Ruby Leslie is a full-time weaver and studio artist in Vermont, designing handwovens as Ruby Charuby Weavings. Using off the shelf commercial yarn, she has developed design techniques for creating stunning textiles that appear custom-dyed or hand-painted. Her deep-rooted enthusiasm for sampling, experimenting and designing swatches for Handwoven magazine’s ‘Color Forecast’ series, led to the development of her classes. Ruby has taught in northern Norway and Greenland, at Convergences, regional conferences and guilds throughout the US. She was one of three weaver/designer teams invited by the HGA to create a collaborative runway ensemble for the 2010 Convergence Design Fashion Challenge in Albuquerque, NM. The rhythms of her looms inspired her children to produce a rap music video “Getya Loom Goin” for their “Ma, the Weava”: www.youtube.com/user/WFLLTV
Workshops:
Project Colorway: For Weavers Who’d Rather Die than Dye… (3 Day)
Seminars:
Sampling is NOT a Dirty Word
Website: https://www.rubyleslie.com