{"product_id":"beading-embroidery-creating-a-talisman-with-kadi-flory","title":"Nov 8: Beading Embroidery - Creating a Talisman with Kadi Flory","description":"\u003ch1 dir=\"auto\"\u003eBeading Embroidery - Creating a Talisman \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhen: \u003c\/strong\u003eNovember 8th, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTime: \u003c\/strong\u003e11 - 3pm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhere: \u003c\/strong\u003e435 South 5th Street, Brooklyn NY 11211 - Studio #1\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClass Description\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIn this workshop, hand-dyed fabric generously donated by artist Cara gets a second chapter: cut into small talisman bags for patients to bead embroider using traditional techniques, stitch by stitch, bead by bead. A quiet reminder that nothing here goes to waste and that healing, like craft, often happens slowly, with our hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour Teacher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kadiflory.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKadi Flory\u003c\/a\u003e is a multidisciplinary artist and maker whose practice spans studio art, fashion, and textiles, with a focus on bead embroidery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Sierra Leone during the country's civil war, Kadi was adopted at age seven into an American family, where her interest in the arts took root. That curiosity led her to the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she earned a BFA in Fibers in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Fifth Room\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis workshop is a part of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calyxstudios.com\/collections\/the-fifth-room-workshop-series\"\u003eThe Fifth Room workshop series\u003c\/a\u003e co - created by Krystal Frame of Sustain Frame and Cara\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebringing together instructors, artists, and community to explore transforming grief through ritual and craft-based practices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on John Coltrane's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Coltrane Circle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the mathematics of jazz, and Five Element theory, the series explores the alchemical theme of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolve et Coagula\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — to dissolve and reform. We believe grief works in a spiral, leading us through transformation but never quite back to the place where we started.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cara Marie Piazza","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45693983784983,"sku":null,"price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1692\/3543\/files\/IMG_2780.jpg?v=1791388699","url":"https:\/\/calyxstudios.com\/products\/beading-embroidery-creating-a-talisman-with-kadi-flory","provider":"Cara Marie Piazza","version":"1.0","type":"link"}