Description
In this full day class you will learn how to craft your own set of kitchen tools (a cake tester, pot scrubber, counter whisk, and root veggie scrubber) as well, you will also make a 16“hawks tail hand broom in the morning. After lunch we will then make a stitched flat, woven handle 18-20” hand broom. You will hand craft these beautiful, functional brooms while learning some of the history behind the materials, designs, and the uses of these versatile and essential tools.
By the end of the day, you will walk away with an better understanding of broom craft as well as SIX, made by YOU brooms.
Your class fee includes all the supplies needed for the course. Please note that this will be a physical activity, which will use core abdominal muscles, and upper body strength, so dress in comfortable clothing (like leggings, jeans or yoga pants), as well as wear soft soled shoes or be prepared to work barefoot. Amy will have some charms and other items you can use to decorate your brooms if you would like, but if you have something specific, bring it along and we can see if it can be added into your brooms.
Facilitator Bio
Amy Lou Taylor
As well as being the owner of TAoTaT’s Mystic Tea & Brooms and The Museum of Tasseomancy, she is also a Certified Tea Sommelier, Tea Leaf and Card Reader, Broomsquire (maker of brooms), horticulturist, organic gardener, community herbalist, Hedgewitch, Gardnerian HPS (Retired), author and artist.
She facilities many programs about Tea and Brooms, some of which she has been teaching for over 20 years. Amy has always been an artist who chooses to create with things found in nature. She was making brooms over the last 20+ years, but when her father passed in 2012, she lost her muse. In late 2020, after rediscovering a 20lb box of broom corn in her basement, Amy rekindled her love and passion for creating with natural material by making brooms again. She crafts her brooms entirely by hand, and only uses an electric drill for drilling holes in wood.
