HGA Convergence Long Beach 2012 : Page 6

woRksHops, stuDios, seminaRs & supeR seminaRs Two-and Three and a Half-Day Workshops Monday, July 16, through Saturday, July 21, 2012: Daily 9:00 a.m.–noon and 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.* One-Day Studio Classes Wednesday, July 18, through Saturday, July 21, 2012: Daily 9:00 a.m.–noon* and 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Super Seminars Wednesday, July 18, through Saturday, July 21: Daily morning sessions: 9:00 a.m.–noon.* Daily afternoon sessions: 1:00 pm–4:00 p.m. Seminars Wednesday, July 18 through Saturday, July 21: Daily morning sessions: 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.* Daily afternoon sessions: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Yoga Classes: Early morning Yoga sessions will be held Wednesday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. (Thursday: 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.), at the Westin Long Beach Hotel. *Note: Thursday Seminar morning sessions: 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.; Thursday Super Seminar and Studio Class morning sessions: 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Classes for Convergence ® 2012 will be held at the Long Beach Convention Center and nearby facilities. All classes are appropriate for all levels unless otherwise noted. Classes that require special equipment are noted. Participants will receive instructions, comprehensive supply lists, and equipment rental information with their registration confirmation. Materials fees will be payable to the Leader and collected at the time of the class. Preliminary supply lists are available on the HGA website <www.weavespindye.org> or by calling the HGA office at 678-730-0010. Classes are open to all HGA members, registrants, and commercial exhibitors. See Registration Form for pricing. Classes are listed according to the day they begin. monDay woRksHops 9:00 a.m.-noon and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. WM201 Kyoukechi—Japanese Clamp Resist Monday and Tuesday John Marshall In this ancient version of Japanese clamp resist, one set of clamps is used to dye many colors using corked holes in a block. Participants will produce their own blocks which will be dipped in various immersion baths of dye to create complex and colorful imagery. Materials fee: $65.00. Level: All WM301 Project Convergence® Monday (1 p.m.-4 p.m. only), Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday yoga through easy yoga sets and meditation techniques. Participants will work with the first of four chakras, enjoying their associated colors to balance a rainbow of energy centers. Become more alert and aware, boost your creativity, and address repetitive movement issues found in fiber-related activities. The class is designed with a different yoga set each day and includes meditation and mantras (chants). Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. WA203 Exploring Woven Shibori: Round Robin Wednesday and Thursday woRksHops 9:00 a.m.-noon and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. WA201 Turned Beiderwand: One Threading, Multiple Structures Wednesday and Thursday Kay Faulkner In this workshop, students will obtain an in-depth understanding of the relationship of structure and shibori. Each student will be provided with individually designed warp specifications. Combinations of fabric structure, dye pattern, differential dyeing, and surface design techniques will be explored. Each student will receive a set of samples completed on the different warps with full drafts. Note: Prewarped loom with 4 or more shafts required. Materials fee: $20.00. Level: Intermediate. WA204 The Magic Threading Wednesday and Thursday Susan Lazear Do you want the challenge of creating in the Project Runway mode? Working with handwoven or other fabrics, students will plan, design, and draft patterns for simple yet unique one-of-a-kind garments incorporating commercial fabric and/or trim. Participants may use provided software, hand-draft their style, or base it on an ethnic costume. Considerations of hand, drape, combining textiles and embellishments, choosing appropriate styles, etc., will be discussed. Garments will be constructed and a critique will allow all participants to learn collaboratively. A field trip to Mood Fabrics will allow students to find coordinating fabrics and trims. Materials fee: $5.00. Level: Intermediate. Karen Donde Turning a beiderwand draft creates clean pattern blocks, better drape, and faster, one-shuttle weaving than its traditional supplementary weft method. The supplementary warp threading may be adapted to weave other turned supplementary weft structures. Learn how and why to turn a draft and how to make do without a second warp beam. A variety of samples will be woven round robin style on prewarped looms. Note : Prewarped loom with 8 or more shafts required. Materials fee: $15.00. Level: Intermediate. WA202 Charleston Sweetgrass Basket Weaving Wednesday and Thursday Nancy Arthur Hoskins The wondrous magic threading with the appropriate warp, weft, and sett can deceive the eye into thinking the loom is threaded for balanced or boundwoven fancy twills, point twills, krokbragd, rosepath, and taqueté. Slides and samples illustrate how time-saving tie-up tricks allow you to be a magician at the loom. Practical information including hints on technique, designing, and drafting will be discussed. Note: Prewarped loom with 8 or more shafts required. Materials