In the Studio with Carmen Bohn

Event Details

Event type: All Ages

Join Canadian textile artist, Carmen Bohn, as she shares how curiosity and courage helped her finally log out of her corporate inbox and leap into the creative unknown of running her own business. She will share how her fibre journey opened her eyes and heart to ‘doing it scared’ and why the story of so much of her fibre art is truly the story of unfinished things. By the end of this talk, she hopes you will feel inspired to get off your computer and go make something!

About Carmen Bohn:

Carmen Bohn is a fibre artist and creative entrepreneur who lives, works and plays in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her fibre art focuses on creating colourful and textural art yarns out of reclaimed and upcycled textiles and household waste on one of her many spinning wheels and then using those yarns to make freeform knit and crochet objects and woven tapestries. She likes to reclaim and upcycle textiles and household waste that otherwise would have ended up in a landfill. She weaves (literally) the story of these things into her pieces, drawing attention to the issue of consumption and waste.

Carmen officially launched her own small, local, creative arts studio called Ply Studio (located in a sweet little neighbourhood in Ottawa called New Edinburgh) in January of 2021. There (and online) she offers a range of creative arts workshops (sometimes in collaboration with other makers and artists - like Karen!) with the mission of helping people to feel good by teaching them to make stuff by hand. 

She spends a good portion of her time (when she isn’t in her Studio) with her inspired husband, Chris, and her giggling girls, Everleigh and Maeven. Usually on a ski hill in the winter or near a body of water in the summer.

You can learn more about Carmen and see her work, or sign up for a workshop with her at www.plystudio613.com, or find her on Instagram @plystudio613 and @carmenbohn_art.  She is also on Facebook @plystudio613.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ:

The Zoom link for this presentation will be emailed to you the day before the talk (or after you purchase your ticket, if you purchase on the day of the event).  If you don't receive it, you can contact the organizer at karendmillerstudio@bell.net. 

Tickets will be on sale until 10 am the day of the event.  After that time you will no longer be able to purchase tickets.

Please note that the time of the talk is 1:00 pm EASTERN (EST).

FAQ's

* Will this talk be recorded for viewing later?

Unfortunately, no. Due to the logistics involved, we decided some time ago to keep these events live. Hopefully if you can't make it to this talk, you'll be able to make it to a future talk.

* It's the day of the talk and I'm having trouble finding or using the link for the talk. How can I find help?

It is very advisable to LOG INTO THE EVENT A FEW MINUTES EARLY to be sure that you have no trouble with the link, and if you are having trouble the organizer can help you out. You can email or message the event organizer up until one hour before the talk on the day of the talk for help. ONCE THE EVENT STARTS, however, messages and emails are not able to be monitored.

* I'm finding it distracting during the talk seeing all of the other participants on my screen. What can I do?

During the event the organizer will put the screen setting on "spotlight view" so that the presenter is the focus on your screen. Depending on your device, you may still see audience members on your screen and changing your setting from "gallery view" to "speaker view" should help with that.

* What Time Zone is the time of the talk in?

The time indicated on all 'In the Studio' talks is the EASTERN (EST) time zone.  If you live in a different time zone, be sure to check what time you should tune in to ensure you don't miss the talk.

*I can no longer make it to the talk.  Or, I missed the talk.  Can I get a refund?

Unfortunately no- the price of the ticket is so low that it is not cost-effective to refund those amounts.  If you are unable to make it to the talk and you already have a ticket, or you forget to attend, please do contact me at info@karendmillerstudio.com.  I always offer a ticket to the next talk to make up for it.  All of the artist speakers receive a portion of the ticket proceeds so we very much appreciate your contribution to supporting artists!