Tilly Marchwinski 1907-2012 At the recent meeting, Blaine David presented the Tilly Marchwinski Scholarship to Daniel Garver, current textile Artist in Residence at the Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts. Originally from Madison, WI, Daniel Garver studied painting...
The Fiber Study will be meeting at the usual time. 10-12 on Wednesday, March 14. 2018 at the Guild House. All CHH members are welcome to attend. The workshop is cancelled. Come and bring all of your show and tell and conversation: We can talk about the current...
September 21 - 23, 2018. Cost: $225.00 for 3 day workshop, approximate $30.00 supply fee for wire. Register: Maximum number of attendees 15. For more information and to reserve your spot for the workshop email Christine Miller: explorefiber@gmail.com ...
Kathy spun blue wool. As usual, Blaine and the big tapestry loom were a favorite. Marion wove on two inkle looms, one tiny one on the table and one on the floor. Amy and Theresa taught dozens of kids to weave on cardboard looms. But there is always one with a...
Tapestry - Basics Sunday, March 10, 10 am - 4 pm Instructor: Blaine Davis Did you recently get a tapestry loom, or have one that’s been sitting around for a long time waiting for you to get to it? This one day class will focus on warping your tapestry loom, and then...
Din recommends this article on Cochineal: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180202-the-insect-that-painted-europe-red?ocid=ww.social.link.email "King Charles V of Spain saw in cochineal an opportunity to prop up the crown’s coffers "
Both sessions of the Round Robin workshop on profile drafting are full for this weekend but Tracy has opened up the non-weaving part of the workshop. You can sign up for the morning lecture from 10 am to noon on either day for $25.00. February 24 or 25, 2018. You...
Thank you to everyone who donated money to help us recover from damage incurred from Hurricane Harvey. Luckily, none of looms or other equipment was damaged, but our library took a hit. We lost a number of shelving units and quite a few books, especially ones we'd...