Category Archives: Fiber Arts
LECTURES BY TWO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TAPESTRY WEAVERS
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016: TRICIA GOLDBERG From Tricia’s website: “I may use one or several photographs [as inspiration], a postcard, a drawing, or a watercolor sketch possibly of a flower growing in my garden. I’m excited by the medium in the same way as I was when I began tapestry weaving. I love to express this […]
Continue readingClass Opportunity – Grass Valley, CA
Foothill Fibers Guild in Grass Valley, CA is hosting a workshop that might interest you. Workshop: Weave to Sew with Diane Palme Thur & Fri, November 3rd and 4th, 2016 Both days: $100 Day One only: $50 Contact bizzd@yahoo.com to register. In this workshop, you will learn to design and weave fabrics to make clothes […]
Continue reading19th ANNUAL SPINNING AT THE WINERY
Treadles to Threads Spinners Guild once again invites everyone to our annual spinning day at Retzlaff Winery on June 4, 2016. This will be the nineteenth annual year for this spinners event. Featured are a group of select California Vendors of yarn, fleeces, fiber of all sorts and various other goods a spinner can’t live without. […]
Continue readingState Fair Entry
It’s time again to submit your entry to the California State Fair. Hand Crafts submissions are due April 27; Fine Arts, May 4 – these can be done online! Let’s show California how amazing we are! California Crafts
Continue readingElemental Tapestry: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
Elemental Tapestry: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water An exhibition of Tapestry Weavers West member’s work (members of various CNCH guilds) June 13 – September 9, 2016 Mills Building—220 Montgomery Street—San Francisco, CA 94104 Opening Reception: June 16, 2016, 5:30-7:30pm
Continue readingTraditional Handwoven Rugs
Diablo Weavers presents: “Leon Mayeri, owner of Golden Age Oriental Rugs in Berkeley, will give a presentation on recent trends in handmade oriental rugs from traditional rug weaving centers. In these areas – which include India, Iran, and Afghanistan – rugs are still woven by hand, with rigorous attention to detail and a broader range […]
Continue readingIndigo Dyeing – Joanne Salz
Joanne Salz will present an overview of indigo dyeing with lots of examples and recourses. She says – I’ve done indigo dyeing periodically through my years as a weaver, but always under someone’s supervision, and hesitated to try it myself because it seemed difficult and tricky. I love the the color and magic of it […]
Continue readingStitching – Peggy Osterkamp
Tamalpais Textile Arts Guild speaker – January 18, 2016 Peggy Osterkamp’s work with Yoshiko Wada about stitching has inspired her, and she will share her thoughts and ideas, as well as bring threads, needles, needle threaders and cloth pages for participants to make their own needle books during the program with their stitchings. Peggy will also talk about mending—as art […]
Continue readingSave the Date! SWSG Open House Feb. 13 & 14, 2016
The Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild will hold their Annual Open House on Saturday and Sunday, February 13th and 14th, from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento 95816. The theme is “Mysterious Fibers – Asian inspired weaving and spinning”. For information call Nina Rynearson […]
Continue readingFiber Sculpture – Carole Beadle
Tamalpais Textile Arts Guild speaker – November 16, 2015 Carole Beadle has an MFA in Textile Arts from California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA. She has received many awards, and participated in numerous juried and invitational exhibits. Her work is also featured in numerous collections. Artist’s Statement: Permission to express a natural order of […]
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