fee: $6.00. Level: Intermediate. WA205 Wedge Weave Fundamentals Wednesday and Thursday weDnesDay yoga 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. YW7 Beginning Kundalini Yoga: Balancing a Chakra Rainbow Judy Ann Ness Explore the benefits of Kundalini Sarah Edwards-Hammond Charleston sweetgrass baskets are beautiful and fun to weave. Explore the creative possibilities of this ancient art form as you design and complete your own sweetgrass basket. This class is for students of all levels and great for those who like working with natural materials including sweetgrass, palms, and pine needles. Working with a tool called a nail bone, participants will be provided a starter for the basket. Materials fee: $200.00. Level: All. Connie Lippert In contrast to most weaves which are woven in a plane horizontal to the loom, wedge weave is woven on the diagonal. This results in a weft-faced weaving with many distinctive characteristics and exciting design potential. Detailed handouts and images will be provided as you work on your own prewarped loom to explore wedge weave through hands-on experience. Note: Prewarped loom with two or more shafts required. Materials fee: $2.00. Level: Intermediate. 6 Hga’s ConveRgenCe® 2012 long BeaCH

Class Sessions

WoRksHops, stuDios, seMinaRs & supeR seMinaRs Two- and Three and a Half-Day Workshops Monday, July 16, through Saturday, July 21, 2012: Daily 9:00 a.m.–noon and 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.* One-Day Studio Classes Wednesday, July 18, through Saturday, July 21, 2012: Daily 9:00 a.m.–noon* and 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Super Seminars Wednesday, July 18, through Saturday, July 21: Daily morning sessions: 9:00 a.m.–noon.* Daily afternoon sessions: 1:00 pm–4:00 p.m. Seminars Wednesday, July 18 through Saturday, July 21: Daily morning sessions: 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.* Daily afternoon sessions: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Yoga Classes: Early morning Yoga sessions will be held Wednesday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. (Thursday: 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.), at the Westin Long Beach Hotel. * Note: Thursday Seminar morning sessions: 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.; Thursday Super Seminar and Studio Class morning sessions: 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Classes for Convergence® 2012 will be held at the Long Beach Convention Center and nearby facilities. All classes are appropriate for all levels unless otherwise noted. Classes that require special equipment are noted. Participants will receive instructions, comprehensive supply lists, and equipment rental information with their registration confirmation. Materials fees will be payable to the Leader and collected at the time of the class. Preliminary supply lists are available on the HGA website <www.weavespindye.org> or by calling the HGA office at 678-730-0010. Classes are open to all HGA members, registrants, and commercial exhibitors. See Registration Form for pricing. Classes are listed according to the day they begin. MonDaY WoRksHops 9:00 a.m.-noon and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. WM201 Kyoukechi—Japanese Clamp Resist Monday and Tuesday John Marshall In this ancient version of Japanese clamp resist, one set of clamps is used to dye many colors using corked holes in a block. Participants will produce their own blocks which will be dipped in various immersion baths of dye to create complex and colorful imagery. Materials fee: $65.00. Level: All WM301 Project Convergence® Monday (1 p.m.-4 p.m.), Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Susan Lazear Do you want the challenge of creating in the Project Runway mode? Working with handwoven or other fabrics, students will plan, design, and draft patterns for simple yet unique one-of-a-kind garments incorporating commercial fabric and/or trim. Participants may use provided software, hand-draft their style, or base it on an ethnic costume. Considerations of hand, drape, combining textiles and embellishments, choosing appropriate styles, etc., will be discussed. Garments will be constructed and a critique will allow all participants to learn collaboratively. A field trip to Mood Fabrics will allow students to find coordinating fabrics and trims. Materials fee: $5.00. Level: Intermediate. WeDnesDaY Yoga 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. YW7 Beginning Kundalini Yoga: Balancing a Chakra Rainbow Judy Ann Ness Explore the benefits of Kundalini Yoga through easy yoga sets and meditation techniques. Participants will work with the first of four chakras, enjoying their associated colors to balance a rainbow of energy centers. Become more alert and aware, boost your creativity, and address repetitive movement issues found in fiber-related activities. The class is designed with a different yoga set each day and includes meditation and mantras (chants). Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. WoRksHops 9:00 a.m.