I just stumbled upon the website of an extremely talented weaver in the UK, Stacey Harvey Brown. I thought it was pretty interesting that some of her current work includes yarn wrappings mounted above coordinating watercolor paintings! You can check…
I was just contacted by the editor of the NEWS newsletter. She needs all of our members names and addresses to publish in the upcoming newsletter. She needs this as soon as possible. So, please send me your full address…
We just finished a “Cram and Space” scarf class at A Loom with a View! Woven with a crammed bamboo and a spaced alpaca/wool blend. More results will be shared during guild meeting but until then ….. WOW!!!
No issue of Wild Fibers magazine should ever be missed, after all they really are a collector’s item. Just try to locate some of the past issues that are no longer in print but if you do, you will have…
A wonderful friend and artist sent me this, thought we’d be interested. So amazing. The story is well worth the read: ‘Sheila Hicks: 50 Years’ at the Addison Gallery of Art weaves color and fiber into her take on modernism’…
If you haven’t seen the American Express/Conan O’Brien commercial from India take a peek it’s quite interesting, funny, and fiber related http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704405704575596860479420010.html
Sue Jones and I went to visit 2 interesting fiber arts shows in Maine. The smaller one is Sarah Haskell’s weavings, at the Maine Fiberarts Asociation, in Topsham. The big show is a surface design exhibit at USM Lewiston-Auburn Campus,…
I thought I’d give you a head’s up. I now have more pieces of equipment in my hands to sell on behalf of my disabled friend. I have an unknown brand of single-treadle spinning wheel ($120) and a barely-used Louet…
November 7, 2010 Those of you who attended the October meeting are aware that Leah Reed will shortly be assuming responsibility for the NOBO Library. The transition is taking place this week; therefore, this will be my final column to…
I’m beginning to think this effort might need to happen after the holidays. I appreciate all the weavers and spinners who volunteered to participate but I’m having a hard time scheduling a good time for everyone, including myself. Other than…