I attended an open air workshop, at a teaching facility close to my home, to introduce anyone to the art of flax weaving. The Flax plant, Phormium tenax is a native to New Zealand and is seen growing all over New Zealand. It has long slender leaves, and it shoots up a strong fibrous twig that the flowers appear on... Birds are often seen amongst the seed heads. The Maori people used it for all sorts of purposes, as the leaves can easily be made into strips that were woven and plaited to make rope, clothing, and baskets. Close to here, flax was grown for a profitable rope making business, but a virus struck the flax and the business teminated...another blog.
Back to the class... we were invited to make a bracelet using two strips of flax...one that had been dyed green, and other red, dyed with chemical dyes. There were baskets on display.
Back to the class... we were invited to make a bracelet using two strips of flax...one that had been dyed green, and other red, dyed with chemical dyes. There were baskets on display.
Woven flax to make a bracelet.
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