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Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild Meeting, October 14, 2009

The Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild will host Rodrick Owen of the United Kingdom as guest speaker on October 14, 2009. Rodrick is an artist, teacher, expert on pre-Columbian braids, and the author of two books about kumihimo that are standard references for braiders. Rodrick’s presentation will focus on pre-Hispanic Peruvian textiles, especially twined braided headbands. […]

Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild September Meeting

The Anne Blinks Textile Study Collection will be presented and will be available for viewing at the September 9, 2009 guild meeting. The collection comprises textiles created or collected by Anne Blinks over her weaving years (1949-1995). Nora Rogers and Barbara Boone will lead the program with the participation of Susan Moore-Orrett, Sandie Shoemaker, Mark […]

Martha Stanley Workshops in Berkeley

Loom and Shuttle Guild will be sponsoring Martha Stanley for a series of four one day workshops over the next year. The focus of the workshops is the reproducing of the ancient Anasazi sandal. These sandals are admired for their beautiful symmetical designs as well as the sophisticated weaving structures used to make them. Space […]