CNCH » Guild News

Sacramento Weavers & Spinners Guild Open House

CSutherland — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:44:29 +0000

The Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild’s Annual Open House, “Fantasy Fibers”, will be held on February 11 and 12, 2012 from 10 am to 4 pm each day at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA.The show is free to the public.Highlights of this year’s show:

Saturday Group demonstrations of a variety of “do-it-yourself” equipment and techniques.
Spinning demonstrations of a variety of fibers and equipment.
Weaving demonstrations – floor and table looms, card weaving, inkle loom, basketry, traditional Navajo weaving, kumihimo, wagon wheel loom.
Hands-On – Guild members will help you spin and weave.
Exhibits of items made by Guild members.
Special displays by Spinners Group and Weavers Study Group.
Workshop Display – Samples of work from Guild sponsored workshops.
Drawing of member donated items. Need not be present to win.
Sales Area – all items for sale are made by Guild members.

Please come and join us and bring a friend or two to introduce them to our passion of weaving, spinning, dyeing and felting – a great time is guaranteed!

For more information, contact Jan Leininger janleininger1 or 916 956-5685.

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.

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.

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/.

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

Openings for Abby Franquemont Spinning Workshop

Web Manager — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:23:45 +0000

Foothill Fibers Guild is hosting a spinning workshop with Abby Franquemont. It’ll be in Nevada City, January 27-29, 2012.

Workshop Description: Whether you have only been spinning a short time or 20 years, you will have fun, learn lots, and come away with customized yarns that YOU want. Learn how to calculate how much fiber you need, what fibers work best for what YOU want to do, and to draft, spin, and ply for your particular intended project. Want to learn about blends, self-stripping yarns and fibers, and spinning from the fold? Whether it’s fast and skinny, or consistently big yarns, or by wheel or spindle, Abby will customize this workshop so that each participant learns what they need to know to produce the yarn they desire. Abby will contact each participant prior to the workshop in order to customize the experience.

The workshop flyer with further information and registration form can be downloaded here. There are still openings. You must register with your non-refundable deposit by 12/29/2011 to participate.

Spindles & Flyers to host Joy Hilden

Carol Gray — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:04:34 +0000

Bedouin Spinning and Weaving with Joy Totah Hilden

Joy Hilden will give a presentation on Bedouin Spinning and Weaving
at the Spindles & Flyers meeting November 20, 11:00 AM in El Cerrito.

Her slide and lecture program will include:

• Her travels to visit nomads in Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries.

• Bedouin weaving – what it is and how it is made.

• Complete information about spinning, dyeing, and weaving techniques and tools.

• Saudi Arabian Bedouin spinning demonstration.

Her book will be available for sale. For details, see
http://spindlesandflyers.org

Do You Feel Special?

Joan Pont — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:07:04 +0000

Then you should join us at the next Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild presentation, Monday, November 21, 7 pm, Marin Art and Garden Center, Marin Society for the Arts Francis Young Gallery (on the right at the end of the entrance driveway), 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Our speaker is the fabulous Bonnie Wells. Her creations are very special. In her words:

Work in cloth reflects the story of my journey in life. One that has helped me to learn a great deal about myself and perhaps my place in the world ~ through experiments made, both public and private, through cherished failures, successes and the many obstacles I encountered, and continue to encounter, along the way. This is a very personal story, of a commitment to the handmade, of respect for the creative impulse, and of a healthy curiosity towards what can only be described as the unknown.

I am a textile designer/maker working in wool, silk and cellulose fibers. I teach workshops in surface design and hand dyeing techniques, and have exhibited my work at fine craft venues and textile exhibitions across the U.S. In January 2012, I will settle into a permanent retail location in Mill Valley, which will showcase many of the fine artisan textiles I have encountered throughout my travels to Europe and Scandinavia, as well as work that is designed and made by my colleagues in the U.S. and in my studio in Walnut Creek.

Many of my textile designs have been published in books and magazines such as Fiber Arts International, Fiber Arts Magazine, 1000 Artisan Textiles, and the Surface Design Journal. I studied painting and textiles at CCA, in Oakland California, and earned a Master’s Degree in Textile Arts from University of California at Davis. I currently live and work in Walnut Creek.

My Life in Cloth

Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild Meeting November 9, 2011

RWeiss for SCHG — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:30:51 +0000

At the November guild meeting, Carrie Eheler will speak about the challenge provided by using materials in ways different from their original intent. Freeing oneself from the restrictions imposed by original intent allows one to view materials with a fresh eye — with surprising results. Carrie creates multimedia artworks utilizing her skills in weaving, macrame, embroidery, beading, ceramics, woodcarving and welding (to name just a few!). Her artwork is noted for its personal and spiritual content.

Date and Time: Wednesday, November 9, 2011; 9:30 AM until 12:00 PM

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