June

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May

The program was the guild challenge: Collaboration - Connection.

Jean West has her collaboration in a separate PDF.

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April

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March

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February

Kris Bruland: A Tour around Handweaving.net

Show and Tell

Beryl Koblin

Marr Martin

June Brown

Jean West

Ellen Weisbord

January

Program: Tien Chiu  Showcasing Painted Warps

Showcasing Painted Warps

People often find color in weaving to be so complicated that it feels downright mystical. But it’s not. Color in weaving follows rules, and once you understand the underlying rules, you can design beautiful work.  Painted warps are beautiful. But they can be difficult to design with. Painted-warp colors can change radically when woven, depending on your weft yarn colors and your choice of design. This program explains the basics of how color works in weaving and then covers how to choose weft, weave structure, and sett to showcase the colors of your painted warp – either by preserving the original colors or by blending them with a carefully chosen weft color to bring out their beauty.

 Tien Chiu is an expert on color in weaving. Her work has been exhibited in museums and featured on the cover of Handwoven, and she has taught over 10,000 students in her online classes. She has woven hundreds of handwoven fabric swatches and dyed over 2,500 yarn samples in a quest to understand color. 

 Tien is the author of Master Your Craft: Strategies for Designing, Making, and Selling Artisan Work. She is a former President of the Board at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. She teaches about color in weaving at www.warpandweave.com (www.warpandweave.com) (http://www.warpandweave.com/).

Show and Tell

Susan Mayo

Beryl Koblin

Isa Vogel

Karen Andrus

Ellen Weisbord

November

Show and Tell

Arleen Levine

Ellen Weisbord

Donna Ritter

Ellen Hess

October

Guild Challenge Flyer

September

A wonderful program by Cally Booker artist's statement, website

She spoke about her work and a collaborative project she was involved with, auraltextiles.com. They used a sound sampling software for inspiration, audacityteam.org. Her partner's website was nmarra.com.

Show and Tell

Jean West

Susan Mayo

Marr Martin

Ellen Hess