Category Archives: Fiber Arts
Celebrate Spinning Locally
Treadles to Threads Spinners invite you to a Spinning Day on the Farm October 8, 10 am to 2 pm Forest Home Farms Historic Park, 19953 San Ramon Valley Blvd. San Ramon [just north of the Alcosta Blvd. exit off HWY 680] Forest Home Farms is holding a special event on Saturday, Oct. 8th. There […]
Continue readingFive Scholarships for CNCH 2012 available! Deadline November 1st
The Conference of Northern California Handweavers awards scholarships to individuals for its annual conference – any member in good standing of a CNCH guild is eligible to apply for a scholarship! Applications are due November 1, 2011. Applications will be available on the web site, www.cnch.org (go down the left hand column – click on […]
Continue readingSheila O’Hara, Saturday, Oct 1
Loom and Shuttle Guild will host Sheila O’Hara on Saturday, Oct 1 in San Francisco. Sheila will share her experiences developing her unique weaving structures of early works as well as her more recent explorations in jacquard weaving. Additionally, she has done consulting in Egypt, was an invited participant at the Lisio Foundation symposium in Florence, […]
Continue readingShrink to Fit
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 readingFashion Show Commentator for CNCH 2012 Announced!
The commentator for the CNCH 2012 Fashion show has been named: Nancy Brown of Nancy Brown Quilts. Nancy’s web site is www.nancybrownquilts.com. Here is Carol de Boer’s (member of the fashion show committee) description of her: “Nancy lives in Oakland and is a very well known quilt artist and teacher. Nancy is best known for […]
Continue readingSara Lamb to teach at CNCH 2012
Extraordinary weaver, spinner, braider, dyer and beadworker, Sara Lamb will be bringing her talents to the Bay Area in May 2012. Her expertise in all these areas means that she her creations are full of energy and vibrancy. Her use of color is fabulous. She will be teaching in the areas of spinning, braiding and […]
Continue readingBarbara Stafford featured speaker at October meeting
The next meeting will be on Wednesday, October 5 at the Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa. Spinner and rug weaver Barbara Stafford of Napa will be the guest speaker. Barbara grew up in southern England but has lived most of her life in California. She learned to weave […]
Continue readingSanta Cruz Handweavers Guild Meeting
The Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild is involved in the weaving programs at two local organizations: The Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Santa Cruz Camphill Communities California in Soquel Providing access to looms, a place to weave and weaving assistance is one way in which The Vista Center carries out its mission […]
Continue readingBasketry teacher slated for CNCH 2012
Kay Harradine will be teaching basketry at CNCH 2012 in May! Kay Harradine has been weaving for nearly twenty-five years and has been a serious student of basketry during that time, pursuing both contemporary and indigenous forms of the craft. She specializes in working with plant fibers harvested responsibly from forest, wetlands and her garden […]
Continue readingCall for Entries at Petaluma Arts Show
Warm and Cozy Fabulous Functional Fiber Fest is a fabric, fiber, weaving, spinning, textile arts show. Opens November 18, runs through New Year’s Eve at Clear Heart Gallery, 368-B Petaluma N. Blvd, Petaluma, CA 94952. Open to fiber artists living in California, from the Redwood Empire and Bay Area, to the hills of Big Sur […]
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