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Allina Ndebele (née Khumalo) (born 10 December 1939) [1] is a South African artist and weaver known for her tapestries. She was born in Swart Mfolozi in KwaZulu Natal Province and after training to be a nurse se she secured a job as a translator for Peder and Ulla Gowenius who were in the process of setting up what was to be Rorke's Drift Art and Craft Centre.
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 grounds consist of over 50 acres, as well as several satellite properties, as site for numerous projects and structures including: Zittel's home/testing grounds, the Wagon Station Encampment, Regenerating Field, shipping container compound, A-Z West studio and weaving studio, the A-Z West guest cabin, a ten-acre parcel for High Desert Test ...
During World War II, Gallinger and her second husband ran a weaving studio and loom factory in Guernsey, Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg. One of their products was a loom for bed use, intended to be used by convalescent soldiers as occupational therapy. [5] They also launched a home-weaving program in Michigan.
A-Z West is an 80-acre compound and artwork by artist Andrea Zittel, located in the Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree, California.Zittel conceived of A-Z West as a project to explore psycho-social aspects of day-to-day living, "what it means to live," [1] and functional systems for desert life.
The tradition and technique of sweetgrass basket weaving has been passed down from one generation to the next, originating with the West African slaves who were brought to coastal South Carolina in the early 1700s. [1] During her childhood, Jackson, along with her siblings and cousins would gather in her grandmother's yard to help weave baskets ...
The performance was introduced by Jack Nicholson, who received loud applause inside Studio 8H. “Everyone in this room has something in common. All of our lives were changed by the show ...