CNCH » Fiber Arts

Spring is in the Air

Judy Fisher — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:39:48 +0000

Happy Groundhog Day!!

Spring is coming– and to prove it- go to the Spring issue of CNCHnet. The focus is felting. Members contributed articles that ranged from felting toys to –well— felting worlds!

Tiny toys

Some planets

Click on the CNCHnet button to see what else is new!

Rag Rugs featured at February Meeting

RWitchey — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:53:32 +0000

Judy Fisher, one of our very gifted guild members, will be the speaker for the February meeting. Her presentation will be on weaving rag rugs, just one of her many talents. She will also give a brief overview on the history of rag rugs, which have been very popular in this country since our ancestors brought the craft here from various countries. Judy will conduct a workshop on rag rugs at a later date as well. The workshop details are in progress.

Update: Return to Sender & Return of Return to Sender

DLaVallee — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:50 +0000

Return to Sender Update

Attention CNCH 2012 spinners, it’s time to start thinking about your gorgeous Return to Sender fiber and the yarn it will make! Entries are already being submitted for the competition, so dust off that spinning wheel, let your imagination run wild and watch the fiber fly onto the bobbin. The deadline for entries for Return to Sender is April 30, 2012. Email r2scnch with any questions.

Return of Return to Sender Guidelines Now Available

For folks entering the Return of Return to Sender Challenge with projects created using yarn from the last conference, the submission date is April 15, 2012. Guidelines for submitting the projects are now available by emailing r2scnch. In general, make something where the yarn from the CNCH 2010 Return to Sender Competition is clearly visible and send it in!

Silk Spinning Workshop at Humboldt

Web Manager — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:40:47 +0000

Humboldt Handweavers & Spinners Guild is hosting a spinning workshop with Patsy Z, the Spinnin’ Guru. March 2 – 4 she will teach a class on silk that includes degumming cocoons and several types of silk spinning. The next two days will cover controlling the spin to get the yarn desired. Registration deadline is February ... » Read the Rest » ...

Polly Jacobs-Giacchina at Loom and Shuttle

Penny Peters — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:27:18 +0000

On Saturday, Feb 4, Polly Jacobs-Giacchina will speak at Loom and Shuttle Guild in San Francisco. Polly is a fiber artist from Southern California whose passion is textiles in sculptural form using hand weaving techniques. She continually uses shape and structure to through her twined sculptures and wall hangings. Her work is shown in galleries and museums in juriend and invitational exhibits. She has been published in Fiber Arts Magazine, American Craft, Craft Arts International, Basketry Traditions and Beyond and 500 Baskets. Explore her work at http://www.pollyjgfiberart.com

Loom and Shuttle Guild meets at St. John’s Church in San Francisco, 501 Laguan Honda Blvd. There is a business meeting at 10AM followed by the talk at 11AM.

Lia Cook at the deYoung

Penny Peters — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:37:42 +0000

The Textile Arts Council program on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 10 a.m. will be a talk by fiber artist Lia Cook entitled “Faces, Mazes, and Fiber Tracts”. Koret Auditorium at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Free to TAC members, $5 for museum members and students, $10 for nonmembers.

Remember to Make your Hotel Reservation for CNCH 2012!

DLaVallee — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:00:34 +0000

Now that the holidays are past, and things are getting back to normal – it is time to finalize your plans for attending CNCH 2012. Call up your fiber friends and get your best roommates lined up. Call or email the Marriott Oakland City Center and make your room reservations*. The special conference rate is $119 plus tax for 1 or 2 people, double rooms have 2 beds and can accommodate up to 4. Plan to come in a day early or stay a day late to enjoy some of the many things to do in Oakland and the greater Bay Area. The conference hotel is very well located for general Bay Area sightseeing.

The hotel is situated in Old Oakland, next to the City Center shopping and dining complex and just across the street from Oakland’s Chinatown. Jack London Square is just a few blocks away and the Uptown Arts District is accessible by free shuttle. BART – the area’s subway system will get you to Berkeley and San Francisco and the stop is right in front of the hotel. Watch for the next edition of CNCHnet for details on all the wonderful restaurants near the hotel and convention center.

