Activities and Workshops
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Workshops

November 17, 2007: A round-robin “pattern” workshop offers 10-20 warped looms, each a different pattern. Participants submit a pattern in advance and bring a loom warped with that pattern to the workshop. When the workshop concludes, participants have a collection of pattern samples they've woven, and a notebook of drawdowns.  The next Pattern Workshop will be  November 17-18 at Two Rivers Mansion.  

May 10 & 11, 2008: Garments from Leftovers.  Instructor:  Daryl Lancaster, Handwoven Magazine fashion color forecaster. Ideas in using leftover scraps of handwoven fabrics to create garments. Includes actual construction of a vest. Guild members given priority in registration.

Previous Guild-Sponsored Workshops

Historic Coverlets and American Textile Traditions – Sigrid Piroch             

Kumihimo: The Ancient Art of Japanese Braiding - Ethel Kawamura                   

The Big Twill - Bonnie Inouye                  

Thick 'n Thin Plus Huck - Madelyn van der HoogtPaddle Warping - Sallie Guy           

Overshot – Vickie Tardy                           

Color Blending - Jan Friedman      

Garment Construction for Handwovens  -        Alison Dennis 

Tapestry Weaving – Martha Christian

Treadling Variations -Sharon Alderman

Swedish Drall - Joanne Hall

Basketmaking - Beth Hester

Moorman Technique - Nancy Granner

Color and Weave - Vickie Tardy

Painted Warps - Jan Friedman

Demonstrations, Teaching & Shows

The Guild  demonstrates weaving and spinning each year at the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Fair in Nashville. The three-day fair draws approximately 30,000 spectators and shoppers to Nashville's Centennial Park.  By showing people how handwoven fabrics and handspun yarns and threads are created, the Guild helps preserve a piece of our cultural heritage, as well as helping people appreciate one-of-a-kind work of creative hands.

The Guild participates in other demonstrations at schools, historic homes, scout meetings, festivals and fairs throughout middle Tennessee.

In addition, Guild members frequently offer classes in conjunction with other organizations. No dates or locations are finalized at the moment.

Special interest study groups often form within the Guild. Recent groups studied and created: poppana, double weave, and towels, and weaving for garments. New study groups are expected to form in the fall of 2007.

The Guild has a long history of collective shows of the members' work. For many years, biennial shows were at Cheekwood Botanical Garden Museum of Art in Nashville. More recently, Ruby Green Gallery in downtown Nashville, and Madison Art Center in Madison, Tennessee, hosted shows. Some work included in shows is for sale.

Individual members also sell their creations at various events throughout the area.

2007—08   Membership Programs

(at Two Rivers Mansion unless specified)

 

Saturday, October 20  10 a.m.

      “Ready, Set Weave”      

Saturday, November 17 10 a.m.

      Pattern Workshop Preview

Saturday, December 15  10 a.m.

      Holiday Gathering

Saturday, January 19    10 a.m.

      Equipment: How to Choose What to Buy

Saturday, February 16, 10 a.m.

      Program to be announced

Saturday, March 15 10 a.m.

      Stick A Pin in It (Wet Felting)

Saturday, April 19, 10 a.m.

      Natural Dying Mini Workshop

FRIDAY, May 9 Time to be announced

Color & Inspiration—Daryl Lancaster