BY BARBARA M. TOBIAS –
November 1 (and the Ouachita Arts Celebration) will be here before you know it, and the Four Winds Trading Post is aiming to have something for everyone. Here are some of the things coming up:
Ruth Howell will demonstrate creating Pine Needle Baskets. This is an art form developed by Native American craftswomen. The needles from long-leaf pines are gathered, carefully cleaned, and worked one-by-one into the design of the basket. The result is beautiful, sturdy, and unique.
There will also be a demonstration of flint knapping: the art of creating useful tools from particular kinds of rock. This procedure takes a tremendous amount of skill and patience, and the results are amazing.
Lyn Dilbeck will show us how to weave Dream Catchers. Dream catchers are one of the most fascinating traditions of Native Americans. The traditional dream catcher was intended to protect the sleeping individual from negative dreams, while letting positive dreams through. The positive dreams would slip through the hole in the center of the dream catcher, and glide down the feathers to the sleeping person below. The negative dreams would get caught up in the web, and expire when the first rays of the sun struck them. And, in addition, they are beautiful.
Beading Competition: come in to the Four Winds Trading Post to cast your vote and help decide who wins the beading competition. Bonus—you get to see some gorgeous work.
There will be story telling and book readings for children. Also, the Trading Post is looking for someone to do face painting. If you want to volunteer, call the Four Winds Trading Post.
In addition to all of this, there will be a sampling of Native American art and crafts on display in front of the shop to encourage folks to come in.
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Jeri Pearson
Jeri is the News Director for Pulse Multi-Media and Editor of The Polk County Pulse. She has 10 years of experience in community focused journalism and has won multiple press association awards.
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