ART 116 Finger Weaving
This course introduces one aspect of the three-dimensional Native art of weaving in the Great Lakes region: finger weaving or the weaving of yarn bands or sashes. This course focuses on weaving sashes for use as a belt, a headband, an armband, a leg band, or a shoulder strap. It explores traditional and contemporary expressions of the historical and cultural factors as reflected in the weaving of sashes. Traditional applications using the four basic designs in the making of a woodland sash are explained and demonstrated: the diagonal, the chevron, the lightning, and the arrowhead.