Las Tejedoras Fiber Arts Guild

February Guild Meeting – Barbara Tyner

2012-01-28T07:26:00.002-07:00

From Rainbirds to Rainbows:
Women Artists and Abstraction in the Southwest with an Emphasis on Weavers
Presented by Barbara Tyner

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Georgia O’Keeffe’s velvety abstractions of landscape, bones and stones signify art in New Mexico, but abstraction in the Southwest is nothing new. Indigenous women potters, painters and weavers have been working in abstract modalities – from stylization to abstract geometric patterning – for thousands of years. Maybe it’s the chile.

Barbara Tyner worked formerly as a southwest archeologist and journalist. She is currently an adjunct professor of art history in the School of Art and Design at Santa Fe Community College, and serves as the New Mexico Committee Ambassador to the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She is writing a book as well as curating an exhibition on three thousand years of New Mexico women artists.

Barbara is a Canadian-American art historian, writer, curator and film-maker. An acclaimed and exciting speaker, she lectures widely on her specialties – women’s art history and the arts of Native America. Her knack for storytelling and her playful approach to art history reflect her interest in making art and culture accessible to all and a normal part of daily life.

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe

January Guild Meeting - Lisa Trujillo

2011-12-30T07:11:00.002-07:00

Saturday, January 7, 2012
9:30 am - Noon
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe

Lisa Trujillo
Award-winning tapestry artist, weaving in the Chimayo/Rio Grande tradition, will discuss her work

One week after graduating from the University of New Mexico with a degree in marketing, Lisa Rockwood married Irvin Trujillo and started her weaving career. Although Lisa had always been artistically inclined, she had never woven before meeting Irvin. She proved an apt pupil. She started by weaving small pieces and early on began challenging herself with more and more complex designs. She began dying yarn with natural dyes when she started weaving, and started spinning a couple of years later. As she continued to weave more complex pieces she would try weaving finer and larger pieces in the Saltillo style, using her own handspun and natural dyed yarns. Each of these projects took about a year to complete. Her other weavings allow her to pursue other ideas, and to work in other traditional styles.

Lisa's designs are generally within the guidelines of traditional Rio Grande weaving. While she has great respect for the Rio Grande Spanish tradition, she was not born into the culture and tradition. Therefore, she brings her own non-Hispanic background to her weaving. Since it is impossible to keep from expressing herself in her weaving, the results keep changing as time passes.

Lisa and Irv own and operate Centinela Traditional Arts in Chimayo, New Mexico. They both are award-winning artists whose work has been shown in, and collected by, museums across the United States, including the Smithsonian. If you haven't visited their studio you should go sometime. It's a lovely drive to Chimayo and Centinela Traditional Arts is an interesting place.

Guild Meeting - Holiday Potluck

2011-11-23T16:50:00.003-07:00

Saturday, December 3, 2011

9:30 am Stash Sale Setup
10-12 Social Time, Sale and Potluck

Westminster Presbyterian Church
841 W. Manhattan Ave, Santa Fe

Stash Reduction Sale – Bring your extra yarns, books, tools and equipment, and handmade gifts to donate and sell for the benefit of the guild. Mark each item with the price you think is appropriate. We haven't done this in a long time, so we're sure that everyone has saved up lots of good stuff to donate!

Also for sale at bargain prices will be yarns from the estate of former member, Judy Moore. Silk City chenille, Henry's Attic wool, loopy wool skeins, skeins of beautiful, fine, orange and goldenrod wool, and more. Be sure to bring your checkbook, and bring your friends!

Potluck – Members and guests are asked to bring a food item to share. The guild will provide utensils, plates, beverages and tablecloths. Don't plan to reheat food in the kitchen, but you may bring a crockpot and plug it in if you wish.
• Members with last name beginning with A through G bring a salad or appetizer
• Members with last name beginning with H through R bring and entré
• Members with a last name beginning with S through Z bring a dessert

Guild Meeting - speaker is Lany Eila

2011-10-26T21:44:00.003-06:00

SATURDAY, November 5, 2011
9:30am
Westminster Presbyterian Church

Lany Eila will be speaking about her exquisite tapestry works using neutral colors and her discovery of the bones of tapestry through the reduction of color in search of form. Her works revolve from photo realism through to abstractions that deal with universal cycles of thoughts and events. Lany's tapestries are important because of their visual impact, precision as
well as content.

Her works have been included in American Tapestry Biennales numbers 6,7 and 8 as well as many other major juried tapestry exhibitions. Web site: www.lanyeila.com

Toadlena Trading Post Trip

2011-10-19T09:53:00.003-06:00

The guild members who visited Toadlena Trading post all agree it was a trip well worth taking! The beautiful scenery and wonderful dose of culture was surpassed only by the gracious hospitality of our hosts Mark and Linda.

Many, many thanks to Phillenore for planning and coordinating the trip!

