Color and Weave effects are like magic! You create patterns that look different from the actual weave structures by using yarns with contrasting color values. There are versions for rigid heddle looms (plain weave or pick-up), 4-shaft and 8-shaft (or more) table or floor looms. You can even create Color and Weave patterns on pin looms or potholder looms! It is exciting to see the woven patterns emerge from otherwise ordinary weave structures.
This workshop is a round robin format, in which participants will bring pre-threaded looms and weave samples on their loom plus all of the other looms. They will leave with a small reference library of color-and-weave designs that can be used for future projects.
Because there is a wide range of color-and-weave patterns, this workshop is for new weavers (who can read a draft and thread a loom), intermediate and advanced weavers.
Experience Level
Beginner
Maximum Class Size
12
Materials Fee
$10-$20 covers the color printing of a weave draft 'library' of all the Color and Weave patterns used in the workshop, as well as tags to label individual weave samples on the looms.
Student Supplies
Students must bring a threaded rigid heddle, table or floor loom that will be used by them and by other workshop participants. They should also bring their usual weaving tool kit, including scissors, a heddle hook, pins (for broken warp ends), a tape measure and weights they use if warp ends is replaced (for example, clips from the dollar store).
Homework
Each student will receive a custom weave draft suited to their experience level and the type of loom they are bringing. They will need to wind a warp, dress their loom according to the draft and use recommended/suggested yarn sizes and types.
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Instructor
Ellen Hess
Instructor Bio
Textile designer, teacher and weaver Ellen Hess developed woven fabrics for domestic and European textile firms. She teaches weaving and CAD at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and has taught at the Newark Museum Arts Workshop, The Visual Arts Center of NJ, the Montclair Art Museum, the Brookfield Craft Center, Peter’s Valley Craft Education Center and national/regional fiber conferences, including Convergence, MAFA, and Stitches East.
