Wednesday 2 October 2024, Meet Christiane Seufferlein to talk about the Flax Life Cycle
17:00 - 18:00 BST (British Summer Time)
Online event, hosted on Zoom by Christiane Seufferlein
Christiane Seufferlein is a textile artist and teacher of textile crafts based in Austria. Christiane has been teaching spinning on the hand spindle and spinning wheel, dyeing and making paints out of natural materials. Living in an area rich in linen history, her work focuses on the connection between the old ways of processing and spinning flax and a modern interpretation of the culturally important fibre. Christiane Seufferlein is also collecting life and linen stories from the people around her and preserves the legacy of old Mühlviertel dowry flax in her project, Berta’s Flax.
Meet the Maker event description:
This is part of a series of Meet the Maker sessions that will give you a short introduction to textile makers and designers. The event will consist of a talk and demonstration with Christiane Seufferlein. The session will introduce you to the project Berta’s flax, the process from flax seed to textile.
There will be time for questions at the end of their talk.
Event recording
The event will be recorded and the recording will be sent to ticket holders after the event. Please allow 7 working days for us to send you the recording.
Cancellation policy
All Meet the Maker sessions are non-refundable.