The legendary weaver Anni Albers said “our tactile experiences are elemental” and that playful exploration of materials is essential to “regain a faculty that was once so naturally ours.” You will play with a wide variety of materials and explore materiality as it specifically applies to weaving.
Using one warp, you will begin with traditional pattern treadling and advance to more varied structures, including honeycomb and boundweave. Learn how to keep track of pattern treadling without a draft, how to use color to create depth, and how to adapt overshot designs for your own use.
This workshop introduces you to the concept of block design, where two shafts control the color of each block or threading unit. Discussions will focus on color, movement of blocks, skeleton tie-ups, and threading systems. A table runner or several placemats is your final project.
You will learn non-traditional techniques in setting up and designing at the reed while working effectively and efficiently with multiple warps and diverse warp elements. You will create options for a variety of weave structures with each single setup.
This rigid heddle class will be a building block kind of class where each skill you learn will set you up for success and ready to move the next step. Proper warping sets you up for successful weaving. Taking one step at a time makes each skill doable. No weaver left behind.
Boundweave is a colorful, graphic weave structure used for striking wall hangings and durable rugs, pairing sturdy cotton or linen warp with richly colored wool or cotton weft. You will weave a vibrant boundweave sampler using beautiful wool yarns, discovering how blocks of color come together.
Turned Taqueté is a perfect opportunity to step into the fun of color as the basis for exploring pattern and geometry in weaving. You will be amazed at how easy it is to use color to create original designs with this technique. This is a chance for your personal aesthetic to come alive.
We raise English Angora, German/French Angora and German/Giant Angora rabbits, and use their wool to make specialty yarn blends with wool and exotic fibers such as alpaca, angora, mohair and/or silk.
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I have been dyeing yarn and roving since 2016 and bring a background in fine art and photography “to the pots”.
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