You may enjoy seeing the post through some of photos. The first ones have been uploaded onto our website and can be found in this Online Photo Album There will be more photos uploaded in the days to come so you may want to check back.

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2011-09-23T16:05:00.001-06:00

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October 4 meeting

2011-09-23T15:14:00.000-06:00

Remember our meeting speaker will be Joyce Begay-Foss and she will give a program on her new book “Spider Woman’s Gift”. She gave this talk at MIAC this summer to a general audience. Her concentration was on Navajo blankets. 9:30 social hour, 10:00 meeting and ca. 10:30 Tuesday at the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Enzmann-Forneris Workshop in October

2011-09-07T15:14:00.003-06:00

Connie Enzmann-Forneris weaves beautiful rugs which I have admired for many years. She's also a very good teacher and for several years has been teaching classes at Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center in the fall. This year I have signed up for her block weave/weft-faced wool rug class and I need some fellow students so that the class will be a go! It will be held October 7-9 (Fri-Sun) and the product will be a table runner. Her website is www.fiberdesigns.com. The EVFAC website for more information is www.evfac.org/classes.

Phillenore

bring your IWC projects

2011-08-30T18:45:00.001-06:00

It occurred to me that rather than present a report on IWC, our members would much rather see samples from the classes people took. So, if it is not too much to ask, could the people who attended IWC bring things they made in class, or things done later as a result of class? I am willing to bring my failed samples…and hopefully Helen will bring the samples which worked from Barbara Herbster’s class.-Su

Dues Are Due

2011-08-30T18:08:00.001-06:00

As a new guild year starts don't forget to pay your dues!

Guild Potluk Picnic

2011-08-23T16:02:00.001-06:00

Tuesday, September 6, 2011
10:30 am
Home of Theresa Holmes

Thanks to the hospitality of Theresa Holmes, members will be able to start the guild season with our now traditional potluck picnic in a new setting. It will be a chance to socialize, take care of some business, meet new friends, greet old friends, and meet the llamas.

Potluck (reversing last year's order)
· Last names starting with A through L should bring an entree or salad
· Last names starting with the letters M through Z should bring a dessert

Look for directions in your Sept. newsletter.

2011-07-29T13:37:00.002-06:00

It's been awhile, but I just spent an inspirational weekend at IWC, the InterMountain Weaver's Conference in Durango. Besides that the college is way up high, and the dorm overlooks the city, and looks across at the mountains it is just plain beautiful there. There were 170 attendees, and the class offerings were wonderful

Yoshiko Wada, whose class Nancy Ullman took, gave a very interesting talk on the trends in Japanese textiles, along with a fashion show on Friday night. Jason Collingwood was teaching a rug weaving class which at least one member of our guild took, Nadine Sanders was teaching Theo Moorman, and I think Alene took that, Helen Finney and I were in Barbara Herbster's differential shrinkage class, with a bunch of fun people, I saw Melodie and met her friend from Abiqui but I don't know what class they took. Evelyn and Joni might have been taking Rebecca's color blending class and Ann was either in Judy Dominic's mudcloth dying class, or the other manipulating fabric class. I looked in on Sharon Alderman's class and everyone was weaving clear crisp stripes right up to the end of Sunday.

The only disappointment was the food...and my car battery! But everyone should think seriously about attending the summer after next. If I can just figure out how, I will post pictures of my samples.-Su

Scarf Exchange update

2011-04-27T07:06:00.002-06:00

The first guild scarf exchange will be held at the May meeting.

Previously the finished dimensions were defined as 6" wide by 60"
long. That has been revised to allow narrower scarves to qualify for the
exchange.

Look for some pictures on the website after the meeting.

May Guild Meeting

2011-04-24T14:07:00.002-06:00

Karen Selk - "Silk Vignettes of Asia"
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Unitarian Church, West Barcelona and Galisteo, Santa Fe
9:30 AM - Social hour
10:00 AM - Meeting
1 P.M.-Workshop

Karen Selk, internationally known silk expert and co-owner of Treenway Silks in British Columbia, will be our speaker on May 3, 2011. Karen has been a textile designer and artist since 1972. Her primary focus has been weaving and fusing felt with silk. As managing director of Treenway Silks, she designs and develops new yarns, fibers, kits, and color palettes. A former director of product development for WomanKind.com, she also organizes and leads textile and cultural tours to India, Bhutan, and Laos. Her topic is "Silk Vignettes of Asia."
The story encompasses an extravaganza of visual images, handcrafted cloth and revealing tales of silkworm rearing, yarn making, dyeing and timeless weaving techniques. You will gain insight into the cultural traditions and sustainable cottage industry development in villages scattered throughout Thailand, Laos, India, Burma, China, and Bhutan.

