Herbal Poppets with Volva Donyelle Headington

Join us for Herbal Poppets with Volva Donyelle Headington!

Doll making as a means to connect with the spirit of things is a practice that spans time and space. People around the world, for thousands of years have used poppet making to connect with loved ones far away, ancestors, spirits of animals, plants and deities, to their own future children. They are used to pray for and to curse.

In this workshop, we will use poppet making to connect with the healing spirits of the plant world.

Each participant will make a one-of-a-kind doll (poppet) — sewing, stuffing, and adorning her with beads, appliqué, and bits and bobs. Spend a day getting lost in the art of doll-making; create a little poppet you can use as a focus for your healing work.  

Level: Beginning

Students are welcome to but not required to bring: 

Fabric for your doll - ½ yard is more than enough Yarn for hair, buttons, Thread, Scissors and any special adornments you wish to have.

A variety of dried herbs, roots and wool will be provided.

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Völva Donyelle Headington is an artist, poet and healing practitioner from Minneapolis, MN. A lifelong student of African diasporic culture, she has been practicing culture as a means for self-reflection and healing under the guidance of Community Elders at the Cultural Wellness Center for nearly 20 years.

This study has led her to a multi-discipline spiritual healing practice that includes traditional African and African American, Norse Germanic and Mesoamerican folkways.

A healer and spiritualist, she practices and studies from home, working medicinal and magical herbs cultivated in her garden.

Donyelle's fiber, sculptural, healing and literary arts are guided by a deeply held belief in “Living Ancestors” and their wisdom and power to guide and heal the cultural inheritance of the individual, community, and the land. Donyelle lives and works on the northside of Minneapolis, MN

Host or Publisher Sayge Carroll