Sessions and Leaders
With something of interest for everyone from the beginner to the expert, choose from more than 100 Sessions taught by innovative Fiber Art Leaders. Sessions vary from 90 minute seminars to three day workshops and include topics on weaving, spinning, dyeing, basket making, felting, sewing, professional development and more.
At the heart of Convergence® are Sessions, taught by the world’s leading fiber arts instructors as well as those that are up-and-coming in the field, known as Convergence® Leaders.
The Convergence® Session Review Panel seeks a diverse selection of proposals. We are looking to offer our conference participants a variety of beginner, intermediate, and advanced Sessions to choose from including traditional fiber arts experiences and Sessions that are new, innovative, and unique to Convergence®.
Click below to submit a Convergence® Leader Session Proposal. Application Deadline: March 21, 2025
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Sessions
Sessions include beginner to advanced instruction in a variety of fiber techniques. An HGA Individual, Family, Student, or Professional Artist Membership is required to register and take a Convergence Session. Membership may be purchased online or by calling (678) 730-0010. Participants who purchase the Convergence Value Package (CVP) save 25% on their Sessions. Those who have donated $100 or more since January 1, 2024 to HGA qualify for Priority Registration.
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Session Fees
| with CVP | without CVP | |
| 3-Day Workshops | $459 | $613 |
| 2-Day Workshops | $306 | $409 |
| 1-Day Workshops | $153 | $205 |
| 3-Hour Super Seminars | $76 | $103 |
| 90-Minute Seminars | $38 | $52 |
Convergence 2024 Schedule
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We are updating the website regularly as sessions fill up, but for the latest availability, please call us at (678) 730-0010.
2-Day Workshops (Thursday & Friday), 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- 2W-R001 Plaited Twills: The Double Two-Tie Connection - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 2W-R002 1 Warp, 2 Colors, 4 Napkins, 16 Patterns the Magic of Color and Weave of a Rigid Heddle - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 2W-R003 Botanical Printing - Sneak Peek
- 2W-R004 Deflected Double Weave: Connections, Layers, & Pockets - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 2W-R005 Tapestry Weaving with Beads and Wire - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 2W-R006 Demystifying Doup Leno - FULL - Waitlist Available
1-Day Workshops, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- 1W-R007 The Printed Petal, Hammer Printing with Fresh Flowers - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-R008 Designing and Weaving Pick-Up on an Inkle Loom - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-R009 Next Steps in Wet Felting - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-R010 Natural Color - An Introduction to Natural Dyeing - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-R011 Exploring the Drum Carder - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-R012 Designer Yarns I - Canceled
- 1W-R013 Twill Paper Trays - Nearly Full
- 1W-R014 Making Art With Recycled Materials
- 1W-R015 Clasped Warp on a Rigid Heddle Loom - Nearly Full
- 1W-R016 Sashiko Stitching on Sun Prints - Nearly Full
- 1W-R017 Sakiori History & Western Sakiori Techniques - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-R018 Block Party - Sneak Peek
3-Hour Seminars (Morning), 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- SS-RA019 Developing Color Ideas from Visual Images - Nearly Full
- SS-RA020 Kumihimo Braiding With Beads - Sneak Peek
90-Minute Seminars (Morning), 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
- S-RA021 Color as a Communicator in Textiles - Sneak Peek
- S-RA022 Building a Garden, Creating Community - Sneak Peek
- S-RA023 Marking Time with Fabric and Thread - Sneak Peek
- S-RA024 Not All Blocks Are Created Equal - Sneak Peek
3-Hour Seminars (Afternoon), 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- SS-RP025 Intro to Kumihimo Braiding - Full
- SS-RP026 Can We Be Inspired by the Inspiration of Others? - Sneak Peek
- SS-RP027 Hands On Finishing Your Work - Sneak Peek
90-Minute Seminars (Afternoon), 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
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We are updating the website regularly as sessions fill up, but for the latest availability, please call us at (678) 730-0010.