-noon and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. WA201 Turned Beiderwand: One Threading, Multiple Structures Wednesday and Thursday Karen Donde Turning a beiderwand draft creates clean pattern blocks, better drape, and faster, oneshuttle weaving than its traditional supplementary weft method. The supplementary warp threading may be adapted to weave other turned supplementary weft structures. Learn how and why to turn a draft and how to make do without a second warp beam. A variety of samples will be woven round robin style on prewarped looms. Note: Prewarped loom with 8 or more shafts required. Materials fee: $15.00. Level: Intermediate. WA202 Charleston Sweetgrass Basket Weaving Wednesday and Thursday Sarah Edwards-Hammond Charleston sweetgrass baskets are beautiful and fun to weave. Explore the creative possibilities of this ancient art form as you design and complete your own sweetgrass basket. This class is for students of all levels and great for those who like working with natural materials including sweetgrass, palms, and pine needles. Working with a tool called a nail bone, participants will be provided a starter for the basket. Materials fee: $200.00. Level: All. WA203 Exploring Woven Shibori: Round Robin Wednesday and Thursday Kay Faulkner In this workshop, students will obtain an in-depth understanding of the relationship of structure and shibori. Each student will be provided with individually designed warp specifications. Combinations of fabric structure, dye pattern, differential dyeing, and surface design techniques will be explored. Each student will receive a set of samples completed on the different warps with full drafts. Note: Prewarped loom with 4 or more shafts required. Materials fee: $20.00. Level: Intermediate. WA204 The Magic Threading Wednesday and Thursday Nancy Arthur Hoskins The wondrous magic threading with the appropriate warp, weft, and sett can deceive the eye into thinking the loom is threaded for balanced or boundwoven fancy twills, point twills, krokbragd, rosepath, and taqueté. Slides and samples illustrate how time-saving tieup tricks allow you to be a magician at the loom. Practical information including hints on technique, designing, and drafting will be discussed. Note: Prewarped loom with 8 or more shafts required. Materials fee: $6.00. Level: Intermediate. WA205 Wedge Weave Fundamentals Wednesday and Thursday Connie Lippert In contrast to most weaves which are woven in a plane horizontal to the loom, wedge weave is woven on the diagonal. This results in a weft-faced weaving with many distinctive characteristics and exciting design potential. Detailed handouts and images will be provided as you work on your own prewarped loom to explore wedge weave through hands-on experience. Note: Prewarped loom with two or more shafts required. Materials fee: $2.00. Level: Intermediate. WA206 Sensational Shobori Scarf Wednesday and Thursday Joan McGee Accent a coat, jacket, or a handwoven garment with a fabulous pleated rainbow-dyed scarf. Using arashi shibori techniques, participants will create a showstopping accessory for any occasion. Materials fee: $50.00. Level: Beginner. WA207 Constructing a Jacket from Handwoven Fabric Wednesday and Thursday Michelle Moenssen Cut and sew a jacket from your handwoven fabric. Stabilize your fabric and interface it at the same time by stitching silk organza or chiffon to each garment piece before cutting. Learn the construction tips and tricks of a professional tailor to avoid the “handmade, but not in a good way” look! Note: Sewing machines provided. Materials fee: $30.00. Level: Beginner. WA208 Inkle Weaving Wednesday and Thursday Irene Torruella Munroe This beginner’s class in inkle weaving includes warping the loom, color and pattern designs, reading a draft, weaving, and finishing. The first project will be creating a sampler of the basic weaving patterns. Once you have mastered these skills, you will be ready to explore your own original designs. On the second day, more innovative designs will be explored including pick-up techniques. Four inkle bands will be completed. Note: Inkle loom required. A rent-to-own option will be available. Materials fee: $20.00. Level: Beginner. WA209 Ultrasuede® Shoulder Purse Wednesday and Thursday Judith Olney Participants will learn which twill designs are suitable for weaving with very flexible materials as well as how to handle them to create a delicate-looking but durable product. Participants will understand every step in creating this purse, including the round plait used to close it, the potential for extending the concepts, and the possibilities for working off-loom with nontraditional materials. Materials fee: $40.00. Level: Beginner. WA210 Kumihimo Workshop/Marudai, Takadai, and Core Stand Wednesday and Thursday Rodrick Owen This class will concentrate on helping participants understand the structure of their braided work leading to better working methods and improved quality of finished work. In addition, they will be introduced to a new piece of equipment, the core stand. This stand has been designed to assist in making core-carrying Peruvian sling braids, but can also be used for exciting new Japanese braids. Note: Takadai, marudai, required and/or core stand required. Materials fee: $20.00. Level: All WA211 Machine Knitting to Dye for Wednesday and Thursday Nancy Roberts Students will learn how to operate a basic knitting machine to produce yardage for dyeing. Dyeing in the fabric, unlike dyeing a skein, produces a self-striping yarn with long repeats of color. These specially dyed yarns have infinite textile applications, including weaving, knitting, crocheting, and felting. Students will have the opportunity to machine knit and dye yarn for several projects such as woven scarves, knitted hats, felted bags, or knitted socks. Note: Knitting machines provided with option to purchase. Materials fee: $80.00. Level: All. WA212 An Introduction to