Category Archives: Tamalpais Textile Arts Guild
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Avatar, Lord of the Rings, those costume designers would have gotten a jolt in the arm with the inspiration of Jean Williams Cacicedo. We delighted to have her as our October speaker at the Tamalpais’ Weavers Guild. Please squeeze into a parking place, sidle through the front door, wedge into a seat, and hear from the self […]
Continue readingBaskets for Everything, Literally Everything
I am always amazed when I think about the Native Americans living here before westward expansion and Europeanization. Locally collected native plants were used for making water tight baskets for cooking, food gathering and storage, and techniques were extended to boat building. The time and craftsmanship exhibited in just one basket is inspiring, and considering wear and […]
Continue readingHear From One of Our Very Own
Dotti Day is not shy and will share her creative journey with us at the upcoming Tamaplais Weavers’ Guild meeting, Monday, May 16, 7 pm, Marin Art and Garden Center, Francis Young Gallery, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. From Dotti, My Creative Journey and the Heroes I Met Along the Way In this program […]
Continue readingFirst, Clean up the Garden. Second, Make a Basket
What were you going to do with all those long flexible pine needles anyway after your first weeks of spring clean up? Please come and be inspired by Melissa Woodburn on Monday, April 18, 2011, 7pm, Tamalpais Weavers’ Guild meeting at the Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, Francis Young […]
Continue readingMistakes That Work
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 […]
Continue readingWhy pick only one fiber field?
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 […]
Continue readingStop Being So Transparent
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 […]
Continue readingDid someone notice the holiday season is here?
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 […]
Continue readingSewing Your Precious Handwoven Fabric
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 […]
Continue readingFour Selvages and More
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, […]
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