You can learn more about silk at www.treenwaysilks.com

In the afternoon, Las Tejedoras will host a Silk Fusion/Silk Felt workshop led by Karen. The workshop runs from 1-3:30 at the Unitarian Church in Santa Fe. Cost is $30 plus a $26 materials fee that is payable to Karen. The workshop appears to be full. Participants are asked to bring their lunch.

EVFAC Fundraiser

2011-04-07T07:01:00.001-06:00

Española Valley Fiber Arts Center invites you to “Mingle at the Mansion”.

Friday, May 13, 2011
5:30pm to 7:00pm

Tickets: $25 per person
Tickets are available at Española Valley Fiber Arts Center,
325 Paseo de Onate, Española, NM 87532, 505-747-3577, info@evfac.org.

Click on image below for full flyer.

Silk Fusion/Silk Felt Workshop

2011-04-03T13:01:00.002-06:00

Workshop will be given by Karen Selk.
It will be held May 3 from 1-3:30 in Santa Fe.
Contact Pam Grob for more information

Fiber Show at La Tienda

2011-03-28T17:36:00.002-06:00

The show runs through April 26. The reception is April 2 from 4-7 pm,
building A at La Tienda.

It is an exciting exhibit with the work of twenty-two fiber artists, including Las
Tejedoras weavers and several Santa Fe area artists.

For directions to the exhibit space visit the La Tienda in Eldorado website.

April Guild Meeting

2011-03-28T17:32:00.001-06:00

Marjo Hebert - Feltmaker
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Unitarian Church, West Barcelona and Galisteo, Santa Fe
9:30 AM - Social hour
10:00 AM - Meeting

Our speaker for the April meeting is feltmaker/designer, Marjo Hebert. She will describe her career from free lance photographer to feltmaker/designer. Marjo incorporates fibers such as silks, rayons and cotton gauze in the layering technique known as nuno (the Japanese word for cloth) onto a substrate of merino. Her work is a masterful collaboration of color, embellishment and technique. We will have the opportunity to see and touch her fabulous shawls, scarves, hats, and collars. If you can't wait to see this feltmaker's art, go to www.feltwerks.com.

March 1 Guild Meeting

2011-02-26T13:06:00.001-07:00

Leigh Alexander is our speaker for March, she moved to this area from South Carolina where she had a weaving studio in Charleston SC (1997- 2006). In this studio she made rugs, drapes and upholstery fabrics to order . Since coming here she has been selling weekly at the farmers’ market, which allows her to make one of a kind items. Her garments have been described as unique, having a retro feel, but up-to date, and "earthy". She herself says "all the clothing has been designed to fit a range of body shapes and sizes and I’ve figured out various oddball ways to do that. I’ve used a wide variety of materials from copper wire to plastic gimp to the usual wools, cottons, linens. I’ve also explored a wide variety of weaves".

She willl be showing slides of the various projects she’s been involved in in the past 10 years. And she adds "Most of my older rugs are summer & winter, drapes are various laces and most recently I’ve been exploring double weaves. I’ll bring a pile of fabric samples, too for you to feel and analyze. Most of what I do is 8-10 harness but I’ll bring a good selection of 4 harness weaves to maybe pique your imagination. I’ve also been working on Lisa and Irv Trujillos’ AVL and have just set up a 20 harness dobby at EVFAC."

February Guild Meeting - Polly Barton

2011-01-30T11:47:00.001-07:00

Loosening the Knot: Contemporary Ikat
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Unitarian Church, West Barcelona and Galisteo, Santa Fe
9:30 AM - Social hour
10:00 AM - Meeting

We are extremely lucky to have Santa Fe artist Polly Barton as our February speaker. Polly has been weaving for 30 years, and is internationally known for her woven silk ikat paintings. During her 30 years of weaving silk ikat on Japanese kimono looms, Polly Barton has brought a modern, painterly approach to this ancient dyeing technique. Her lecture will illustrate how she has developed and adapted this tradition and how the ikat tradition has in turn pushed her to grow as an artist.

Polly Barton majored in Art History at Barnard. In 1981 she spent a year in Kameoka, Japan studying with master weaver, Tomohiko Inoue and learning to use the Japanese tsumugi silk kimono loom. Her website is pollybarton.com

Scarf Exchange

2010-12-27T12:03:00.000-07:00

A scarf exchange is proposed for our April or May meeting. In order that everyone can participate, scarves can be woven, knitted, nuno or other felted, silk painted, crocheted, shiboried or stitched. The only requirement is that they be at least 6” wide and 60” long.

Jan 2011 Guild Meeting

2010-12-27T11:55:00.002-07:00

Wheelwright Museum

10:00 am

Tour of Todelena Weavers Exhibit

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, January 4, 2011. The meeting will be at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe. Note that the meeting will start promptly at 10 am. Lunch will be available at the Museum Cafe on the Hill.