Rare Wools: Spinning Fun Stuff for All Sorts of Good Reasons Wednesday and Thursday Deborah Robson You don’t need a lot of experience to enjoy this class in unusual wools— just a willingness to experiment. Some of the most wonderful, practical, and interesting fibers come from what are now rare breeds of sheep. If we don’t use these fibers, we’ll lose them! We can’t know what we’re missing if we haven’t experienced them. Participants will play with a range of fleeces and open the door of possibilities. Note: Spinning wheel or spindle required. Materials fee: $65.00. Level: Intermediate WA213 Seven Fibers for Seven Spinners Wednesday and Thursday Lynn Ruggles Seven spinners spinning, and no two spin alike. What path do they follow as they spin long, short, forward, backward—each draw is different, and each creates a different yarn. Wool, the spinner’s stalwart, starts the journey, traveling through each of the seven paths. Six additional fibers—short to long, soft to sturdy—join in on day two. Travel with us as we explore a variety of spinning techniques and lovely fibers. Note: Spinning wheel required. Materials fee: $20.00. Level: Intermediate. WA214 On the Double (Two-Tie) Wednesday and Thursday Robyn Spady The double two-tie weave is one of the most versatile threadings. If you are a weaver looking for a challenge and have a desire to augment your understanding of how this threading system can be leveraged into multiple weave structures, from plaited twills to taqueté to much more, then this workshop is for you! This workshop is a combination of presentation, discussion, and weaving. This is not a round robin workshop. Note: Eight or more harness loom required Materials fee: $15.00. Level: Intermediate. WA215 Hybrid Felt: Allowing Wool to Transform Fabric Wednesday and Thursday Anne Vickrey Evans Hybrid felt (also known as Nuno felt) is the combination of wool and fabric that forms a new fabric sometime indistinguishable from the original materials. This transformation is achieved with the use of moisture, soap, and the hands-on technique of the felt artist. Students will explore a variety of material combinations that will result in many stunning effects. Completed pieces will be shared in notebook form with all participants. Materials fee: $45.00. Level: All. WA216 Navajo Weaving Boot Camp Wednesday and Thursday Jennie Slick Learn the basics of weaving in the Navajo way from master weaver Jennie Slick and her assistant, Mary Walker. Participants will construct a loom using canvas stretcher bars that can be taken home. Jennie and Mary will guide you through the processes of warping the loom, weaving, and design. You will never look at a Navajo rug the same way again. Materials fee: $40.00. Level: All. StuDio Classes 9:00 a.m.-noon and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. UA101 Ikat: Historically, Ethnographically, Technically Virginia Davis Participants will be introduced to the ikat technique of binding threads prior to weaving to preserve their original color. Through images and DVDs, the fiber history and techniques of Japan, India, Central Asia, and Mexico will be covered. Participants will warp a frame loom created from stretcher bars. After learning the appropriate tie for making the resist, participants will place a simple design on the warp and then dye the warp. The integral process is discussed. Materials fee: $25.00. Level: All. UA102 “Chameleon” Ply-Split Basket Linda Hendrickson Participants will construct a basket with a decorative cord that changes value along its length. Hendrickson will demonstrate how this cord is made. Each basket will be unique. Materials fee: $25.00. Level: All. UA103 Sprang is Here! Carol James Sprang is an ancient interlacing technique used to create stretchy cloth. For every row of work, two rows of mirror image cloth are produced. Participants will receive a prewarped frame to keep, instruction in the interlinking technique, and some basic surface design ideas Participants will create a small drawstring bag.assistance to set up a piece of the participant’s design will also be available as time permits. Materials fee: $40.00. Level: All. UA104 Fabric Weaving for Wearable Art Brecia Kralovic-Logan Explore off-loom weaving techniques using fabric to create a variety of effects for art garments. Learn to weave, mosaic, and collage a range of fabrics stitched onto various kinds of base materials to create effects from wispy to heavy weight. Further customize your fabric with surface design using fabric paints. Leave with inspiration, resources, and tips for garment construction including combining your new fabric with your handwovens. Note: Sewing machines provided. Materials fee: $20.00. Level: All. UA105 Spherical Woven Wood Basket Aaron Kramer Learn how to random weave a woven wooden sphere from coffee stirrers. This class will take you from beginning to end in making an art object. The class will begin with a provided armature of welded wire and continue from the initial weaving through the final resolution of all ends and sealing the piece. Everything for the project will be provided. Materials fee: $25.00 Level: All. UA106 Creating Metal Kimonos Using Wire Thrums Susan McGehee Have you collected precious treasures that you would like to put to a creative use? Using wire thrums from McGehee’s woven wall pieces, you can attach your found bits and pieces to embellish bronze screening, then fold and shape to form a sculptural 12-inch by 12-inch wire and metal kimono. Materials fee: $15.00. Level: All. UA107 Printing and Painting with a “Greener Indigo” Barbara Shapiro How to directly apply indigo to cloth with a brush was long a closely guarded secret. Early formulas were deadly. Participants will mix thickened “greener indigo,” a safe non-toxic formula, sample, and then paint or print on two cotton dinner napkins creating a personal sustainable replacement for paper napkins. Discussion will include an overview of indigo practices and formulas. Various historic and contemporary uses of indigo around the world will be presented. Materials fee: $18.00. Level: All UA108 Multihued Scarves: Felt Fun— Color Fun Patricia Spark Fine silk will be combined with merino wool to create a uniquely textured scarf using the felt lamination technique (where wool fibers are felted onto a woven fabric). Participants will work with white wool on white silk then dye the scarf using a multi-colored technique. Materials fee: $25.00. Level: All. UA109 Illuminating Fascinators, A Bright Idea! Laurie Steger Participants will use their creativity to build a wonderful illuminating head piece with fine millinery materials, plastic optical fibers, an LED light source, beads, jewels, and feathers. This type of work is often used in costume design and for specialty accessories. Materials fee: $65.00. Level: All. UA110 Digital Photography: Professionally Photographing Your Textile Design Work Gregory Case This class will improve the participant’s textile photography for juried shows and print/web publications. The participant will learn how to set up the camera properly, how to color correct the images, hands-on lighting techniques, image editing software techniques, and various file formats. Note: Camera required. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. MoRning supeR seMinaRs 9:00 a.m.-noon SS101 Luxury in Japanese Textiles: Working in Precious Metals and Silk John Marshall This lecture introduces methods used for preparing precious metals and lacquers for use in weaving in Japan (including saganishiki and nishijin weaves), and how these textiles are traditionally used. Following the lecture, which will be illustrated with abundant samples, participants will weave a block with real gold threads, including gold wrapped silk and gold laminated handmade paper supplemented with silk threads. The weaving will be performed on a simple frame tapestry looms. Materials fee: $85.00. Level: All. SS103 Textiles of Bhutan Cameron Taylor-Brown Experience a recent trekking and textiles adventure that took Taylor- Brown to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, where traditional textile arts are integral to daily life. View images of this beautiful country, the people, and their intricate woven and pieced textiles. Discuss the significance of textiles in Bhutanese culture, examine a selection of fabrics collected along her journey, and discuss the production techniques. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. MoRning seMinaR 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. S102 Take This Test! Thirty Weaving Questions for Advanced Beginners Marcy Petrini Sometimes beginners miss subtle things when they are first learning. This can result in confusion when suddenly they find themselves unable to understand an article, a draft, or a seminar topic. Each of the thirty questions is posed to provoke thought, promote discussion, and provide answers. Questions from the audience will be encouraged. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: Beginner. AFteRnoon supeR seMinaR 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. SS205 Sideways Weaving! Judy Zugish If you’ve not yet discovered the magic of mizuhiki, prepare to have some great adventures with the glitz and shine of these Japanese paper core strands. Learn a new spin on ancient neolithic braiding techniques. Do not expect to complete a whole project in class—this is all about exploring new material skills. Materials fee: $20.00. Level: All. AFteRnoon seMinaRs 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. S201 Living Textiles of Mexico—Revival of a Traditional Costume Sheri Brautigam Traditional textiles are a vital part of Mexican culture and are experiencing a revival in some indigenous communities. This seminar explores the Mazahua community of central Mexico and its efforts to rescue one of the oldest and most striking garments of this region, a beautiful traditional eight-pound wool skirt. Hand-spinning, natural dyes, backstrap weaving, and fine embellishment will be discussed, along with the spectacular community fiesta where this costume is worn. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. S202 Wild Grace: Textiles for Worship Suzanne Halvorson Throughout time, textiles have been an important element used to adorn and enhance worship spaces. Share more than thirty years of Halvorson’s experience designing and weaving vestments, paraments, and fiber installations for worship spaces around the country. Securing commissions, maintaining artistic integrity, and marketing textiles for this unique and important venue for contemporary fiber artists will be discussed. Materials fee: $3.00. Level: All. S203 Thou Shalt Wash Thy Fabric Daryl Lancaster Think of the washing machine and/or dryer as a critical part of the design team. Learn how to sample on actual handwoven yardage. Explore the possibilities of fiber, texture, sett, and how much to weave. Explore lots of before and after samples. