. It also teaches you how to avoid work habits which create excessive amounts of effort and how to reduce the amount of unnecessary muscular force you are applying so as to make your working easier and potentially painfree.
The workshop will allow you discover the choices you make with your body as you interact with the instruments of weaving, basketmaking, spinning, knitting or whatever your Fiber Arts interest is and will encourage you to discover new options for making your self physically more comfortable and at ease while you work.
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