2015 Northern California Art Therapy Association Fall Workshop

September 20, 2015

Presents. Babies. Sandwiches. Movies. Cars. Text. All these things can be wrapped—as well as many more. Cathy Moon references “sensory-based, tangible vocabulary and its relevance to art therapy.” Wrapping objects is one such example of a sensory-based fiber art activity. Wrapping is a rhythmic and repetitive activity that can be done without knowing the skills of knitting or crocheting. It is a rich metaphor, with connections to layers, what is seen/not seen, to containment and envelopment, to binding and winding, to covering, protecting, enclosing or surrounding, to gift-giving and receiving, to couching concepts to be more palatable. Language is full of idiomatic expressions about wrapping: to have someone wrapped around one’s little finger, to summarize or recapitulate, to be wrapped up in something. We keep things under wraps, and then take the wraps off something, we get wrapped up in something, we wrap ourselves in the flag, things are wrapped in secrecy, we are wrapped in sorrow. We eat wraps. We wear wraps.

For more information, visit the workshop website here.