Join us in the sunny courtyard behind the HDTS HQ for a casual afternoon workshop on the knot, featuring three knot experts from varying backgrounds - a sailor, a climber, and a jewelery designer - who will share some of the many applications and interpretations of this age old practice.

Sailing Knots with Pete Broadwell
a sailing instructor and enthusiast (who also happens to be an Eagle Scout)

Climbing Knots with Jenny Kane
a Joshua Tree resident and climbing instructor, who also unwinds knots with massage therapy

Ornamental Knots with Paula Peng
an artist, musician, and jewelry designer, who creates amazing knotted jewelry at ambargris

And if you're still not knotted out, we'll have a knot reader available, full of additional references and readings, covering everything from macramé and ancient knot lore to a fascinating text on mathematical knot theory by Institute for Figuring director and science writer Margaret Wertheim.
 

Saturday, May 5, 2012, 1 - 3 pm

High Desert Test Sites HQ
6470 Veterans Way
Joshua Tree, CA 92252

(The HDTS HQ is located just off of 29 Palms Highway in Downtown Joshua Tree, right around the corner from Pie for the People and Revolution Yoga, one block west of Park Boulevard on the north side of the highway.)

Free (suggested donation $5 - 15)

RSVP at info@highdeserttestsites.com (suggested)

Saturday, February 25, 2012, 8 am - 2 pm
Sky Village Swap Meet
7028 Theatre Road, Yucca Valley

Join High Desert Test Sites for the 6th edition of Amy & Wendy Yao's Art Swapmeet - loads of artwork at bargain prices in the middle of the Sky Village Swap Meet, one of the best shopping environments known to mankind and home to Bob Carr’s Crystal Cave.  Come early, and don't forget to bring cash!
 

Featuring booths by:

Green Gallery (Milwaukee), Art Swapmeet Editions, Two Serious Ladies w/ Anna Sew Hoy and Eve Fowler (LA), Nik Gambaroff (NY), Lisa Jo (NY), Rob Halverson/ C-O-O-L A-R-T (Portland), Wendy Yao (LA), Tobias Madison (Switzerland), Amy Yao, David Benjamin Sherry (NY), Eric Wesley (LA), Sara Clendening (LA), Marlous Borm (Amsterdam), Max Krivitzky (LA), A2Z video (LA), Travis Boyer (NY), castillo/corrales (Paris), KCHUNG (LA), THEFT w/Alaina Claire Feldman and Caitlyn Amundson (NY), Desiree Klein (LA), Sara Deraedt (Vienna), Cooper Jacoby (LA), CLUB NUTZ w/ Tyson Reeder & Josh Kline (NY), R. Kelly NIGHTKLUB w/ Laura Owens & Edgar Bryan (LA), Christine Wang (LA), Dean Spunt & Beth Houfek (LA), Rochelle Goldberg (Canada), Students from the Mountain School of Arts: Thora Dolven Balke (Norway), Laurent Dupont-Garitte (Brussels), Ryan Fabel (LA), Sean Fabi (LA), Clara Chapin Hess (NY), Merideth Hillbrand (LA), Anna Hrund (Iceland), Michael Kent (Glasgow), Katherine McLeod (NY), Rebecca Stephany (Amsterdam), Justin Swinburne (LA), Melanie Velarde (Berlin), Hanni Fox (LA), Galina Peters (LA), Axel Petersen (Sweden) ...and more...