Cuyahoga Weavers Guild

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Winter CWG newsletter deadline is approaching—Sunday, December 1

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Winter  newsletter deadline is really coming–December 1.  Hopefully this Holiday week will allow a thought or two about a submission.  Maybe consider it a form of Thanksgiving ‘leftover’ once the dust has settled?

Please send newsletter materials, especially items of autumn’s doings and program notes for the upcoming CWG year. A President’s letter, program notes, study group reveries, and member’s profile will all be welcome.

No doubt that photos of your projects, a new technique or yarn you are trying,  or a weaving reference book you have discovered will be welcome. Or even an essay about your weaving adventures, discoveries, or compatriots. Perhaps a quandary that you would like help with.

In earlier discussions about the foibles of our weaving work might fit into a new column based on Penelope’s weaving tactics——you know, the part where she weaves and unweaves.  We all have stories about our version so please send yours.

Contribute directly to Nancy or to newsletter@cuyahogaweaversguild.com

 

Cancelation of CWG field trip

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After looking at the weather forecast for our field trip to the American Coverlet Museum, we will be rescheduling for sometime in the spring.
I think we could get there is good shape, but coming home in the dark through the Allegheny mountains with wind and snow is not something I want to attempt. Jean and I take that route when we visit our son and his family in Virginia.
Aside from my seeing the coverlets now on display, part of what I had been looking forward was seeing how each of you responded when you saw them. I do hope that we can reschedule the trip and have a good turnout.
I realize that this means we will not have a Guild meeting in November, but we did have a very productive study group earlier this month, and we are all lined up for our Holiday Luncheon on Thursday December 19 at Jessie Adler’s house, starting at 11:30. Please bring a dish to share, and any show and tell you may have.
Bob

CWG November meeting–a survey of interest

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Hi All

I got through to speak to someone at the coverlet museum today.

I have a “tentative” date setup with them for Thursday November 21. The normal date for our monthly meeting. We would drive over in the morning and drive back in the afternoon. It is about a 3.5 hour drive.
Please respond to let me know if you would like to attend  and if you would be willing to drive. Jean and I will drive and we can fit two others in our car. We would take the toll road so you would need an EZ pass and I expect the guild to cover the mileage.
I think I included everyone in this email who was at the meeting last week.
Please respond quickly to Bob at robert.breitzmann@gmail.com

CWG Korean Couture follow up resources

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This comes from Laura Martin:
A follow up with resources mention during her talk or in conversation at lunch afterwards.
Hi!
It was so great to spend time with everyone yesterday. Thanks for inviting me and for giving me lunch! Here are a few follow-up items from some of the things we talked about. I hope you will be able to share this info with the group that was there.
Books
Silk: A World History by Aarathi Prasad (William Morrow, 2024). “Worms’ Work” a review by Jenny Uglow is in The New York Review of Books, 19 September 2024 issue, pp 54-55.
Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years — Women, Cloth and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber (Norton 1994) and Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with Special Reference to the Aegean, also by Barber (Princeton U Press, 1992)
Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel (Basic Books, 2021)
Sheila Hicks
The Ford Foundation textile installation IS made of linen! Read about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/arts/sheila-hickss-tapestries-to-again-hang-at-ford-foundation.html
Aimee Lee
Several of us were talking about this recent publication about a Wari textile: The Royal Inca Tunic: A Biography of an Andean Masterpiece by Andrew James Hamilton (Princeton U Press, 2024)
And continuing with one more:
And I now remember that someone asked me for the name of the detective series set in Paris and featuring a detective who is always wearing thrift store vintage couture! It’s the Aimee Leduc series by novelist Cara Black. There are now 21 books in the series and they are best read in order. The list is available at one of my favorite websites: Stop, You’re Killing Me!: http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/
Happy Equinox and I look forward to seeing you again soon.
Laura

CWG Meeting/Field trip to Cleveland Museum of Art is Thursday, September 19

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Thursday, September 19

Korean Couture exhibit at CMA. 

This year we have scheduled our private tour at the Cleveland Museum of Art earlier that in the past so we will be able to see the Korean Couture exhibit as well as other textile related exhibits, all led by Laura Martin. Thursday 19 September at 10:30

Meet at the Information Desk in the Atrium at 10:15. Member Laura Martin leads us for a tour of this fascinating (plus fashionable) exhibit.

https://www.clevelandart.org/

https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/korean-couture-generations-revolution

CWG Fall Newsletter News……………..and the blues

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CWG Fall Newsletter is ready, but experiencing problems with digital delivery and posting on the website.  Boo! Hiss!

Here are two options for members:

  1. Notifying us that you’d like it emailed to you to read and/or copy.
  2. Notifying us that you’d like a copy printed and delivered at the September meeting/field trip at the Cleveland Museum of Art on September 19.  Member picks up the newsletter there.  Please designate either B and W, or color.  (You have to know which one will be more economical for the Guild treasury.)

Please select and write to newsletter@cuyahogaweaversguild.com

Apologies for this delay and extra nonsense.

Northern Ohio Textile Artists Inaugural Show opens September 12

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NOTA Show

Victoria shares:

Northern Ohio Textile Artists inaugural show will be presented in the Beachwood Community Center (corner of Fairmount and Richmond) . We were there for our own CWG show there last year. This year 5 members of CWG will be exhibiting there alongside 35 other members of this newly formed group.

Our members who are exhibiting include:

Victoria Johnson-Parratt.

The Choir is a collection of 8 Bobbin Lace Angels.

Joan Horwich. Her piece is called Layers. It’s woven on her 8 shaft loom using cotton and boucle.

JoEllen Salkin’s work is titled I Love Purple.

(I don’t know, but I’m dyeing to see that! 😉

Sheri Gittinger wove an all cotton, Blooming Leaf Baby Blanket.

Our newest member Linda Christopher is presenting a Silk Jacket.

The show is up September 12 thru November 16, 2024.

Opening reception Sept 15

1 to 3 pm

Y’all come see! It’s free!