1-Day Workshops, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- 1W-F031 Hand-Painting Weaving Warps with MX Dyes - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-F032 Weaving Letters on an Inkle Loom - Full
- 1W-F033 Edge Finishing and Seaming for Hand Woven Garments - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-F034 Adventures in Drum Carding - Nearly Full
- 1W-F035 Needle Felting: Finishing & Embellishing Textiles - Sneak Peek
- 1W-F036 Advanced Natural Dyeing - Using Stock Solutions to Create a Complete Palette - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-F037 Inside Out Kumihimo - Sneak Peek
- 1W-F039 Diagonal Twill Basics - Sneak Peek
- 1W-F040 Kami-ito: Spinning Paper - FULL - Waitlist Available
3-Hour Seminars (Morning), 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- SS-FA041 Japanese Bookbinding - FULL - Waitlist Available
- SS-FA042 What to Do with a Spotted Fleece? - Canceled
- SS-FA043 Beyond Plain Weave: Hand-Manipulated Lace - Sneak Peek
- SS-FA044 Introduction to Pin Loom Weaving; Learn to Use a Pin Loom and Make a Flat Rat - FULL - Waitlist Available
- SS-FA045 Four Shafts Aren’t Complex? Au Contraire! - Sneak Peek
- SS-FA046 Ikat Warp Shifting Techniques - Sneak Peek
90-Minute Seminars (Morning), 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
- S-FA047 Contemporary Recycled Fiber Art: An International Trend
- S-FA048 Understanding your Fit Preferences - Sneak Peek
- S-FA049 Keep Track of Your Digital Art Life - Sneak Peek
- S-FA050 Tips, Tricks, and How To’s of Rust Dyeing - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
3-Hour Seminars (Afternoon), 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- SS-FP051 GIMP: The Open-Source Photoshop Alternative, an Overview - Sneak Peek
- SS-FP052 Color Me Confident - Sneak Peek
- SS-FP053 Playing with Blocks: Summer and Winter Made Easy - FULL - Waitlist Available
- SS-FP054 Spinning 201: Spin Better - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- SS-FP055 Shaker Cheese Basket - FULL - Waitlist Available
- SS-FP056 Teaching Young Weavers Toolkit - Canceled
- SS-FP057 Beyond Plain Weave: Pick-up Stick Patterns on the Rigid-Heddle Loom - Sneak Peek
- SS-FP058 Introduction to Tied Weaves - Sneak Peek
90-Minute Seminars (Afternoon), 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
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We are updating the website regularly as sessions fill up, but for the latest availability, please call us at (678) 730-0010.
2-Day Workshops (Saturday & Sunday), 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- 2W-S061 Introduction to Khmer Hol (Ikat) - Sneak Peek
- 2W-S062 Ecoprint on Leather - Cancelled
- 2W-S063 Marble Your Tannins - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- 2W-S064 Transparency Weaving - FULL - Waitlist Available
1-Day Workshops, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- 1W-S065 Rigid Heddle Weaving: Theo Moorman Technique - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-S066 Translucent Tapestries Using Supplemental Wefts - Nearly Full
- 1W-S067 Color Theory: Carding the Color Wheel - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- 1W-S068 Design Your Own Sami Inspired Cuff Bracelet - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-S069 Cotton Spinning Made Easy - Sneak Peek
- 1W-S070 Doubleweave Basics - Nearly Full
- 1W-S071 Irish Knitting Basket - Nearly Full
- 1W-S072 Introduction to Wet Felting: Slippers - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-S073 Introduction to Rug Hooking - Nearly Full
- 1W-S074 Test Drive Digital Pattern Making - Sneak Peek
3-Hour Seminars (Morning), 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- SS-SA075 Phone to Photo: Adobe Photography Suite to Create Portfolio-worthy Photos - FULL - Sneak Peek
- SS-SA076 Sewing Seams for Hand Woven Garments - FULL - Waitlist Available
- SS-SA077 Natural Dyes Overview - Sneak Peek
- SS-SA078 Love Your Blending Board: Going (Way!) Beyond The Rolag - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- SS-SA079 Loomed Beadwork Basics and Beyond - Sneak Peek
- SS-SA080 The Inside and Outside of Couture Tweed Fabrics - Sneak Peek
- SS-SA081 Double Weave Drafting - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
90-Minute Seminars (Morning), 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
- S-SA082 The Role of Churro Sheep and Its Fiber in Spanish Colonial Life and Trade - Sneak Peek
- S-SA083 Designing Handwoven Fabrics to Wear - FULL - Waitlist Available
- S-SA084 Inkle Weaving with Baltic Pickup
- S-SA085 All About Twill - Sneak Peek
- S-SA086 Paper Artists from Around the World
3-Hour Seminars (Afternoon), 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- SS-SP087 It's All About the Base: Double Two-Tie Tie-ups - FULL - Waitlist Available
- SS-SP088 Elegant Edge Finishing for Hand Woven Garments - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- SS-SP089 Paper into Yarn - Sneak Peek
- SS-SP090 Velvetweaving Today - Sneak Peek
- SS-SP091 Inkle Weaving with Alternating Pickup
- SS-SP092 Weaving: The Comedy of Errors - Sneak Peek
90-Minute Seminars (Afternoon), 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
- S-SP093 Warp and Weft Color Pooling - Nearly Full
- S-SP094 Playing with Blocks - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- S-SP095 A Passion for Plain Weave - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- S-SP096 Textile Industry and Trade Prior to the Power Loom – Lessons from the Past Toward a Sustainable Future - Canceled
- S-SP097 Up and Down the Twill Shaft Escalator - Sneak Peek
- S-SP098 Doup Leno Basics - Sneak Peek
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We are updating the website regularly as sessions fill up, but for the latest availability, please call us at (678) 730-0010.
