Cuyahoga Weavers Guild

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Spring Newsletter Addendum

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The newsletter is 14 pages.  Please select pages 1 – 14 if printing.  Your editor did not delete the blank pages 15 – 17.
This was not included with Joan’s article:
Hi – I’m Joan Horwich, the daughter of Rose Rubin, who was very active in this guild for many years.  I began weaving when my mother was 89 years old and had parted with the majority of her looms, equipment, and fiber.  I am still a beginning weaver and learning quite a bit from Jane Stafford’s on line course.  Through this, I am exploring a number of 4 shaft weave structures.  I now own  four floor looms,  a rigid heddle loom and an inkle loom and  am  interested in pursuing spinning.
I can’t wait to see all of you in person.
Joan
Rebecca Langley asks for assistance with:
Health dictates selling my beautiful original, Cranbrook J.P. Bexell & Son, Pontiac MI, countermarch loom, Texsolv heddles, excellent condition, ideal for light work or heavy duty rugs, beginner or pro, 4-harness/6 treadles, 13 shuttles, lease sticks, many slats, warping video and instruction binder, newer Schacht Bobbin Winder, bench, four 4,6,8,14-dent reads, 2 warping frames, 3 threading tools, 3 large bags of beautiful rug yarn and warp. Pickup only. < langley.rebecca@gmail.com >
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Spring newsletter deadline is approaching–March 1

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Please send newsletter materials that you might have on hand. None?

Well, would you consider creating some?  Perhaps photos of your projects, a new technique or yarn you are trying, a weaving reference book you have discovered.  Or even an essay about your weaving adventures, discoveries, or compatriots. Perhaps a quandary that you would like help with. And don’t forget news of your doings, notes about upcoming programs, updates from membership, library, workshops.

Surely you have something.

Rev your engines.

Curating Handmade: Textiles from South Asia presentation is Feb 20

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reminder:       Find registration details below.

This will be at 1pm Cleveland time and 11am Colorado time

Embroidered phulkari textiles on view in Handmade Creating Textiles in South Asia, Photo by Lori Kartchner.

Textile Arts Council of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

Curating Handmade: Textiles from South Asia, Past and Present with Cristin McKnight Sethi

February 20, 2021. 10 a.m. PST

This is an online presentation via Zoom; registration required

https://museum.gwu.edu/handmade-creating-textiles-south-asia

Artists, cooperatives, and workshops across Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan are creating new textile designs inspired by centuries-old traditions. Join George Washington University art history professor Cristin McKnight Sethi and curator of the forthcoming exhibition, “Handmade: Creating Textiles in South Asia,” at the GW Textile Museum as she shares artist stories alongside vibrant examples of handmade saris, scarves, and other garments. To learn more about the exhibition and related programming please visit https://museum.gwu.edu/handmade-creating-textiles-south-asia.

February Zoom meeting is Thursday, February 18…and a hint

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Join us for a presentation by member Laura Martin. As a Cleveland Museum of Art docent, she has prepared a talk.

Zoom details will be emailed via emailldodo–the evening before or morning of Feb 18

11:30 am Chat.

12 noon Meeting.

Presentation by Laura Martin following meeting.

HINT:

March 1 will be here sooner than you think. That means a Newsletter deadline approaches.

Patty shares this.

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January 2021

My first online class is live…and FREE!
Collection of inspiring images from online class.
Finally! I have succeeded in creating an online classroom and publishing my first class. And it is FREE!

For all the turmoil we experienced in 2020, it was certainly a year of learning new things for me. Shooting and editing video, creating an online classroom website and actually publishing a class were the biggest. I could not have imagined how much time and energy it would consume.

Do I wish all that learning time had been directed toward actual weaving? A little. However, I love teaching and was determined to find a way to continue during the pandemic quarantine.

The class is titled: Color, Pattern, Shape Part 1: Harnessing Fiber Art Design Ideas. You can access it through my online classroom HERE. It is a handy exercise I developed for those times when I can’t figure out what to weave next–a little warm-up for the creative side of your brain.

When you first visit the classroom, you’ll notice I headlined it Speaking of Weaving. Sound familiar? On that landing page, scroll down, and you will see the new class card. Click on that to enroll. If you have never taken a class on the Thinkific learning platform before, you’ll need to register. Follow the links to the course dashboard. The lessons will be arranged in chapters down the left side. As you finish a lesson, you’ll be prompted to move to the next.

The course is available on demand, so you can start anytime and work through it at your own pace. There are opportunities to interact with me and with others in the class: through an assignment you can upload for my review, the discussion feature on each lesson and a community group where you may post pictures and comments.

PLUS, there’s a bonus offer for completing all the lessons, assignments and follow-up survey: A $10 DISCOUNT off the next class in the series: Color, Pattern, Shape Part 2: Translating Ideas into Original Textile Designs. I am still working on that one, but hope to have it ready by March.
Enroll Now

Curating Handmade: Textiles from South Asia presentation is Feb 20

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Lynne sends this. Find registration details below.

This will be at 1pm Cleveland time and 11am Colorado time

Embroidered phulkari textiles on view in Handmade Creating Textiles in South Asia, Photo by Lori Kartchner.

Textile Arts Council of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

Curating Handmade: Textiles from South Asia, Past and Present with Cristin McKnight Sethi

February 20, 2021. 10 a.m. PST

This is an online presentation via Zoom; registration required

https://museum.gwu.edu/handmade-creating-textiles-south-asia

Artists, cooperatives, and workshops across Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan are creating new textile designs inspired by centuries-old traditions. Join George Washington University art history professor Cristin McKnight Sethi and curator of the forthcoming exhibition, “Handmade: Creating Textiles in South Asia,” at the GW Textile Museum as she shares artist stories alongside vibrant examples of handmade saris, scarves, and other garments. To learn more about the exhibition and related programming please visit https://museum.gwu.edu/handmade-creating-textiles-south-asia.

Online Lecture from Textile Museum of S. California–Jan 9 at 2:00pm EST

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Abaca cloth is woven from the outer sheath of the trunk of a banana species indigenous to the Philippines.

ONLINE LECTURES

Textile Museum Associates of Southern California

Woven Dreams from Sacred Mountains: Textile Traditions of the Tboli & Blaan of Mindanao

January 9, 2021. 11 a.m. PST.
This is an online presentation via Zoom
Webinar Registration here

http://www.tmasc.org/default.htm The Tboli and Blaan people of the southernmost island of Mindanao in the Philippines offers some of the most beautiful, skillful and sacred examples of material culture to be found throughout Southeast Asia. The weaving of the abaca ikat fabric (tnalak) has become synonymous with the Tboli, as has their intricate beadwork, embroidery and brasswork which richly decorates their garments. The Blaan, sister tribe to the Tboli, weave their own treasured and rare abaca ikat cloth (tabih). Their spectacular heirloom garments are adorned with impressive patterns of hand-hewn, mother-of-pearl beads.  Independent researcher and collector Craig Diamond presents the ikat weaving traditions of both tribes as well as identifying and discussing the impressive garments worn by both the men and women.