Some of the hotel amenities that will make your stay easier:

Onsite Parking and Valet parking.

In room coffee and tea

Coin operated laundry on site

Gift and sundry shop on site

Room service 6 am – 11 pm

Business center with fax and copy services

In hotel dining:

Restaurant: Level Two – serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with California cuisine at reasonable prices

Twelve Bar Lounge – open for dinner serving light menu options, beverages and cocktails

Peet’s Coffee – open for breakfast

*To make your hotel reservation either:

Call (510) 466-6417 and use the code CNCH 2012 or

Log onto tinyurl.com/cnch2012hotel and use the code that comes up in the form

Honor Thy Teacher

Joan Pont — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:58:05 +0000

We have a new name: the Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild has changed its name to the Tamalpais Fiber Arts Guild. And just in to time to welcome our January speaker, preeminent fiber artist and teacher Carole Beadle. So calling on all students who have every been inspired by her, please join us.

PROGRAM - January 16, 7 pm, Marin Art and Garden Center, (in the Marin Society of Artists Gallery on the right), 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross

CAROLE BEADLE – JOURNEY OF A FIBER ARTIST

Carole will inspire us and create introspection through the chronological evolution of her work.

BIOGRAPHY

Carole is one of the pioneers of fiber sculpture and has been teaching at the California College of the Arts and the College of Marin. Her groundbreaking work in the field of fiber sculpture has been exhibited

nationally and internationally. Most recently, Beadle participated in two artist-in-residences in France, accompanied by three major exhibitions. She studied in Swedish Lapland with the Scandinavian

Seminar for Cultural Studies and was a Fulbright Scholar to Norway. Some of her work can be viewed at www.fiberdimensions.com/beadle/.

Peggy Osterkamp to Deliver Keynote at CNCH 2012

DLaVallee — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:04:17 +0000

Don’t miss the Banquet and Keynote Address on Saturday evening, May 19, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom! Peggy Osterkamp will be the featured speaker. The dinner will be preceded by a no-host bar starting at 6:00 p.m. in the foyer of the Grand Ballroom at the Marriott Convention Center.

In her years as a weaving student and teacher, Peggy has developed a great respect for the traditions of weaving and a deep desire to pass those traditions on to the next generation. Her own weaving shows openness to new materials and possibilities, using clever and innovative techniques to create thoughtful and innovative works of textile art. An exhibition of Peggy’s work will be on display throughout the Conference in the Gallery.

Peggy is well known in the weaving world for her four books on warping and weaving, her articles have appeared in Handwoven, Threads, and Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot. Her DVDs and beginning weaving classes have helped countless weavers to get started. Check out her wonderful blog at www.peggyosterkamp.com where she answers questions, shares techniques, and talks about her own work. Peggy lives and weaves in the Bay Area.

This event is included with Full and Mini Registrations. Additional tickets will be available to purchase for $65 each until May 1, 2012. They will not be available at the conference. Please indicate your entrée choice when you register.

Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild Meeting January 11, 2012

RWeiss for SCHG — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:47:36 +0000

Saori: A Glimpse into the World of Unconventional “No Rules” Weaving

Saori weaving, often called “No Rules” weaving, began in Japan over 40 years ago. Its emphasis on creativity and total immersion in fiber and color make it a meditative process that allows for the emergence of new concepts and weaves.

Jill Sanders’ knowledge of saori weaving goes back about 10 years, and 2 years ago, she completed saori training. Shortly thereafter, she opened her studio in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where she teaches weaving, clothing construction, spinning and dyeing to children as well as adults.

Jill’s presentation will include photos of saori weaving, illustrating its integration and popularity among all age groups in Japanese society, examples of textiles woven by Jill and her students and 3 saori looms for hands-on experimentation.

Date/Time: January 11, 2012; 9:30 AM until 12:00 PM

Place: Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Road, Aptos, CA