2-Day Workshops (Sunday & Monday), 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- 2W-U099 Felt Vessels: Inspired by Nature - Nearly Full
- 2W-U100 Engineered Design Using Digital Printing - Canceled
- 2W-U101 The Joy of Double Weave: Pleats and Multi-Widths - FULL - Waitlist Available
1-Day Workshops, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- 1W-U102 Blending Board Primer - Nearly Full
- 1W-U103 Unique Floats: How to Design Your Own Overshot - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-U104 Create an Owl Painting Using Needle Felting - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- 1W-U105 Josephine Knot Basket - Nearly Full
- 1W-U106 Handwoven Book Covers - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-U107 Beginning Inkle Weaving - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 1W-U108 Foundation to Your Masterpiece - Sneak Peek
- 1W-U109 Fiber Fusion: Combining Your Love of Fabric and Yarn in Handspun Masterpieces - Sneak Peek
3-Hour Seminars (Morning), 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- SS-UA110 Tin and Leather Necklace - Nearly Full
- SS-UA111 Weaving Bands on a Shaft Loom - Nearly Full
- SS-UA112 Confidence with Color - Sneak Peek
- SS-UA113 The Big Finish - Sneak Peek
- SS-UA114 Dyeing without Dye - Sneak Peek
- SS-UA120 Drawing for Tapestry - FULL - Waitlist Available
90-Minute Seminars (Morning), 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
- S-UA115 10 Ways to Maximize a Threading
- S-UA116 The Art and Craft of Teaching Weaving - Sneak Peek
- S-UA117 Weaving Resilience: Textiles in a Changing Climate - Sneak Peek
- S-UA118 Breed Specific and Farm Flock Wools for Weaving - Canceled
- S-UA119 Wicked Good Weaving - Sneak Peek
3-Hour Seminars (Afternoon), 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- SS-UP120 Drawing for Tapestry - FULL - Waitlist Available
- SS-UP121 Adapting Card Weaving Patterns for a 4-Shaft Loom - FULL - Waitlist Available
- SS-UP122 Drafting Original Color-and-Weave Motifs - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- SS-UP123 Tin Thread and Stone Donut Necklace - Sneak Peek
- SS-UP124 Twisted Shibori - FULL - Waitlist Available
- SS-UP125 Marketing 101 for Fiber Artists - Sneak Peek
90-Minute Seminars (Afternoon), 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
- S-UP126 Structure and the Rigid Heddle Loom - Sneak Peek
- S-UP127 Shifting Ikat Off the Silk Road - Canceled
- S-UP128 Introduction to Split-Shed Weaving - Sneak Peek
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We are updating the website regularly as sessions fill up, but for the latest availability, please call us at (678) 730-0010.