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. S204 Spice it Up: From Bland to Beautiful Cameron Taylor-Brown Discover how to spice up your weaving, knitting, or crochet by adding just a touch of special yarn. Examine images and samples of spicy textiles, make simple yarn wrappings, and experiment with accent yarns to turn bland into beautiful. See how a tie-in board simplifies the process of adding accent yarns to a warp and discuss how your wrappings can translate into cloth. Materials fee: $3.00. Level: All. THuRsDaY Yoga 6:45 a.m.-7:45 a.m. YT7 Beginning Kundalini Yoga Judy Ann Ness Explore the benefits of Kundalini yoga through easy yoga sets and meditation techniques. Participants will work with the second of four chakras, enjoying their associated colors to balance a rainbow of energy centers. Become more alert and aware, boost your creativity, and address repetitive movement issues found in fiber-related activities. The class is designed with a different yoga set each day and includes meditation and mantras (chants). Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. StuDio Classes 9:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-4:00p.m. UB108 “Waffle” Ply-Split Basket Linda Hendrickson Using plain oblique twining with two-color paper cords gives this basket a “waffle” texture with a different color dominating each side. A larger version would make a one-ofa- kind garden hat. Materials fee: $25.00. Level: All. UB109 Solid Felt Form Ornamentation: Jewelry Components, Handles, Knobs, and Closures Lisa Klakulak Felt balls, barrels, discs, cords, and hoops can be used as isolated elements of ornamentation or combined to create complex forms and functions. This class is a perfect introduction to the processes of both 3-D needle felting and wet felting for the novices as well as experienced felters looking to refine their work with extraordinary finishing details. Participants will learn the appropriate tension and density for the dry wrapping and needle felting of solid felt forms as well as the timing to apply the correct amount of pressure and agitation in the secondary wet felting process to achieve the finest crafted felt surfaces. Materials fee: $30.00. Level: All. UB110 Silk Fabric as a Novelty Knitting Material Brecia Kralovic-Logan Capture the colors and textures you love. Transform white silk fabrics with COLORHUE instant set dyes to create unique knitting materials. Learn how to cut, tear, and join fabrics for a variety of novel effects. Combine the silk with your favorite yarns and discover the amazing lightness as you explore stitches that feature your new “designer” yarns. Materials fee: $45.00. Level: Intermediate. UB111 Beginning Rigid Heddle Weaving: Color-and-Weave Syne Mitchell Color-and-weave is a rich technique that can produce results from subtle to stunning that look hard to weave, but which are actually plain weave. In this class suitable for beginning and intermediate rigid heddle weavers, examples of color-and-weave patterns will be presented along with an explanation of how the patterns are created. Using solid and variegated yarns in color-and-weave, the advantages and limitations of using a rigid heddle loom for color-and-weave, will be discussed. Participants will plan either a scarf or a color-and-weave sampler, warp the loom, and weave the project. Note: Rigid heddle loom with eight-dent reed required. Materials fee: $25.00. Level: All. UB112 Patterned Lace Felt Scarf Patricia Spark Some types of wool make a wonderful lacey felt without much effort. The unique felting properties of Wensleydale wool will be used to create a beautiful but strong lace felt scarf base. Motifs will be added to the lace base to create areas of solid design. Materials fee: $20.00. Level: All. UB113 Simply Satin Jannie Taylor Learn to create exciting multishaft satin for your computer-interface loom. Participants will learn to use weaving software to help design a variety of satin textiles. Each workshop participant will leave the class with a library of their own satin designs, including five, six, and eight-shaft satins, satin blocks, shaded satin, figured satin, and much more. WeavePoint 7 will be used for demonstrations during the class, but time will be devoted to other software packages to create multi-shaft satins. Materials fee: $15.00. Level: All. UB114 Flatter Your Figure with Crimp Cloth Dianne Totten Using a non-dye variation of woven shibori, learn to create permanently crimped fabric for clothing that flatters any figure. Through lecture and visual presentation, learn to draft, get tips for weaving both warp and weft shibori, and study techniques for processing the crimp. Get the feel for working with this unique fabric in a hands-on Project Runway-like activity. Leave with a plan for your own crimped wearable Materials fee: $10.00. Level: All. UB115 Mother’s Hood Judy Zugish Learn to weave a gestural form in two Northwest materials—hand split western red and Alaskan yellow cedar bark. Zugish will share her original award-winning design, developed with a Japanese complex twill and an innovative open cowl collar. Materials fee: $195.00. Level: Intermediate. UB116 Tin Can Serving Platter Aaron Kramer Using reclaimed tin can lids, participants will learn basic punching and riveting techniques for thin gauge metal. The class includes preparing the materials and learning to use punches, rivets, and rivet-setting tools. The project will be finished with a decorative wire-wrapped edge. If they wish, participants can bring their own needle-nose pliers and small ballpeen hammer along with a clean, basic lid from a 15 ounce tin can. Note: Option to purchase equipment. Materials fee: $20.00 to rent tools, $40.00 to purchase. Level: All. MoRning supeR seMinaRs 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. SS306 Digital Photography: 14 Tips to Improve Your Textile Photography Gregory Case. This class focuses on helping participants improve their own textile photography for both juried shows and print/web publications. In fourteen tips, you will better understand your camera, and how to achieve better color results and light your work. This half-day class is less hands-on and less in-depth than the Friday fullday photography class. