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Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild Meeting March 9, 2011
Our speaker for March will be our own amazing Martha Stanley who will fascinate us with the details of how she works, what catches her imagination, and why she tries to replicate work and techniques she sees in the back rooms of museums. She will bring a number of examples of pieces she has woven […]
Continue readingApril 14-16 – Backstrap Weaving Workshop
The Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild is bringing Laverne Waddington from South America to teach a 3 day workshop in the ancient technique of Backstrap Weaving in Santa Cruz CA, April 14-16, 2011. You may have seen her exquisite work at CNCH 2010. Visit her blog at http://backstrapweaving.wordpress.com/about/. There are three spots left in the workshop. The […]
Continue readingSpin Me A Story Weave Me a Tale
Calling all basketry enthusiasts, both those experiences and those enthralled. There are a few spaces remaining in the workshops of Thomas Holtkamp and Polly Giacchina. Weaving a stool in narrow binder cane will be the project completed in the workshop with Thomas Holtkamp. Teaching himself to seatweave over 40 years ago, he brings this wealth […]
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