Barbara Setsu Pickett, an Associate Professor Emerita, in the Art Department at the University of Oregon focuses her research and art on velvetweaving, shibori, natural dyeing, and handsewn books. Among her awards are a Fulbright Research fellowship, a Rockefeller Bellagio residency, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Gladys Krieble Delmas fund, Institute of Turkish Studies, the HGA Mearl K. Gable II, and the Dee Brown Memorial. She and her son Michael run Mihara Shibori Studio and create highly textured silk scarves adapting traditional shibori techniques.
Workshops:
Weave a 4-Block Velvet Ribbon (3 day)
Seminars:
Double Ikat of Patan, India
The Last Velvet Weaver in Spain Revealed
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