Join Michale Glennon, AWI Senior Research Scientist and organizer of the Wool and Water Project currently on view in the North Branch Nature Center gallery, to learn how to create knitting and crochet projects that represent scientific data in beautiful and approachable ways. Wool and Water blends fiber art with science to visually represent changing water quality conditions in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain and provide inspiration to protect our waterways. After a brief overview of the project, Michale will use examples from the project and from other artists to explore various ways to visualize data with yarn crafts. She will also touch on where to find data and how to get involved with Wool and Water as a crafter. 

This program will be a combination of lecture, show and tell, and question and answer formats, and is geared towards current knitters, crocheters, and other “yarn nerds” who want to learn how to design projects around visualizing data. Feel free to bring a project in progress to share and/or knit together if there is time! For a deeper overview of the project and the science behind it we recommend attending the gallery talk and reception the night before the workshop or browsing the Wool and Water website. 

Not a knitter but still interested in data art? Check out Michale’s Lake Champlain Data Art workshop, happening later the same day, for a fun, hands-on experience with no prior knowledge required!

The event is free but registration is required.