3-Day Workshops (Monday - Wednesday), 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- 3W-M129 Hachures in Contemporary Tapestry - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 3W-M130 Beginning Tapestry - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- 3W-M131 Intro To Sprang - Nearly Full - Waitlist Available
- 3W-M132 Sashiko-ori - Nearly Full
- 3W-M133 Echo & Jin: Playing with Color Chords - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- 3W-M134 Wedge Weave - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- 3W-M135 Weaving with Wire: Creating Woven Metal Fabric - Sneak Peek
- 3W-M136 Beyond the Ordinary: Creative Explorations in Rags - Canceled
- 3W-M137 8-Shaft Warp Rep Runner with 2-Block Border Motifs - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- 3W-M138 Weave Ikat Velvet Using Uzbek Techniques - Sneak Peek
- 3W-M139 Tell Your Story in Boundweave - Canceled
- 3W-M140 Needle Felting A Character Doll Using Wire Armature - Canceled
- 3W-M141 Secrets of Shibori: Stitches and Knots and Indigo - Sneak Peek
- 3W-M142 Split-Shed Weaving: Multiple Structures on 4 Shafts - Sneak Peek
- 3W-M143 Tartan Weaving - Sneak Peek
- 3W-M144 A Parallel Threading is the Weaver’s Playground - Sneak Peek
- 3W-M145 Summer and Winter on 4 and 8 Shafts - Nearly Full
2-Day Workshops (Monday & Tuesday), 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- 2W-M146 Summer and Winter: Block Designs on the Rigid Heddle Loom - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- 2W-M147 The Colors of Indigo - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 2W-M148 Weaving with Spaced Warps and Unconventional Yarns - FULL - Waitlist Available
- 2W-M149 Spin with Confidence: Controlling Yarn Diameter and Density - FULL - Waitlist Available
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We are updating the website regularly as sessions fill up, but for the latest availability, please call us at (678) 730-0010.
2-Day Workshops (Tuesday & Wednesday), 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Convergence 2024 Leaders
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Wendy delights in the alchemy of creating color with plants, and invites others to join in the fun through her workshops, videos and digital content. Natural dyeing and printmaking have allowed her to combine her love of gardening with a love of textiles, in an utterly satisfying circle of growing, harvesting, and crafting!
Suzi Ballenger received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and has worked in New England as a weaver and teaching artist since 1996. She has invented and trademarked specialized tools for weaving. Suzi’s love of thread and fiber informs her research in weaving and hand paper making and was supported by workshops at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii and an internship at Dieu Donné Paper Studio in Brooklyn, New York.
Amanda Baxter is a weaver, yarn-dyer and owner of Shiny Dime Fibers. She received a BFA in Fibers from the Kansas City Art Institute, and an MFA in Textiles from Indiana University. Her teaching experience includes Beginning Weaving workshop and High School Outreach workshop instructor at the Appalachian Center for Craft (2011–2014), and an Associate Instructor at Indiana University teaching Intro to Textiles (2015–2016) and foundations course Color and Design (2016–2017).
Mary Berry is the creative energy behind Fancy Fibers. She has raised Shetland sheep, Angora goats, and Suri alpacas on her farm, owned a fiber arts retail store and school, and now keeps a small studio to create her own art. She also teaches weaving, spinning, dyeing, rug hooking, and rug punch throughout Texas and at fiber festivals nationwide. For Mary, every day is an opportunity to share all she has learned in her long love affair with fiber arts and to create something beautiful.
- 1W-S065 Rigid Heddle Weaving: Theo Moorman Technique - Nearly Full
- SS-FP054 Spinning 201: Spin Better - Nearly Full
Bea Bonanno is a fiber artist living in Lawrence, Kansas. She has a BFA in Textile Design from The University of Kansas and produces her work in her home studio. She has shown her work in the Kansas City area and has been featured in local and national arts publications. Along with her weaving practice, Bea frequently teaches weaving classes at Yarn Barn of Kansas.
Sienna Bosch is a lover of all things weaving. She has a BFA in fiber art and art education from Colorado State University. Sienna has taught makers of all ages to weave and loves seeing the joy it brings to their lives. She has published works in Little Looms and Schacht’s online project and course collection. She works at Schacht Spindle Company as the Content Developer and Education Specialist and has taught workshops across the country on looms of all sizes.
www.elizabethbuckleytapestryartist.com
Elizabeth Buckley is a second-generation tapestry artist and teacher of over 50 years. With her international student base in her online classes and with her in person workshops, Elizabeth brings to the classroom her deep grounding in design principles and color theory that specifically apply to tapestry. She draws from her background in multiple tapestry traditions—Aubusson, Mexican, Rio Grande, European—to provide her students with the technique vocabulary for finding their unique woven voice.
- SS-UA120 Drawing for Tapestry - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
- SS-UP120 Drawing for Tapestry - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
- 3W-M129 Hachures in Contemporary Tapestry - Sneak Peek - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
Abraham Buddish began exploring fiber and textile processes at a young age after receiving an Angora goat. His exploration turned into a passion for all things fiber. Abraham received a BFA in Fiber and Textile Design from the College for Creative Studies, and he is now working in the commercial textile industry.
