A Weaving Weekend

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The Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild hosts an Open House in February. This year's theme was Weavers Gone Wild. Here are a few photos.DSC_8535 One of the people in last summer's Color Wheel class created this display from the fiber that she blended in class. DSC_8545 Triaxial weaving.DSC_8552 Navajo weaving.DSC_8554 Weaving with wire.DSC_8561 Spinning om a cardboard "wheel".DSC_8567 Paper weaving--a great "make it and take it" project.  IMG_5361 I demonstrated weaving all weekend. I wove 2 chenille scarves using the warp I wound at Thursday's Art as Inspiration class.IMG_5366After I finished the chenille I put a Shetland wool warp on the loom and wove 4 scarves for a commission.DSC_8569The last warp was all Jacob. I wove one and will finish the other at home. Seven scarves in a weekend isn't bad.DSC_8571This is a close-up of the last one just because I still have my new macro lens on the camera.

Art as Inspiration for Weaving

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At the request of a nearby weaving guild I developed a class about using favorite artwork and photos as inspiration for weaving designs. This was based on the show that I had at the Artery a few years ago and that was the subject of a Handwoven article. lisa-2This is the publicity photo we used for the show. Our model is wearing my Red Canna (Georgia O'Keefe) chenille shawl and Julia's felt hat. Participants in the class brought favorite photos or artwork to use as a basis for designing weaving projects and used...DSC_8455...colored pencils and...DSC_8458rayon chenille for their designs. Here are some of the plans:DSC_8450 DSC_8457 DSC_8453  DSC_8443 DSC_8439 DSC_8435 DSC_8433 DSC_8428Won't it be fun to see these projects when they are finished?