Author Archive: CNCH Advisory Council
Why 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 readingBetty Vera Jaquard Weavings Exhibit
MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE ART GALLERY PRESENTS: “TERRA ENTWINED” EXHIBIT DATES: 1 FEBRUARY – 4 MARCH, 2011 LOCATION: MPC ART DEPARTMENT GALLERY, 980 FREMONT ST., MONTEREY HOURS: TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 11:00 – 4:00 OR BY APPOINTMENT (CALL 646-3060) ARTIST’S RECEPTION: Thursday, February 10, 12:30 – 2:30 pm; Artists’ Talk at 1:00 pm SPECIAL TALK BY WEAVER BETTY VERA on Saturday, February […]
Continue readingHandweaving for Garment Construction Series
Black Sheep Guild is pleased to offer a two-part workshop series on weaving fabric for garment construction. Under the guidance of expert handweavers Sharon Alderman and Daryl Lancaster, workshop participants will design and weave cloth that will be used as fabric for a fitted jacket. In this workshop series, participants will gain experience in: Designing […]
Continue readingSanta Cruz Handweavers Guild Meeting February 9, 2011
Our speaker for February will be George-Ann Bowers who will discuss and show her fiber artwork. She combines multi-layer pickup weaving with modified tapestry technique to create imagery inspired by nature’s colors, texture, structure and patterns. She explores the intimate details of subjects such as tree bark, rock formations, or plants in close-up, creating compositions […]
Continue readingSacramento Weavers & Spinners Guild Open House
The Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild will hold their 2011 Annual Open House, “Tradition and Innovation” on Saturday & Sunday, February 12 & 13 at the Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA, from 10:00-4:00. Free to the public. We will have displays of items made by members, demonstrations, hands-on, sale of member created […]
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 readingThe House For Nomads Tapestries: A Tale of Three Continents
A Morning With Michael F. Rohde at the Diablo Weavers Guild Meeting. January 21, 2011, 11AM In the summer of 2006, Michael Rohde spent a month traveling in the remote grasslands of eastern Tibet. The visit took him among nomadic yak herders, seldom visited villages and active monasteries. The trip was timed to allow visits […]
Continue readingGlenna Harris Guild Sponsors Sister Guild in Guatemala
2011 will be the second year the Glenna Harris Weavers Guild has elected to sponsor a sister guild’s membership in WARP (Weave a Real Peace). The Te Ixchel weavers live on the western side of Lake Atitlan in the area of San Pedro la Laguna. We are very pleased to have made this connection and […]
Continue readingSpin Me Story Weave Me A Tale
“You never see a frog so modest and straightfor’ard as he was, for all he was so gifted. And when it come to fair-and-square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal his breed you ever see.” – Simon Wheeler (“Jim Smiley and His Jumping […]
Continue readingSanta Cruz Handweavers Guild Meeting January 15, 2011
On January15, 2011, the Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild and The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz will cosponsor the Nora Rogers Memorial Fiber Arts Lecture. The speaker, Desiree Koslin, will present Duodji Soft: Tradition, Authenticity and Innovation in Sami Textiles. The distinctive dress and fabrics of the once nomadic Sami people of northwestern […]
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