Posted By Joan Pont on March 10, 2011
Pleating, ruching, knitting, printing and dyeing, okay. Then shredding, rotting, bleaching, and burning, Marty Jones uses all these techniques to create her art. Our next speaker studied embroidery at the City and Guilds of London Institute in England from 1993 to 2000 and has graduated with a degree in Stitch Design and Textiles. She also … » Read the Rest » …
Posted By Joan Pont on February 1, 2011
Caught is a rut? Tired of the same old draft? Please join the Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild on Monday, February 21, 2011, at 7 pm. We meet in the Francis Young Gallery-Marin Society of Artists, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Guests welcome. Our speaker is the fabulous and talented Michelle Murray. Who … » Read the Rest » …
Posted By Joan Pont on January 15, 2011
The Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild invites you the January 17 meeting, 7 pm, Marin Art and Garden Center, Francis Young Gallery, Ross. Judy Calder, our very own member, is our featured speaker. She will be discussing and demonstration weaving tansparencies. If you want to say something more permanent than, say, a Facebook entry that will be … » Read the Rest » …
Posted By Joan Pont on October 31, 2010
Help! My calendar says it is November. There are expectations for clever people like us for hand made gifts. Our friends and family depend on them year to year. You are not going to get away with a department store purchase. So how about learning a completely new technique now and ply your friends with all the experimental … » Read the Rest » …
Posted By Joan Pont on October 2, 2010
Dig deep into your closet and find something from your hippie past. We are having a treat. The Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild welcomes Alexandra Jacopetti Hart. She will speak about tapestry, embroidery and surface design for wearables, her Folkwear Ethnic Patterns, and Native Funk & Flash, An Emerging Folk Art, Scrimshaw Press, 1974. Let’s really dress up and … » Read the Rest » …
Posted By Joan Pont on July 25, 2010
Welcome back from summer vacation, or from working all summer, whichever. Monday, September 20, 2010, the Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild is honored to have Staphanie T Hoppe as our first speaker for the 2010-2011 season. The meeting takes place in the Francis Young Gallery, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, … » Read the Rest » …
Posted By Joan Pont on May 2, 2010
If you are clearly a “spring” and have definitively ”autumn” yarn in your stash, then you must make time to come to the May 17th Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild meeting. It is our annual swap meet. It’s time to check your stash and cull the fibers that no longer inspire you. Perhaps they will be just the perfect yarn for … » Read the Rest » …
Posted By Joan Pont on April 2, 2010
Please joint the Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild at the Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Bl, Ross. We are so pleased to entice Linda away from her studio to speak. LINDA HARTSHORN has created hundreds of yards of beautiful textiles over the last twenty-five years. Her specialty is incorporating unique dyework into her … » Read the Rest » …
Posted By Joan Pont on March 3, 2010
Please join us on Monday evening, March 15, 7 pm. We are the Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild and have Stacy Speyer as our guest speaker! Marin Art and Garden Center, Francis Young Gallery, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA. Stacy Speyer will be giving a presentation on her woven art work, dyeing process, and current explorations. Since 1996, she … » Read the Rest » …
Posted By Joan Pont on February 4, 2010
The Tamalpais Weavers Guild invites you to join us Monday, Feb 15, 2010, 7 pm, at the Marin Art and Garden Center, Francis Young Gallery, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Our guest speaker is Carolyn Batchelor. She transforms painted paper into beads. These are then sewn, braided and knotted to create pieces inspired from travel, … » Read the Rest » …