Our speaker is Mark Winter, owner-operator of the Todelena Trading Post, an expert on Navajo weaving, and the organizer of the current exhibit of Three Gray Hills rugs that we will tour. With Mark as our guide. we will learn about the weavers, their stories, and the meaning behind the weavings.

The number of participants is limited by the museum. If you have not already reserved a spot, please contact Gail Rachor.

December Guild Meeting - Saturday , December 4

2010-11-16T07:06:00.002-07:00

Holiday Potluck at EVFAC

Las Tejedoras annual potluck will be held at Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center on SATURDAY morning, December 4. Punch and coffee will be served at 9:30 for the social hour followed by a short meeting.

The program will be: Jane Abbott who will speak to us on a cooperative of weavers, the Dhaka Weavers, in Nepal. They weave in fine threads, cotton and some silk, very intricate and beautiful designs. She is bringing scarves and other things woven by them for purchase.

Members and guests are asked to bring their own service (plates and silver) and a handwoven placemat to eat upon.

Every person with a last name beginning with A - M should make a salad or an entrée. N - Z please bring a dessert.

Plan to buy holiday gifts from EVFAC’s wonderful selection and those offered by the speaker.

December Meeting - Save the Date

2010-10-31T06:43:00.001-06:00

Mark your calendar for Saturday, December 4 and our
annual holiday lunch.

It will be held at the Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center from 10:30 to 1 pm.

Two treats are offered. Melodie Usher will talk about her experiences obtaining HGA's coveted Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving (part 1). In addition, Jane Abbott, a former Peace Corp worker, will talk about Dhaka Weaves of Nepal. Some examples of their weaving will be available for purchase. More details in the December newsletter.

November Guild Meeting: James Koehler presents "Bauhaus Influences on Textile Design"

2010-10-31T06:36:00.003-06:00

Saturday, November 6 , 2010
Unitarian Church of Santa Fe
Corner of Galisteo and Barcelona
9:30 AM - Social
10:00 AM - Meeting

Contemporary design owes much to the Bauhaus--a school of art and design founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and existing until 1933. The Bauhaus gave voice to new concepts of artistic creation, design, and teaching methods. It brought together some of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, including Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Johannes Itten, and Annie and Josef Albers.

Internationally acclaimed tapestry artist and teacher, James Koehler will discuss Bauhaus history and the design ideas that influenced his work and his approach to design. Particular emphasis will be placed on work that was done in the Bauhaus weaving workshop.
James will also show tapestries woven for his recent exhibitions with Rebecca Mezoff and Cornelia Theimer Gardella, entitled Interwoven Traditions: New Mexico and Bauhaus. This show ran at the Open Space Gallery in Albuquerque in July-August 2010. An exhibition with the same title, but largely different work is now at the Michaeliskirche, Erfurt, Germany, through October 2010.

You can read more about the Bauhaus Tapestry Project on the net. Visit James Koehler's website . Don't miss his video demonstrating the creation of a tapestry from design to dyeing to weaving.

October Guild Meeting - Kay Quintana, "Yarn, Yarn, Glorious Yarn!"

2010-09-27T17:43:00.003-06:00

Tuesday, October 5 , 2010
9:30 AM - Noon
Unitarian Church of Santa Fe
Corner of Galisteo and Barcelona

Kay Quintana, co owner of Looking Glass Yarns and Gifts will demonstrate the use of yarns and beads to create one of a kind ropes, i-cords, braids, and much more. Kay will emphasize the use of fiber and fiber techniques to make jewelry. She will include many examples of finished projects and bring new and unique yarns for knitting and weaving. You can visit the shop's website, http://
lookingglassyarns.com/

Kay Quintana october workshop

2010-09-23T05:13:00.002-06:00

Reminder:
Please sign up for the Tuesday, October 5th workshop ( following the morning meeting described in the September newsletter). Kay Quintana will be our morning speaker and is offering a 2 hour class on crocheting a very fine wire necklace with beads.

NO experience necessary!

It is beautiful and easy to make (Kay makes them out of thread and yarns also). Class fee is $25. It will be from 12:30 - 2:30 so bring your own lunch. Materials can be brought from home or purchased in class. Please register with Mariel by September 26th.

September 2010 Guild Meeting

2010-08-27T15:09:00.001-06:00

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

The first meeting of Las Tejedoras' 2010-2011 season will be a potluck picnic on Tuesday, September 14, 2010.
The picnic will be held at the home of Ken and Ruthie Coleman in Santa Fe. Details will be in the September newsletter. In the meantime, start planning:
Last names starting with M-Z, please bring an entree or salad
Last names starting with A-L, please bring dessert

The hospitality committee will provide drinks, ice, cups, plates, utensils, etc.

Santa Fe Shops and Galleries showing Textiles, Fiber Art, and Yarn

2010-06-14T15:06:00.003-06:00

The final list of Santa Fe Shops and Galleries showing Textiles, Fiber Art, and Yarn has been compiled and will be distributed to Convergence attendees. You can also take a look at it by clicking the link below.

