Weaving with Alternate Fibers & Found Objects
with Leigh Oviatt
Sunday, October 4 | 9:00 - 12:00
In this workshop you will create a beautiful 5” x 8” textural tapestry using unconventional materials and found objects. This class introduces frame loom weaving techniques, encouraging exploration of texture, color, and a variety of materials. Students will learn the fundamental elements of weaving while encouraged to play and experiment with unusual fibers, objects found in nature, and other sacred objects.
SKILL LEVEL: All levels
WHAT TO BRING: Students are free to bring any small objects they would like to incorporate into their weaving.
MATERIALS INCLUDED:Looms, warp thread, felted Merino wool, Merino wool roving, acrylic yarn in a multitude of colors, natural fibers and found objects, stones, feathers, scissors, plastic needles, dowel rods.
MATERIALS FEE: $40 payable to the instructor.
Register for [SUWAF]
$95
Meet your instructor…
Leigh is a multidisciplinary artist and educator currently immersed in weaving and fiber art. She grew up on a cattle ranch in Bozeman, Montana, spending her early years exploring the outdoors within a family of artists, cowboys, and educators. After spending more than 25 years in the rugged Pacific Northwest, she relocated to the gorgeous wide-open landscapes of New Mexico in 2018.
Throughout her life, Leigh has explored a wide range of creative practices including weaving, painting, jewelry fabrication, darkroom and street photography, film production, and set design. Her entrepreneurial spirit has been a parallel creative path, leading her to found a successful landscape design and build company with an accompanying cactus and succulent nursery in Oregon, and later to open an integrative wellness center that housed the first float tank on the Oregon coast.
Leigh has exhibited her photography and fiber art in galleries and shows across Washington, Oregon, Texas, California, and New Mexico. She was selected as a Harwood Art Center SURFACE: Emerging Artist of New Mexico in 2023, and received an Artist Inc. Fellowship in 2025. She is currently working towards her bachelor’s degree in Art Education at the University of New Mexico. She lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she spends her days making art, tending plants, and wandering the high desert with her two rescue pups.
Website: www.leighoviatt.com
Email: leighoviatt@gmail.com