Roots and Threads: An Embroidery Arts Workshop

About this event

Did you know each tree species has a unique root system? At this workshop we will learn about the root systems of three different native trees and create fabric art patches exploring how they grow! Embroider roots over a block print stamp made by artist and workshop facilitator Dan Nakamura. Participants will be provided with a small embroidery kit to take home so the learning can continue! Attendees can bring a piece of clothing or fabric to embroider the patch onto directly or just embroider on the patch we will be providing. This event is designed for adults and kids of all ages and, and anyone and everyone is welcome to join!

This event is capped at 18 participants!

This program is thanks to Tacoma Creates.

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Accessibility Notes

This event space is wheelchair accessible with ADA restrooms. There is street parking around the building with ADA stalls. This location is accessible by Pierce Transit bus on Route 28 at the 11th St S & Tacoma Ave stop and by Route 57 at the Tacoma Ave S & S 11th St stop.

Enter the Community Hub on the second floor of the library at the corner of S 11th St and Court F.

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Dan Nakamura

In Hawaii, students are taught about mana , the Hawaiian word for energy and life source. And how this mana resides in everyone, everything, and everywhere. This mana can be good or bad, and we have the ability to make it better or worse through the choices we make.

Coming to Washington in 2012, Dan saw a difference in how people viewed the nature around where they lived. Wide grass lawns and large shrubs which took over the land were things not commonly seen in Hawaii. Dan always wondered why these spaces were underutilized and not filled in with native flora. What he learned was that most were not educated on the importance of native plants and how they can provide good mana to the places we live.

Through the Tacoma Tree Foundation, Dan aims to educate people in our neighborhoods the importance of native, and even some non-native plants, and how to take care of them. And one day Dan hopes to help share the Indigenous people’s stories about these plants, in the same way native Hawaiians have shared their stories on the land and plants which they still reside on.