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Santa Fe shops and galleries

2010-05-17T17:27:00.004-06:00

The list is current as of 17 May and can be viewed at this link

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvOnx3RodKP6dHdmNFJpQklkSnZFUjB5cFdOclhXSkE&hl=en

May Guild Meeting

2010-04-26T15:15:00.002-06:00

Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Unitarian Church of Santa Fe
9:30 am - Social
10:00 am - Meeting

Joan Babcock learned macrame as a teenager in the 1960's. When she moved to Santa Fe in 1986, she rediscovered knotting in the form of knotted jewelry. She often uses the Cavandoli technique, a condensed form of knotting similar to weaving, in which a square inch can contain 250 knots or more. In addition to one-of-a-kind necklaces, Joan creates earrings, medicine bags, vessels, and decorative items, some of which incorporate pendants of silver, copper, and brass as well as a variety of beads in stone, metal, and glass. She gets her inspiration from tribal cultures, Asian art, and natural forms.

Joan's work can be found at Handwoven Originals and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Shop in Santa Fe, at Artemesia in Taos, and at Tamiko's Hamilton Montana. She has an Etsy page at http://www.etsy.com/shop/joanbabcockdesigns.

Joan teaches micro-macrame workshops and has published two instructional works: Micro-Macrame Jewelry (2005) and Micro-macrame and Cavandoli Knotting (DVD, 2007). Both are available from the author. For information, inspiration and additional information, visit her website:
http://joanbabcock.com/, Join us on Tuesday, May 4, to view Joan Babcock's work and be inspired by her adventures in knotting.

PS: Joan will teach at Convergence, SS701 Fundamentals of Micro-macrame and UB105, Cavandoli Tapestry Knotting

“Mingle at the Mansion” benefit for EVFAC

2010-03-24T12:36:00.003-06:00

Join Española Valley Fiber Arts Center for New Mexico music, food and wine at The Governor’s Mansion in Santa Fe. Date and time is Friday, May 7, 2010 5:30pm to 7:00pm.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. For more information see the FLYER (PDF format this will open in a new window/tab) or contact Española Valley Fiber Arts Center (EVFAC.org)

April Guild Meeting - Trashique by Nancy Judd

2010-03-16T09:54:00.002-06:00

Tuesday, April 6th
Unitarian Church (Galisteo and Barcelona), Santa Fe
9:30 Social, 10:30 Program

Nancy Judd

A Toyota convertible soft-top jacket with electric wire “fur”, aluminum flowers and leaves from Coke cans sewn to a cocktail dress, garments made from phone book paper, cassette tapes, rusty nails, junk mail, and even crushed glass --- all by artist, Nancy Judd, to provide conservation education. Nancy went from recycling educator for the City of Santa Fe to the creation of her own company, Recycle Runway. Her “couture” creations have been exhibited in airports throughout the US and she has been commissioned by corporations such as Toyota and Coca-Cola. She created three garments from Obama campaign materials that were exhibited at the Green Inaugural Ball and other inaugural events, and the “Obamanos Coat” was selected for display in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

Nancy Judd will relate for us her truly fascinating story and exhibit and describe some of her creations. See her website at www.recyclerunway.com

Contemporary Hand-woven Rugs

2010-03-05T07:08:00.000-07:00

Member Sandy Voss will have a solo exhibition of her original rugs at Marigold Arts, 424 Canyon Rd., Santa Fe. from March 19-April 28.

Reception on Friday, March 19, 4-7. More info at (505) 982-
4142 or www.marigoldarts.com.

March Meeting

2010-02-12T23:12:00.004-07:00

Please remember that the March meeting is Saturday the 13th, after Susan Wilson's workshop, not on a Tuesday, and not on the first Saturday, either.

And I am so sorry I won't be there for either the workshop or the meeting, My husband picks our ski trips out long before we schedule our workshops, unfortunately. And the ski club we belong to is going to Snow Mass that week, so that's where we will be. I hope they have as much snow as my friends in MD and DC who are beginning to complain about their riches.

In case I didn't describe very well where Santa Fe Fabrics is, it is across from Trader Joe's and closer to the church where we meet than Trader Joe's is. It in the same bunch of stores as CVS, but at the west most end. Can you tell that right now I can't think of the name of any of those streets to save my soul?-Su

March Guild Meeting

2010-02-06T16:35:00.003-07:00

Saturday, March 13, 2010
Unitarian Church (Galisteo and Barcelona), Santa Fe
9:30 Social, 10:30 Program

"Weave It Polychrome!"
Susan Wilson

Polychrome means “many colors.” If a textile has many colors, is it always polychrome? And how is a weave structure “woven polychrome”? In this slide-lecture, you’ll learn the answer to these questions and how to use this exciting technique to add complexity and richness to familiar four- to eight-shaft weaves such as twill, overshot, summer and winter, crackle, and laces.

