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Eugene Weavers' Guild is a non-profit organization of weavers, spinners, and other fiber artists in Eugene, Oregon, in the U.S. It was founded in 1946 [ 1 ] and has been meeting monthly for more than seventy years. [ 2 ]
The Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) was founded in 1969. The well-known New York weaver Berta Frey was one of the founders and served on the guild's first board of directors. [1] HGA's mission is to educate, support and inspire the fiber art community. The organization is non-profit and has an international membership.
Eugene Textile Center (ETC) is a studio and a regional source of fiber arts materials, equipment, and lessons in weaving, spinning, dyeing, and felting, founded by Suzie Liles and Marilyn Robert in 2008 in Eugene, Oregon. ETC offers classes and studio space for weaving and surface design, as well as meeting space for the Eugene Weavers' Guild ...
"Weaving is the one thing, other than sitting down and meditating, that turns my thoughts off," said the 28-year-old fiber artist, who was awakened at 4 a.m. on Jan. 10 by a false evacuation ...
The Salish used mountain goat wool, or SAH-ay, [citation needed] as the main source of fiber for weaving. Blankets made from goat hair were the most valuable. [2] Originally, the Salish obtained wool high in the mountains where the mountain goats spent their summers and shed their old wool.
The Raven's Tail: Northern Geometric Style Weaving. University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 9780774802246. (which is also available on OpenLibrary.org. "The Raven's Tail (1987 edition)". Open Library.) Parker, Kay (2004). Ravenstail Weaving Patterns and Projects, Ancient and Contemporary. Ravenstail Weavers' Guild. Ravenstail Weavers' Guild.
Churchill Weavers was a handweaving company that operated from 1922 to 2007 in Berea, Kentucky, an area of Appalachia long associated with handcrafts. Color postcard showing the Churchill Weavers building, ca. 1950. It was the first company to mass-produce handwoven products for a national market. [1]: 9 [2]: 9 [3]: unnumbered [4]: 1
This technique has been used by fiber artist Lillian Elliott. [12] Blinks studied, collected and created unusual textiles, amassing a large collection between 1949 and 1995. This became the basis of a teaching collection assembled by members of the Santa Cruz Handweavers' Guild [4] (later the Santa Cruz Textile Arts Guild). [14]