Category Archives: Fiber Arts
This Weekend in Oakland!
This is it – Traditions/Innovations is this weekend- May 18 – 20! Call all your friends, work out your transportation arrangements, finalize your shopping lists and COME HAVE FUN! at the Oakland Marriott Convention Center. The galleries, demos, make-it, take-its and Market Place will fill your weekend with wonder! Click here for all the details […]
Continue readingDo you have an entry for the Galleries or Fashion Show?
Gallery items for the Tradition/Innovation Gallery, Baskets, Sculpture and Vessels Gallery must be dropped off at the Convention Center on Thursday, May 17 between 2 and 7 pm. Return to sender yarns should have already been mailed to the coordinator. Return of Return to Sender items should be dropped off between 3 – 6 pm […]
Continue readingNeed to Know What to Bring for Your Class at CNCH 2012?
Many of the teachers for the upcoming conference (13 days away!) have emailed their students with class lists. If you have not received a list, or have lost that email you can check here in the class descriptions. At the bottom of each description is a list of the items the teacher is expecting you […]
Continue readingCome Share in the Fun at Traditions/Innovations!
There are still plenty of opportunities to be a participant in the conference May 18 – 20- 2012! Check out the volunteer sign up page here, to find a job and a slot that fits your time and talents. Volunteering for 2 hours earns you a free day pass! The Make-it, Take-it activities in the […]
Continue readingSanta Cruz Handweavers Guild Meeting May 9, 2012
Mary Zicafoose, an award-winning fiber artist celebrated for her ethnically inspired, hand-dyed, woven tapestries and rugs, will speak on “The Alchemy of Weaving” at the guild meeting on May 9, 2012. In her work, Mary reinterprets traditional ikat techniques into a contemporary context resulting in vibrantly primary colored, boldly patterned textiles that make powerful visual […]
Continue readingWhy We Dye
A presentation by the Redwood Guild of Fiber Arts on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at the Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa. The program begins at 10:00 AM. As a natural dye study group, a loosely organized bunch of us have met for almost 3 years. In the beginning, we just […]
Continue readingNatural Dye Presentation at Spindles & Flyers
Sunday, April 22 – Guild Meeting at 11:00 Presentation to follow a lunch break Rebecca Burgess will discuss her natural dyeing, concepts of fibershed and how she pulled together a wardrobe made within 150 miles of her West Marin home. A small group will have spent Saturday with Rebecca practicing her natural dye processes with […]
Continue readingInvite all your friends to The Market Place at CNCH!
There will be lots to see and do as a Day Visitor at Traditions/Innovations – A Fiber Artisans Market Place – May 19 & 20, 2012 at the Oakland Convention Center! Click here for Day Registrant info and a $ off coupon. Make-it,Take-it Opportunities in the Vendor Hall: CD-spindle spinning, Finger-braiding, Kumihimo braiding, Saori weaving, […]
Continue readingKay Sekimachi Tribute
The Textile Arts Council will be presenting the Ninth Annual Carol Walter Sinton Program for Craft Art: A Tribute to Kay Sekimachi with Signe Mayfield, Independent Curator, on Saturday April 14, 2012 at 10 a.m., Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum. Free for TAC members, $5 admission for students and Fine Arts Museums members, $10 for […]
Continue readingGallery and Fashion Show Entry Deadlines Extended!
Entry deadlines for the Fashion Show and the Galleries have been extended to May 1, 2012! If you were thinking of entering, and just didn’t get that entry in the mail, or the item is still on the loom, or still being sewn – now is your chance! Fill out the form and get it […]
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