Susan Wilson received the HGA Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving, Master Level, in 1990, with a specialty in crackle weave. Her work has been published in Weaver's, Handwoven, Complex Weavers Journal, and Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot magazines, and her crackle sample was featured on the cover of A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns edited by Carol Strickler. She has lectured and taught workshops throughout the U.S. and at several Convergences and regional conferences. A weaver for 40 years, Susan enjoys pattern weaving, sampling to explore woven structure, and creating household textiles and clothing accessories.

February Guild Meeting

2010-01-28T14:03:00.002-07:00

Tuesday, February 2nd - Ramona Sakiestewa
"What does a Weaver Do After She Stops Weaving"

Ramona Sakiestewa, born of Hopi ancestry and raised in the Southwest, has been known for her beautiful tapestries depicting adaptations from prehistoric pueblo weaving. She taught herself weaving and has had her work featured in many museums, galleries, and numerous Santa Fe Indian markets. This fall she had her "last" weaving show at a gallery in Santa Fe. Currently her portfolio includes clayprints, works on paper, and product design. She has been consulting with architects to create culturally-themed design vocabularies for interiors and exteriors of public buildings such as the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC.

Ramona has served as chair of the New Mexico State Arts Commission. In 2006 she was awarded the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts and was inducted into the New Mexico Women's Hall of Fame.

Ramona has spoken to our guild before and was an Artist in Residence at the Intermountain Weavers Conference. Come and listen to Ramona talk again to our guild, this time about her design process and her changing artistic vision.

Ramona's website is http://www.ramonasakiestewa.com.

New members are welcome to come to the meeting. See more info on our website.

January 2010 Guild Meeting

2010-01-02T08:38:00.002-07:00

Rebecca Bluestone On Creativity
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Unitarian Church of Santa Fe
Corner of Galisteo and Barcelona

Our January program will feature Santa Fe tapestry artist Rebecca Bluestone. Rebecca is a well known contemporary weaver who dyes her wools and silks and uses metallic threads to create one of a kind abstract tapestries with hundreds of different colors.Her work appears in private and public collections around the world, including the US Courthouse in Albuquerque.

Rebecca and her husband, Robert, a professional musician and tenured professor of music, founded Woven Harmony in 1992.Together, they work to inspire audiences to make creativity part of the fabric of daily life.

With Tuesday's presentation, we can look forward to an engaging and fresh perspective on creativity how it expresses what's important to us in our lives, accessing it, expressing our passions and linking our conscious and unconscious selves.

For a preview, go to Robert and Rebecca's website at http://bluestonespeakers.com/ Click on "view video clips." Enjoy!

December Guild Meeting

2009-11-23T10:45:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 - Joan Babcock on Micro-Macrame Jewelry
More details on this program will be posted soon.

Guild Meeting: Gretel Underwood Presents! Saturday, November 7, 2009

2009-10-22T15:54:00.000-06:00

Gretel began her career in weaving upon moving to New Mexico twenty plus years ago. Our
local expansive landscapes, dramatic skies, and clear, brilliant, unusual light have inspired Gretel in her creations. Using these local influences as well as the weavings of South American countries and Mexico, Gretel has created patterns and color combinations that make her cotton chenille throws famous.

Employing local weavers and seamstresses, Gretel has expanded her work from interior design
products--throws and pillows, to include jackets, coats, and vests. Each garment is individually designed and is a one-of-a-kind creation. You can see examples at her website: www.gretelunderwood.com

Join us on Saturday, November 7, to view Gretel Underwood's work and be inspired by her
achievements.

(Unitarian Church of Santa Fe, Corner of Galisteo and Barcelona, 9:30 am)

September 22 MEETING CANCELLED

2009-09-07T09:29:00.001-06:00

Due to illness in the family, Susan and Archie have had to cancell their Southwest trip. We have advised them that we would welcome them when they are able to visit.

September Meetings Scheduled

2009-08-20T15:24:00.001-06:00

Our wonderful, hard-working program committee has scheduled two September events to kick-off our 2009-2010 schedule.

Tuesday, Sept 8th - a pot luck lunch gathering at the lovely home of Ken and Ruthie Coleman, in Santa Fe (directions will be in newsletter).

For the potluck, last names starting with the letters A thru L should bring an entree of some sort; last names starting with M thur Z should bring dessert

Program committee provide drinks, cups, paper plates, napkins, utensils (we still have no hospitality person)

Parking is somewhat limited: about 10 free spots, and the rest must park at meters down the street (so bring a potluck item that's easy to carry!)

We'll have a meeting to include announcements, extended show and tell, reports on IWC, etc.