Katherine enjoys many fiber-related arts, including weaving, spinning, ply-split braiding, button making and braiding with Sami tin thread. Whether it is spinning the yellow pages, or computer tape she likes finding something different and fun to do with her art. She is not afraid to break the rules and try something new, and encourages others to do the same. Katherine has taught at many venues across the US. After teaching thousands of students she still enjoys sharing her craft with others.
- 2W-R002 1 Warp, 2 Colors, 4 Napkins, 16 Patterns the Magic of Color and Weave of a RH - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
- 1W-S068 Design Your Own Sami Inspired Cuff Bracelet - Sneak Peek - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
- SS-UA110 Tin and Leather Necklace - Nearly Full
- SS-UP123 Tin Thread and Stone Donut Necklace - Sneak Peek
Barbara received her MA for research on Madder Dyes. After teaching and working as a production weaver she moved to Florida. sharing her knowledge with guilds and galleries. In 2014 Khmer Hol (Ikat) became her focus. Traveling and studying in Cambodia she collected textiles and learned to create weft Hol. She teaches a variety of textiles techniques including Hol and Needle felting on garments. Her needle felted cloak received 1st place at 2020 Convergence® and she shares techniques used to create it.
Sandy Cahill is a life-long fiber enthusiast. In her Parkville, Missouri studio, using her fine art based education, Sandy weaves, sews, knits, dyes, felts, and sculpts her textile creations. She has enjoyed an active career showing and selling her textile art in Kansas City area Art Galleries, Juried Art Shows and Art Fairs. Sandy remains active in the Fiber Guild of Kansas City and the Kansas City Weavers Guild sharing her knowledge and love of fiber with local and regional art groups.
Laurie Carlson Steger weaves impressionistic images inspired by atmospheric phenomenon. Laurie is a Master weaver from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She taught at colleges and Guilds and exhibits work nationally.
Myra Chang Thompson has been a hand weaver for 50 years. She is a professional educator with a love of teaching all ages. She specializes in all forms of weaving; off-loom, multi-shaft, rigid heddle, inkle, Kumihimo braiding and Spanish Colonial weaving of New Mexico. She also dyes (natural and chemical), spins, knits and has a strange attraction to rusty bits of metal. She maintains a working studio in New Mexico and is a member of Las Aranas Spinners and Weavers Guild of Albuquerque.
A lifelong woodworker and small business owner, Henry has been building fiber art equipment for over 50 years and drum carders for over 40 years. His family business has introduced many innovations to the fiber arts community and their equipment is known for being not only thoughtfully engineered but visually pleasing and durable as well. He regularly consults and instructs spinners, felters, fiber producers, and professional fiber artists regarding the realm of fiber prep.
Nancy Crampton's first weaving class was in 1967 and she knew this was "it." She has a BS in art from Western Michigan University and did graduate work in craft design at Florida State University. She taught her first class in 1983 and has been teaching ever since. For 9 years she was head of the Fiber Department at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and continues to teach workshops there. She teaches workshops at guilds, weaving conferences including 2018 Convergence and several times a year at John Campbell Folk School.
- SS-UA111 Weaving Bands on a Shaft Loom - Nearly Full
- SS-UP121 Adapting Card Weaving Patterns for a 4-Shaft Loom - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
- 3W-M130 Beginning Tapestry - Sneak Peek - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
Kyla Crawford is an artist and educator, she grew up in Metro Detroit MI where she earned her BFA in painting and fibers and a BS in Art Education, starting her career as an educator. In Houston, Kyla completed her MFA and joining local guilds. She is the owner and creator of Kyla’s Lab: Textile Arts and Accessories, selling her fiber arts and hand dyed yarns. She created and taught fibers courses at the University of Houston, designed the Sketch Loom, and continues to teach and make art.
Karen Donde weaves wearables and home textiles for exhibit and teaches beginning-advanced weaving classes and workshops for guilds, conferences and private students. A juried member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and graduate of Haywood Community College’s fiber program, she earned a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri. When not weaving, Donde enjoys writing for and about weavers for various weaving publications. Currently she is president of Complex Weavers.
- 2W-R001 Plaited Twills: The Double Two-Tie Connection - Nearly Full
- S-SA083 Designing Handwoven Fabrics to Wear - Nearly Full
- SS-SP087 It's All About the Base: Double Two-Tie Tie-ups - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
- S-UA115 10 Ways to Maximize a Threading
- SS-UP122 Drafting Original Color-and-Weave Motifs - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Julie has been raising fiber animals since middle school. Her college studies focused on Secondary Education and costume design. Raising fiber naturally led to spinning and weaving and then into teaching. Julie’s ranch, Tangled Yarn Farms, nestled in the Sky Islands of southern Arizona, specializes in Navajo heritage Angora goats, Angora rabbits and heirloom cottons. Her teaching style reflects her love of natural luxury fibers and joy in learning.
