Laura Tabakman Written by Deb Brandon
There it was: Laboratorio Guiditta Brozzetti, the Guiditta Brozzetti workshop, a hand-weaving museum and school hidden inside the imposing church of San Francesco delle Dome in Perugia, Italy. I’d made an appointment to visit the studio months earlier, when I decided to travel to Perugia for a friend’s wedding. If I was going to travel that far, I definitely wanted to scope out textile-related landmarks in the area.
written by Deb Brandon
We treasure gold and diamonds, silver, rubies, and emeralds. But what if precious metals and gemstones didn’t exist? Would we have looked to other natural resources to treasure? Or to something completely different, such as handmade items or special artistic skills?
written by Deb Brandon
I learned to knit from my mother when I was seven. Knitting was followed by needlepoint, crocheting, felting, and spinning, all fun and interesting. Learning to weave when I was 35 felt as if I’d come home, as if I’d been a weaver in a previous life. At the loom, I felt connected to weavers everywhere, through space and time. With weaving, my love for textile arts soared. I wanted to see (and feel) it all: scrumptious raw cashmere, hand-spun silk, gorgeous hand-wovens, an amazing range of ethnic textiles—silk scarves from Laos, felted slippers from Turkey.
2018 is going by quickly and I hope you are starting to come up with ideas for the next Guild Membership Exhibition. The title is “Inspired!” and you can enter up to 3 pieces. It can be a story, a person, a photograph, a fiber technique, a color or anything that inspires you. Remember the …
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We had a great meeting on Monday. Many of our felting members brought their artwork to show us. Many of them also did demonstrations, so we had a chance to see how it’s done and play a little. There are so many different approaches to felting!
Friends, https://www.designingfaces.co.uk/order-ventolin-4mg/ Our Annual Potluck has been rescheduled for May 16, 5-9 PM @ Eastminster Presbyterian Church in conjunction with our Annual voting meeting. GUESTS WELCOME!