Our second meeting in September is:

Tuesday, September 22nd - Tapestry presentation at the UUCSF by Susan Martin-Maffei and Archie Brennen

Because they are such well-known tapestry artists we have invited EVFAC members and Las Aranas members

We wanted to take advantage of their presence in town - hence the date and second meeting in September

We'll not be doing show and tell at this meeting

Our May Meeting

2009-05-06T15:17:00.003-06:00

It's too bad that so few members came to hear our speaker, and look at the wonderful selection of towels we wove. I know I mentioned our speaker, Gasali, was a member of the Yoruba in Nigeria, and he does the wonderful dye resist with indigo that is specific to that area. He uses the traditional methods, as well as stitch resisting and wax. But the cassaba paste is the one he used growing up, and Gail suggested we might have a program and workshop next year using this cold resist, which is much easier to remove than wax, and easier to apply also.
The towels were a hit...at least with those of us who wove them, and got to go home with someone elses's towel(or in some cases, towels). There was a suggestion that we do a similar exchange next year...maybe with scarves.
This idea was tossed about more at lunch amidst the discussion of how we might go about getting a tour of Santa Fe galleries included in the Convergence 2010 gallery list, and a discussion of what kind of favor the guild might make, were we to make one, for the Convergence goody bag. We thought about cards with cloth inserts, or small bags on braid similar to those done for the Alanta Convergence (they do have staying power, I still have mine). And the discussion was winding down when Carolyn? the proprietor?manager? or whatever of the Mission Cafe walked in wearing this wonderful scarf of rags. She told us about it, we passed it around and examined it...it was a rag rug narrow scarf, with a weft of 4 ca. 1 inch wide rags in white flowery pattern alternated with 4 thick black cotton wefts, then 4 wefts of a fuschia and cobalt blue cotton about the same width, then 4 more black cotton yarn weft picks then the sequence began again. The rags were left to just have raw edges sticking out from the 2" of weaving, but the black cotton yarn was a continuous weft, at least in the groups of 4. It seemed quite light and flexible, and she had it wrapped around her neck twice...a look that she said was quite popular with her girls. I could imagine doing one with dupioni scraps and metallic threads for the warp, and Phillenore one with raw silk. And while we were in that vein Pam mentioned a woman at the Farmer's Market selling scarves that were just disparate strands of yarn tied together, and someone else mentioned Ironstone having done this at their warehouse, and someone else mentioned some place in Santa Fe where a similar scarf using chenille was being sold for $75. Can anyone tell me where this is, so I can go oggle?
Anyway my towel has a new home with Helen, and I have one of Ann's wonderful crackle towels...although I would have been happy with any of the towels. They really were a treat!
So have a productive, and healthful summer, and come back in September and show us all the things you did. And remember the tapestry class being offered by Sharon on the Hockette Loom.-Su

Our May Speaker

2009-04-14T08:11:00.002-06:00

Louise sent me this from a website, Yoruba batik is some of the most beautiful I have seen...I am looking forward to this program!

My name is *Gasali Onireke Adeyemo*. I am the third born of five from a small rural village, Offatedo, located in Osun State, Nigeria. My mother is a trader and my father, a farmer. Although my family was rich in spirit and culture, we were poor in capital and I sponsored my own education throughout my years at St. George Elementary and Ido Osun High School.
From a very young age, I realized my artistic potential and I would attend social gatherings, such as weddings, naming and burial ceremonies, and other cultural parties offering to sketch portraits of the guest, for a small donation. My sketching career combined with long, hard days working on the village farms provided adequate income to successfully complete my academic education through high school.

At this point, my attention turned to improving upon my artistic potential. I discovered the Nike Center for Arts and Culture in 1990, where I remained for a total of six years. The first two years of my experience at the Nike Center was spent mastering the arts of batik painting on fabric, indigo dyeing, quilt making, embroidery, applique, and batik painting on rice paper. During the following four years, I spent long days teaching these skills to incoming students at the Nike Center.
Eventually, the popularity of the Nike Center grew and hundreds of people came to Osogbo, Nigeria from all over the world to study and enrich their knowledge and understanding of the arts and culture of the Yoruba people. I spent much of my time conducting workshops and training people in the crafts of my culture.
In 1995, my long years of service and dedication to the Nike Center paid off, and my artwork was exhibited in Bayreuth, Germany, alongside the work of five other artists from Nigeria. My work made quite an impact, and many people traveled to Osogbo looking for the artist named Gasali.
People who were exposed to my work later commissioned me to do quilt work and other pieces and my artistic career truly began to bloom.
In 1996 the opportunity arose to travel outside of Nigeria for the first time in my life. A woman named Karen came to Osogbo, Nigeria through an exchange program from America. We met and did workshops together.
Impressed with my work, she invited me to come to the University of Iowa to do a series of exhibitions and workshops. Once there, the Octagon Gallery in Ames, Iowa took notice of my work and offered to exhibit it.
I was also invited to work with a group of teenagers doing storytelling and art workshops to share with them the traditions of my own Yoruba culture.
These experiences in Iowa opened the door to greater opportunities. I have traveled across the U.S conducting more workshops and exhibitions.
In the future, I plan to continue to travel worldwide, sharing the arts and culture of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. I currently reside in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