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. SS307 Luxurious Silk Adornments— Textile Jewelry Glennis Dolce Influenced by the color, luxury, and the beauty of silk, participants will explore basic techniques of manipulating hand-dyed pleated silk shibori ribbon into brooches, necklaces, tassels, and more. Expect to complete a basic brooch as well as a necklace (wired or not—your choice) during this innovative approach to ribbonwork. Materials fee: $40.00. Level: All. SS308 Bug Magic! Getting Cozy with Cochineal Ercil Howard-Wroth Be open to the magic of a bug! Using the techniques of Demetrio Bautista Lazo, a master weaver of Oaxaca, as a base, participants will take the cochineal bug and explore the limits of red. Cochineal is a color once worth its weight in gold. Create orange-red or deep magenta. Overdye with indigo and create samples to tantalize your eyes as you bring forth color. Materials fee: $16.00. Level: All. SS309 Fingerweaving Basics Carol James Fingerweaving is an off-loom method where each warp strand becomes a weft. Participants will create a bookmark using warps provided. Simple instructions, assistance with finishing techniques, and an overview of some possible designs will be provided to help participants design a unique piece. Materials fee: $5.00. Level: Beginner. SS310 The Building Blocks of Modular Knitting Marcy Petrini Spinners find themselves with a variety of wonderful handspun yarns that aren’t enough to make an entire piece; weavers find themselves with a variety of leftover yarns. Modular knitting can be the answer, but sometimes it’s difficult to figure out where to start. Participants will learn the building blocks of modular knitting: simple squares, mitered squares, squares on the round and on the diagonal, and shapes beyond the square. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: Beginner. SS311 Papiersterne: European Paper Stars Marilyn Romatka These delicate folded wonders are easier than origami but look more complex. They are made from a special colored wax paper originally from Germany, but newly available in the United States. The stars are best hung in windows to display their internal structure. Materials fee: $12.00. Level: All. MoRning seMinaRs 9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. S301 Living Textiles of Mexico— Collecting Mexican Textiles Sheri Brautigam Mexico has a vibrant textile tradition. Indigenous communities wear their costumes as a form of self-identity. Explore the diversity and spectrum of these “living” textiles. Methods of production, as well as the variety and quality of these beautiful Mexican garments will be discussed. View colorful images and examples and learn where to go and what to look for when collecting Mexican textiles. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. S302 Preserve Your Memories Kathy Fleeher Weavers love textiles—from your grandmother’s quilt to your first handwoven scarf to your favorite jean jacket from college. You want to keep them forever and in good condition. What truly adds value to a piece is its history which reflects our personality, interests, or style of dress at the time. Through discussion and demonstration, learn from a museum professional the practical methods for the care, handling, and storing of your garments and textiles. Materials fee: $5.00. Level: All. S303 Ethnic Inspired Woven Design Suzanne Halvorson Handwoven clothing and cloth have long provided inspiration for contemporary textiles. This seminar will explore the influences of Halvorson’s research and analysis of ethnic cloth on her current work. Pieces from her collection of African and Guatemalan cloth will be shared along with weaving patterns for Kente-inspired and inlayed cloth. Materials fee: $3.00. Level: All. S304 Pageantry of Japanese Textiles John Marshall This seminar is a fast-paced survey into all major types of weaves and surface designs produced in Japan since ancient times, including a wide range of illustrations as well an abundance of actual samples of the fabrics and the tools used to produce them. Participants are welcome to bring along items from their own collections to share. Materials fee: $20.00. Level: All. S305 Using Fiber Optics with Textile Techniques Laurie Steger What do water fountains, light pipes, and fiber optics have in common? They guide light in angled directions. How do they do that? You will find out about the development of plastic optical lighting fiber and how it may be used in applications to enhance your textile design creations. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. AFteRnoon seMinaRs 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. S401 Exhibit Design and Display Kathy Fleeher You or your guild has been asked to exhibit or display your work. Now what? Learn the difference between designing for an exhibit, an educational display, or a booth. Through lecture and photographs, learn museum techniques and tips for design, display, and handling of objects. