{"id":2642,"date":"2022-06-20T15:31:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference2023.com\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2022-06-20T15:31:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:31:06","slug":"more-workshop-seminar-offerings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/more-workshop-seminar-offerings\/","title":{"rendered":"More Workshop & Seminar Offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ANWG Education Committee is pleased to announce an exciting and diverse lineup of workshop and seminar leaders covering a wide range of fiber-related topics. While weaving is foremost, spinning, dyeing, felting, basketry and other fiber-related topics will also be included.\u00a0 In September, a full list of workshop and seminar leaders will be announced on the website\u2019s Education section, but to give you another preview, we are introducing four of them here.\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 Ginger Kaldenbach, Judith Rees – Education Co-Chairs<\/em><\/p>\n

Judi\"\"lee Fitzhugh<\/strong> is a textile artisan who specializes in natural plant dyes and couture sewing. Her finely crafted work combines natural objects with vintage fabric remnants, hand weaving, and surface design to portray a single moment in history.\u00a0 A tour of duty in Japan with the U.S. Navy led to a profound Japanese influence on her work and her lifelong affection for indigo and plant fibers.\u00a0 She gained her Certificate in Craft at the Oregon College of Art and Craft in 2002 and taught in the BFA and Studio School programs until the school\u2019s closure in 2019.\u00a0 She now teaches workshops at Oakshadow Studio in Molalla, Oregon.<\/p>\n

In her workshop Poetic Thrift<\/em><\/strong>, you will learn the me\"\"ditative art of hand sewing, or \u201cslow stitching\u201d, which gives you a chance to relax and enjoy the rhythmic dance of needle and thread.\u00a0 So\u00a0here\u2019s an opportunity to enjoy all those precious fabric scraps you\u2019ve been saving or use some of Judilee\u2019s vintage stash by making a useful and beautiful drawstring bag.<\/p>\n

Margaret Coe <\/strong>was born and raised in Bradford, Yorkshire, the center of the English worsted wool\"\" industry for 100s of years, Margaret doesn\u2019t recall a time when weaving wasn\u2019t part of her life. Her mother was a \u201cburler and mender\u201d, and Margaret, herself, worked in a mill as an office worker for a brief time.\u00a0 In the United States, with no mills in sight, she became a managerial accountant\u2014a fortuitous event because it introduced her to computers in the early 1970s. When PCs arrived, she immediately started exploring their use in handweaving.<\/p>\n

In the late 1980\u2019s Margaret presented the first class on computers at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota. Later she studied graphic and digital design, including an independent study in integrating Adobe\u00ae Photoshop\u00ae with weave \"\"<\/p>\n

design. Her explorations have resulted in 4 books:\u00a0 Fit 2 be Tied; Designing 4 the Future; 2 be Tied or Not 2 be Tied; <\/em>and 4-8 . . . Weave! <\/em>More recently Margaret has launched online courses focusing on teaching weavers how to create their own designs. Her weaving and technology worlds united!<\/p>\n

Bring your laptop computer and learn new methods to create exciting designs in 4-8 <\/em><\/strong>. . Weave!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0or the magic of combining weave structures in Parallel Paradox-The Corris Effect<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Melissa Weaver Dunning,<\/strong> who lives in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, is an avid tartan & linen weaver, a skilled spinner and a compulsive knitter.\u00a0 She is a traditional hand-weaver working on antique equipment to produce 18th and 19th century style textiles and has had the great good fortune to study with Scottish master weaver and singer Norman Kennedy since 1980.\u00a0 Melissa is a singer of traditional ballads specializing in the music of Ireland, England and Scotland; her powerful and clear unaccompanied singing brings the old story songs to life and weaves vibrant pictures of life<\/p>\n

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in another age.\u00a0\u00a0 She is dedicated to carrying on some of the wealth of tradition gleaned from this apprenticeship both in weaving and in music.\u00a0 She loves to share the history and context of traditional textile arts and pass on the efficient techniques of time-honored skills.<\/p>\n

Won\u2019t you take this special opportunity to come and join her in a workshop on Acadian Weaving<\/em><\/strong>, highlighting fabrics and techniques for a handwoven dowery from the earl\"\"y French settlers in maritime Canada that\u00a0were carried\u00a0along to Cajun Louisiana; or Shaker Linens, <\/em><\/strong>highlighting the various weave structures and fibers that the Shakers, early settlers in New England, preferred for towels?<\/p>\n

Jane Stafford<\/strong> started weaving at 21, purchasing a new Fanny loom with the help of a chattel mortgage on her 1976 Chevette. Before two years had passed, Jane was accepted as an ambitious \u2013 though possibly under-qualified \u2013 student at the Banff School of Fine Arts. In another two years Jane was a\"\" teaching assistant at the Banff Centre; after a few more she was an instructor there. In the years that followed Jane has had the great fortune of earning a livelihood based on what she loves most\u2014weaving and sharing her passion for excellence in cloth.<\/p>\n

In earlier years, Jane was a production weaver and sought-after workshop instructor, introducing countless weavers to the possibilities of colour and design in cloth, while at the same time consulting closely in the design of the Louet Jane Loom and helping thousands of weavers learn to use Louet looms on instructional DVDs.<\/p>\n

For many years Jane taught exclusively in her studio on beautiful Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Weavers came from all over the continent to attend JST\u2019s famous weaving retreats, which contributed to Jane being named Teacher of the Year by Handwoven magazine in 2014. \u00a0In 2016 Jane created the Jane Stafford School of Weaving, formerly known as JST Online Guild, a stream-able weaving resource viewed by thousands of weavers around the world; allowing anyone, anywhere access to Jane\u2019s workshops from the comfort of their own home.<\/p>\n

Jane is one of 5 virtual seminars offered during the Fiber Connections Conference.\u00a0 She will be presenting a 1.5 hour Zoom lecture on the Weavers of Sabahar Ethiopia<\/strong>, followed by a Meet-Up for School of Weaving<\/strong>\/Online Guild members everywhere.\u00a0 Come and visit with Jane, ask questions, and meet other weavers emersed in Jane\u2019s School of Weaving.<\/p>\n

Stay updated ~~ <\/span><\/strong>The Weaving Guilds of Oregon steering committee is very busy planning for the upcoming Association of Northwest Weavers\u2019 Guilds Conference at the Riverhouse Hotel and Convention Center in Bend, Oregon June 11-18, 2023.\u00a0Please continue to visit our website for information and conference updates. If you would like to receive information delivered to your inbox, please subscribe to the conference blog. <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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