THIS IS AN ALL-LEVEL WORKSHOP THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART TO GUIDE YOU TO MORE MEANINGFUL ART.


The most gratifying art is the kind that elicits an indescribable response from a viewer, a feeling of kinship, appreciation, and understanding. Prayer Flags and Blessing Banners have always done this. A Prayer Flag is a two-fold manifestation of love.

  • First, it is an object of beauty, skillfully crafted to grace the eye with visual enchantment.
  • Secondly, it is a tangible carrier of words of hope and humanity.

In this workshop, you'll learn five different ways to create prayer flags and blessing banners that are true works of art enhanced with a universal message that connects the maker with the viewer.

Lyn Belisle, beloved teacher and artist, shows you how to use simple techniques such as fusing paper and fiber, transferring images, dyeing fabrics with unexpected materials, recycling photos of your own work into bright banners, and making translucent flag collages with tissue and beeswax.

Briana Saussy, respected author and spiritual mentor, prepares you by sharing 365 practical everyday blessings to use as your springboard to inspire authentic work with a personal and meaningful message.

This is a workshop that will enchant you with new ways to create mixed-media works that will delight the eye and the soul. Everyone who has ever made a wish, everyone from beginners to masters, will find that this workshop is a creative blessing!

Blessing Banner


You will learn how to make a blessing banner like this one using canvas, fiber, found objects, heat transferred photographic images and more.

Prayer Flag Trio


You'll see how to create a series of small prayer flags like these using simple materials such as scrap cotton, paper towels, acrylic medium and paint, and metal leaf.

Fiber Collage Banner


You'll experiment with photo-transferred and painted fabric pieces as collage elements as you build this meaningful contemporary prayer flag.




Strands of Light Curriculum


  Strands of Light: A Prayer Flag Sampler
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  Preparation for Strands of Light
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  The First Strand: Paper and Fiber Fusion
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  The Second Strand: Beeswax and Artisan Papers
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  The Third Strand: An Image from Your Own Work
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  The Fourth Strand: Colorful Layers, Gossamer Wings
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  Fifth Strand: Hope Is aThing with Feathers
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Tuition for this Workshop


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