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. S402 Sprang into View Carol James Review interlacing, interlinking, and intertwining—what they are and how they are made—through a PowerPoint® presentation. Examples from museum collections will be explored, and James’ creations will be highlighted. Short videos will explain the methods of construction. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. S403 Weaving with Wire and Metals Susan McGehee McGehee uses traditional weaving techniques and tools but with untraditional wire and metals. Using visual images, she will discuss methods of working with wire on the loom, her materials, a brief history of woven metals, and her current explorations with metal using fiber techniques. Actual pieces will be displayed and discussed along with a demonstration of the weaving process. Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. S404 Early Peruvian Twined and Braided Textiles 3500 BC to AD 600 Rodrick Owen This journey begins on the north coast of Peru at Huaca Prieta (circa 3500 BC) where a large number of cloth fragments were excavated. The majority of cloth fragments were twined structures. Between 2000 and 1800 BC heddles were used but twined structures began to appear in a new form as braids. In the 1920s a large number of mummy bundles (circa 200-300 BC) excavated in southern Peru were found with complex twined braids wrapped around the heads. The presentation asks the question: How were all these early textiles made? Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. S405 The Magic of Indigo Barbara Shapiro This richly illustrated presentation will explore the history and importance of indigo as a dyestuff. Indigo had widespread trade ramifications touching many aspects of life in diverse cultures. Explore this “King of Colors/ Color of Kings” in traditional artisanal and contemporary artist applications. Learn how indigo works and a simple, safer dye recipe that produces no fumes. Materials fee: $1.00. Level: All. Yoga 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. YF7 Beginning Kundalini Yoga Judy Ann Ness Explore the benefits of Kundalini yoga through easy yoga sets and meditation techniques. Participants will work with the third of four chakras, enjoying their associated colors to balance a rainbow of energy centers. Become more alert and aware, boost your creativity, and address repetitive movement issues found in fiber-related activities. The class is designed with a different yoga set each day, and includes meditation and mantras (chants). Materials fee: $0.00. Level: All. WoRksHops 9:00 a.m.-noon and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. WB201 Fingerweave a Bag Friday and Saturday Carol James Fingerweaving is an off-loom technique officially classified as braiding. Participants will learn a basic method to set up and weave in this manner. Also presented will be ideas for adding decorative beads, varying the pattern, and finishing methods. Participants will create a rectangle of cloth and shape it into a small bag. Materials fee: $5.00. Level: Beginner. WB202 Miniature Felt Vessels: Structure, Stitch, and Shellac Friday and Saturday Lisa Klakulak Sculpt a felt vessel with posture, presence, and structural integrity. Participants will create hollow felt forms by designing and employing a flat resist. These well-crafted and fulled forms will then be stitched to create structural ribbing, steamed to block their form, and stiffened with shellac. Materials fee: $40.00 Level: Intermediate. WB203 Creative Textiles: Off-Loom Weaving with Silk Fabric Friday and Saturday Brecia Kralovic-Logan Participants will create signature textiles from hand-dyed silk using off-loom weaving techniques and explore various methods for dying silk fabrics and yarns. They will learn how to weave and stitch them into layers using a water-soluble base and embellish the fabrics with surface designs to create a wrap and woven silk samples. Note: Sewing machines will be provided. Materials fee: $45.00. Level: All. WB204 Weaving with Wire and Metals Friday and Saturday Susan McGehee Participants will discover that wire has many similarities to yarn and is easier to weave than may be thought. A variety of wires and metals will be used to create a three-inch wide, 72-inch long sampler. Discussion includes techniques of handling metals on the loom, exploration of various four- and eight-shaft twill patterns, sources of materials, bibliography, a history of woven metals, and current explorations with metal using fiber techniques. Note: A four- or eight-shaft loom is required and will be warped in class. Materials fee: $50.00. Level: Intermediate. WB205 Woven Shibori on the Rigid Heddle Loom Friday and Saturday Syne Mitchell Shibori is a traditional Japanese resist-dye technique using handstitching to create organic patterns in cloth. The rigid heddle loom will be used to weave in a supplemental weft yarn that will be used to create the resist and efficiently store the pattern behind the heddle. Participants will view samples of shibori patterns and have the option of using one or more (or creating their own pattern) to weave, pull, and dye a shibori scarf and/or sampler. Note: Prewarped rigid heddle loom required. Materials fee: $15.00. Level: Beginner.

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