Meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday of every month at the Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 882 Sunset Ave., Prescott, AZ, just two blocks behind the True Value on Miller Valley Rd. Our meetings begin at 9:00 a.m. with a business meeting, followed by social time and then the program at 10:30 a.m.
Since the advent of Covid-19, our monthly meetings are available either in person at Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation or via Zoom. Guests can attend up to two monthly meetings before being required to join the Guild. If you would like to attend a monthly meeting via Zoom, please email us at info@mtnspinweave.org. The Zoom link is emailed to the members a few days before the meeting.
Since the advent of Covid-19, our monthly meetings are available either in person at Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation or via Zoom. Guests can attend up to two monthly meetings before being required to join the Guild. If you would like to attend a monthly meeting via Zoom, please email us at info@mtnspinweave.org. The Zoom link is emailed to the members a few days before the meeting.
2023 MSWG Meeting Programs
January 21 Color in Cloth - The Weaves You Want and Why, Cameron Taylor-Brown
Weave structures mix color in very different ways. Cameron Taylor-Brown will take us on an exploration of a wide range of weaves across different cultures and time periods as she helps us learn to determine for ourselves what weaves are “right” for what we have in mind.
February 18 MSWG Silent Auction
The Silent Auction is our annual fund raiser for the guild commitment to support the Adopt-a-Native-Elder program by providing money for yarn for their weaving. Be generous and creative!
March 18 Cone to Clothing--One Weaver's Journey, Dianne Totten
Through a PowerPoint presentation of her work, Dianne Totten will share her approach to designing one-of-a-kind garments and what she learned along the way. Follow steps taken to make her "visions" materialize. Hear tips for garment construction using minimal cuts to the cloth. Additional tidbits and finishing ideas, including a demonstration for stitching that perfect hem, will be presented. It concludes with sewing tips from her current work with “crimp” cloth.
April 15 Rigid Heddle Trunk Show, Deborah Jarchow
Deborah Jarchow will share some of her creations woven on rigid heddle looms.
May 20 Wedge Weave, Connie Lippert
Connie will present wedge weave origins, technique, a few current practitioners, short chronology of her own work. Her tapestries are woven in wedge weave using yarns dyed with natural materials. Wedge weave is a tapestry technique originated by the Navajo around 1870. In contrast to most weaving which is woven horizontally on the loom, wedge weave is woven on the diagonal, which gives it its characteristic scalloped edge. This trait, which Connie finds intriguing, is thought to be one of the reasons the Navajo abandoned it in the 1800s, though it has resurfaced in recent years. The colors in her palette are created with natural dyes--mainly indigo, madder, goldenrod, cochineal, and black walnut.
June 17 Tactile Art: Collapse Fabric on 4 to 32 Shafts, Denise Kovnat
Denise will explore the many techniques and possibilities for creating dimensional fabrics. The three basic elements for these fabrics are structure, active and inactive yarns, and finishing techniques. The results make the most of an often-overlooked aspect of weaving: that of texture and depth. Add color and form, and weavers can maximize the potential of our craft to create imaginative fabrics with great visual and tactile appeal.
July 15 Tailgate Sale
August 19 Eco Dyeing, Ruth Greenspan
This abundantly illustrated talk about Ruth’s development as a botanical print artist will start from a point when she had no desire to learn eco printing. Eco printing has pulled or pushed her into continually widening her focus to include a number of other fiber arts that she previously avoided, including felting, natural dyeing, sewing, quilting, and embroidery. She will illustrate this talk with both images and actual samples of her work.
September 16 Designing--From Ideas to Completion, Michael Rohde
Michael says, "Over the years, I've woven many rugs and tapestries. Sometimes the final product comes out of the weave structure, images I have seen in readings or travels, other textiles or suggestions from others. In this talk, I will show ways that can take a source idea and turn it into a weaving."
October 21 Sand in My Shoes, Rebecca Mezoff
Rebecca writes, “I grew up in Gallup, New Mexico surrounded by many different cultures which practiced a variety of weaving traditions. At home I was exposed to traditional European-style weaving by my paternal grandparents. As I grew up in Gallup, I watched the Navajo weavers around the reservation make amazing things on looms often made out of 2 x 4s. When I returned to New Mexico after graduate school, I learned the Hispanic tapestry traditions in a college environment using Rio Grande walking looms. Eventually I came back to European-style tapestry weaving when I became the apprentice of James Koehler in Santa Fe.
This lecture traces my tapestry journey from early influences through my current practice as an artist, educator, and author. I discuss the impact of other traditions on my work, the effect being a teacher and author has had on my artistic practice, and tell the story of how I went from a little blonde girl who crocheted afghans out of acrylic yarn leftovers to a maker of large and small format art tapestries."
November 18 Weaving by Design, Kelly Marshall
Kelly Marshall is recognized for combining rep weave’s rich texture and linear structure into extraordinary textiles inspired by the aesthetics of the Arts & Crafts movement, contemporary design, and traditional Scandinavian weaving. Marshall’s creative and colorful book “Custom Woven Interiors: Bringing color and design home with Rep weave, includes projects, design inspiration, and technique and tips to weaving Rep. Her talk “Weaving by Design” will show you the inspiration behind her designs and walk you through the development of her successful weaving business.
December 16 Holiday Party
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Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation,
882 Sunset Ave., Prescott, AZ |