Dawn Edwards is a felt artist/tutor. She sells her work under the label ‘Felt So Right’ and teaches within the USA and internationally. Dawn’s art has appeared in exhibitions, magazines & books, including: Worldwide Colours of Felt, Australian FELT Magazine, International Feltmakers Association Felt Matters, HGA’s Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Danish GRIMA, and Fiber Art Now. Dawn is co-coordinator of the 7,500 member FELT UNITED, with the goal of uniting feltmakers from all around the world.
- 2W-U099 Felt Vessels: Inspired by Nature - Nearly Full
- 2W-T150 Fabulous Felt and Nuno-Felt Hats - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Leslie Fesperman teaches beginning weaving on all types of looms, and is the founder and director of The Yadkin Valley Fiber Center. She earned her Master Weaver Certification through Olds College in 2022. In addition to teaching at the Yadkin Valley Fiber Center she has taught classes at the John Campbell Folk School, Sawtooth School for Visual Arts, MAFA Virtual, The Triangle Weavers Guild and several fiber festivals along the east coasts She is passionate about sharing the craft with others.
Becky Flax is a design enthusiast. Her endless love of learning drives her passion for ideation and innovation. As a faculty member at Jefferson in Philadelphia, Becky takes every opportunity to share her excitement for all things textiles. She uses her chemistry and graphic design background and her love of dinosaurs to enhance her students' experiences by creating approachable and fun content.
Donna Foley is a weaver & natural dyer and with more than 30 years at the loom she is still utterly fascinated with the entire process of weaving. She began weaving in 1983 and received her BA in Fiber Art from SUNY Empire State College. She moved to the Southwest in 2013 and she is continually inspired by the mountains, deserts and the rich weaving tradition of this area. She sells her Contemporary Southwest Tapestries at art shows and galleries throughout the Southwest. Her main 2 passions are weaving and teaching!
Tegan Frisino began weaving in 2007, while she was studying for her BFA in Fiber Design. In 2016, she started a handweaving business, Comfortcloth Weaving, focusing primarily on creating heirloom quality home goods and specialty commissions. With almost 16 years of weaving experience, Tegan has recently begun teaching and lecturing through guilds, craft schools, and art institutions. She is currently undergoing further studies to work towards becoming a Master Weaver.
Adrienne Gaskell is an award winning jewelry artist who has embraced the ancient Japanese art of kumihimo braiding. By incorporating gemstones, pearls, and beads with traditional fibers she has brought this technique into the realm of modern jewelry design. Her work has been featured in Lark Books, as well as numerous magazines and competitions. She is the founder and past president of the American Kumihimo Society and teaches kumihimo workshops in the United States and Japan.
Smitten by small looms and big plans, Liz Gipson is writer, weaver, and teacher. Liz hosts Yarnworker.com, a popular site for rigid heddle weaving know-how. She is the author of four books on rigid-heddle weaving and hosts classes and weave-alongs at the Yarnworker School designed specifically for the rigid-heddle weaver. Before launching into teaching full time, she was the former Managing Editor of Handwoven magazine and served as the marketing and sales director for Schacht Spindle Company.
Eileen Hallman has been spinning, weaving, and dyeing cotton with natural dyes since the early 1980's. She also dyes and marbles silk. Several years ago she embarked on a research project to learn how to recreate the natural marbling paints and inks. She has developed a technique to marble tannins prior to dyeing cotton. She grows Japanese indigo and has developed techniques for dyeing blue, yellow, green, pink, lavender, and purple from the fresh leaves of the indigo plant.
- S-FP059 Ice Water Indigo
- 2W-S063 Marble Your Tannins - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
- 2W-M147 The Colors of Indigo - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
Jennie Hawkey is a weaver, weaving teacher and the owner of Hopewell Weaving. She finds weaving to be endlessly fascinating and a wonderful creative outlet. Although weaving has been a long-time interest, teaching is Jennie’s passion. She teaches at her home in Central Illinois, online, and at various schools and conferences. She loves teaching weavers of all levels, but specializes in working with beginners, who bring enthusiasm and excitement to the classes.