*July 23-July 26 at the Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino, CA.* Their website is www.MendocinoArtCenter.org <http://www.MendocinoArtCenter.org>. I will be teaching a workshop on Traditional Yoruba Batik, Adire, and Tie-Dye.
*August 11-August 15 at Snow Farm in Williamsburg, MA.* Their website is www.snowfarm.org <http://www.snowfarm.org>. I will be teaching a workshop on Traditonal Yoruba Batik, Adire, and Tie-Dye.
*August 22- August 26 at Peters Valley in Layton, NJ.* Their website is www.PetersValley.org <http://www.PetersValley.org>. I will be teaching a workshop on Traditional Yoruba Batik, Adire, and Tie-Dye.
*October 6-October 10 at Maiwa Handprits Ltd in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.* Their website is www.maiwa.com <http://www.maiwa.com>. I will be teaching a workshop on Traditional Yoruba Batik, Adire, and Tie-Dye.

Up coming meeting and other announcements

2009-03-13T14:31:00.002-06:00

Our April meeting will be on Saturday April 4 at the Unitarian Church. Our speaker for the month will be Donna Sullivan, and her topic will be sewing with handwovens. We will have a workshop the following day (Sunday) at EVFAC, in which we will be making a bog jacket from some handwoven, or similar fabric.
Donna's Class Description: The bog coat is a simple garment that can be made from whole cloth with no waste, and requires only two cut seams. The class will focus on how to cut and finish seams using hand woven fabric. I will teach at least three separate seam finish
techniques. You will also learn how to use interfacings in hand woven fabric and ways to bind the edge of the garment. All sewing can be done on other fabrics as well.
Donna has been teaching this class in Arizona to other weaving guilds. Her resume is as follows:
Education:
Associates Degree, Fashion Design, Chaffy Community College

Master’s Degree, School Administration, California State University, San Bernardino
Bachelor’s Degree, Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton

Teaching Experience:
Californian Public Schools, elementary, secondary, community college
American Sewing Guild Workshops
Local Quilt Shops - California
Sewing Expo, Chapman College
Private classes in Surface Design and Fitting and Alterations

Related Experience:
Custom Dress Making Business in California
Participant – Annual Fashion Show, Wearable Art Connection of Southern California
Participant – Tapestry of Talent, Fashion Show for The Common Thread
Participant - Redlands Quilt Show

Work is currently for sale at The Common Thread, Silver City, New Mexico

Bog Coat Materials List
Sewing machine, in working order and must know how to use (EVFAC has machines).
Sewing supplies
Scissors
Pins
Thread
Note taking material
Measuring tape

Fabric – varies according to your size and what you want to make. If you are small 45” will go around you with some ease then 1 yd is sufficient. Otherwise bring 1 ½ to 2 yds of 45” +. Fabric may also be pieced if you have something you like. Extra fabric will be needed for the band and collar. One yard can be cut on the bias and pieced for a short jacket. A bog coat can be made from just about anything you like so just bring something you would want to wear as a jacket. Drapey fabrics look best on larger individuals. They are more forgiving. I will also have fabric available for sale if you wish.

Materials List for Seam Samples

1 yard of solid color cotton. No polyester.

We have room for more participants so contact me at sleebechtold@q.com or 505-466-4569

The next Tapestry Study Group meeting is March 21 at Evelyn Campbell's. Please contact her for time and directions, if you need them.

I am hard at work trying to get something off my loom, so I can start my tea towels. I hope that everyone else is farther than me!-Su

Monthly Guild Meeting

2009-02-17T14:28:00.001-07:00

Next Meeting: Saturday, March 7, 2009

Rita Padilla Haufmann
"Puentes del Rio Grande" (Bridges of the Rio Grande)

At the Unitarian Church in Santa Fe
9:30 am: Social Time
10:00 am: Business Meeting
10:30 am: Presentation

Rita Padilla Haufmann grew up in Tesuque, NM, where her family has lived for many generations. Rita weaves exclusively with churro wool which she washes, cards, spins and dyes. She uses the natural colors of the fleece or she dyes the wool with natural dye stuffs in use during the colonial times in New Mexico. Her designs are of her own creation but are informed by her awareness of traditional Rio Grande designs she has studied in collections.

Rita has received many honors for her textiles. These include first, second, and third place awards at the Traditional Spanish Market in Santa Fe plus the Jake Trujillo Award and a Purchase Award; First places in both Traditional Plain Weave Horizontal and Traditional Geometric Horizontal categories at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Fiber Arts Fair; First place award and Purchase Prize at the Taylor Museum Indian-Spanish Market in Colorado Springs. In addition, her textiles reside in many museum and private collections.