Irene began working with fiber arts in 1986, starting with collectible mohair teddy bears. In 2002, Irene discovered the art of needle felting and has been creating as an artist and instructor since then. Her creations include 3D sculptures, 2D fiber paintings and dimensional shadow box pieces. Irene is a member of WNCFHG, Heritage Weavers and Fiber Arts Guild, GoFigure Guild and has taught numerous classes, workshops and conferences including Fiber Forum at Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg.
- 1W-U104 Create an Owl Painting Using Needle Felting - Sneak Peek - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
- 3W-M140 Needle Felting A Character Doll Using Wire Armature - Sneak Peek - Canceled
Deborah Held is a former business journalist who, in 2015, merged her writing career with my love of handspinning and textiles. Since then, she has been educating others via her recurring writing roles, and her in-person and virtual spinning workshops. Her classes are in-depth versions of my article topics. She teaches globally. She lives on an urban farm in Atlanta, Georgia, along with her Persian cat Stanley and a spinners' flock of Shetland sheep. Her book on blending boards is due out in the fall of 2024.
Sue Helmken is a textile artist with over 40 years experience in weaving, dyeing and teaching. She studied at East Carolina University and with artists including Madelyn Van der Hoogt, Alice Schlein, Barbara Cooper, and Donna Sullivan. Sue has taught weaving and dyeing at Armstrong Atlantic State University, and in workshops for The Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore, Interweave Yarnfest, The Blueridge Fiber Guild, the Piedmont Fiber Guild and small group lessons at her studio in Clover, South Carolina.
Textile designer and weaver Ellen Hess designed woven textiles for domestic and European textile firms. She teaches weaving and CAD at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and has taught at the Newark Museum, The Visual Arts Center of NJ, Brookfield Craft Center, Peter’s Valley Craft Education Center, and national/regional fiber conferences: Convergence, MidAtlantic Fiber Association (MAFA) & StitchesEast. Ellen offers live and virtual programs and workshops around the country.
David Heustess is an artist and arts educator in Nashville, Tennessee and he enjoys making work from clay, fibers and off loom bead weaving. David received a BFA from the Appalachian Center for Crafts in clay and fiber arts. In 2003 David became Assistant Director for Visual Arts at Vanderbilt University where he directs the art classes and gallery for The Office of the Dean of Students. Fall 2021 marks David’s 25th year of working for the university. His passion for teaching and making artwork has allowed him the opportunity to share a variety of mediums with students from all parts of the Nashville community as well as for other art programs across the country.
Carol James has been exploring low-tech textile methods for 30 years. She is known for her ability to replicate historic sprang textiles and has also created modern garments deemed worthy of the HGA Convergence fashion show. Carol has taught in Canada, the US, Europe, and New Zealand. Students describe her as patient, knowledgeable, and passionate. She spent her COVID time charting sprang lace designs and writing up patterns, and is author of numerous articles, 6 books, and 2 instructional DVDs.
- 3W-M131 Intro To Sprang - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Beth Ross Johnson studied with Norman Kennedy and has had two extensive stays in Japan to study kasuri and sakiori-ori (rag weaving). She received an MFA in textiles from Georgia State University and has taught weaving at colleges, craft schools and workshops while working arts related jobs such as cultural and environmental preservation for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Recent explorations weaving sashiko patterns and researching cotton and linen ikat traditions of France and Mallorca.
Betty Burian Kirk studied art and art education at Northern Illinois University, receiving a BS Ed. For her MA Ed, she did a one woman show in fiber. She taught art in an elementary school for 12 years and later taught 3 semesters of weaving at Joliet Junior College. Since then, she has taught and lectured at guilds as well as regional and national conferences. Betty has explored many aspects of weaving, spinning, kumihimo and felting. Besides teaching, she sells her artwork at art shows.
A weaver for 25 years, Denise Kovnat has taught virtually and at conferences and guilds across the United States, Canada, and Australia. She focuses on parallel threadings, collapse techniques, painted warps, and deflected doubleweave. In 2022, she published a book on collapse techniques, Weaving Outside the Box: 12 Projects for Creating Dimensional Cloth. She is most proud of serving on the founding team for the Weaving and Fiber Arts Center, which opened in Rochester, NY, in 2002.
- 3W-M133 Echo & Jin: Playing with Color Chords - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Annetta Kraayeveld is a maker and a teacher. She began making baskets in the early 1990’s and has been teaching basketry across the nation since 2000. Baskets, their history and cultural reach, the variety of techniques, and the limitless creative possibilities, continue to inspire her thirty plus years later. Today, her work is somewhere between traditional and contemporary, her medium is paper. As a teacher, she focuses on mastery, basketry techniques and stretching perceived limits.
- 1W-R013 Twill Paper Trays - Nearly Full
- 1W-F039 Diagonal Twill Basics - Sneak Peek
Kruger studied textile design at FIT in New York. She's taught, lectured and exhibited throughout the US, Mexico, Europe & Australia. Recent highlights: An upcoming solo exhibition at the Block Gallery in Raleigh, NC in 2024; Grand Prize Winner for the 2023 Keller Prize; Invitation to exhibit in the 2024 Valtopina Biennale in Umbria, Italy; Finalist for the 2023 Arte Laguna Prize with an exhibition in Venice, Italy. The Museum of Arts and Design just acquired 2 large environmental textiles.
Beverly Larson has been weaving since 1988 and teaching since 1999. She loves to share the joy of basket weaving with those around her and has done so by teaching across the U.S. and the Caribbean on cruise ships. Making basket weaving fun, relaxing and inspiring is her goal. In 2003 she won the Eitelljorg Museum's Weavers Challenge. In 2009 she added broom making as an outshoot of weaving and it too is now a passion. In 2016 she received the honor of being named an Indiana Artisan.
- SS-FP055 Shaker Cheese Basket - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
- 1W-S071 Irish Knitting Basket - Nearly Full
- 1W-U105 Josephine Knot Basket - Nearly Full
Susan Lazear is a Professor of Fashion at San Diego Community College. She also designs pattern making and stitch design software that serve as design tools for a global audience. As a fashion designer, she creates wearable art and fashion clothing in a broad range of modes ranging from digital printing to working with sustainable practices.
- S-RA021 Color as a Communicator in Textiles - Sneak Peek
- S-RP029 Sustainable and Creative Garments with a 'Pieced' Approach - Sneak Peek
- S-FA048 Understanding Your Fit Preferences- Sneak Peek
- S-FP060 The Textile Arts of Japan - Sneak Peek
- 1W-S074 Test Drive Digital Pattern Making - Sneak Peek
- 2W-U100 Engineered Design Using Digital Printing - Canceled
Connie’s work has been exhibited in 30 states. Her work is represented in museum, corporate, academic, and private collections and is widely published. Her tapestries are represented in several new books including Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond by Tommye Scanlin, The Art is the Cloth by Micala Sidore and in The Art of Tapestry Weaving by Rebecca Mezoff. Connie’s journey with weaving is documented in a book by author Carole Green in Connie Lippert: A Wedge Weaver’s Storied Cloth.
- 3W-M134 Wedge Weave - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Robin Lynde has been a sheep farmer, fiber arts teacher, and weaver for over thirty years. She raises Jacob sheep and is well known in the fiber community for her fleece and fiber products, her handwoven goods, and for her unique Farm Club. She teaches fiber arts classes at her Meridian Jacobs farm studio and around California. Robin welcomes groups to the farm, sharing her passion for wool and sheep and weaving. She sells her handwoven pieces online, at shows, and in a local gallery.
Heather Macali is an artist, designer, and educator. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently an Associate Professor of Fibers and Fashion at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She has a vast knowledge of fiber techniques, specializing in dyeing, textile design, floor loom and jacquard weaving.
Christine Miller, a lifelong fiber artist, has been weaving for 50 years, specializing in weaving with wire for 30 years. Christine launched her online fiber school to teach weaving with wire in September 2021 and has a book that will be released by Schiffer Publishers in August of 2023, Weaving with Wire: Creating Woven Metal Fabric. She is an award winning fiber artist and nationally recognized art educator and presents to fiber organizations across the U.S.
With over 40 years experience in weaving and textiles, Kathy is a dedicated fiber artist and popular instructor. The author of You Can Weave, Projects for Young Weavers, she has taught weaving at every level for over 35 years. She loves sharing techniques and inspiration with all students, but particularly with beginners. Kathy excels at breaking complex tasks into easy-to-understand steps to ensure beginners’ success and never tires of seeing the joy in students when they master new skills.
- SS-FP056 Teaching Young Weavers Toolkit - Sneak Peek - Canceled
- SS-SA079 Loomed Beadwork Basics and Beyond - Sneak Peek
- S-SP095 A Passion for Plain Weave - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Dena began weaving in 1986 and quickly became obsessed. After graduating from college with a degree in Physics, she realized that her passion for weaving would make it difficult to hold down a “real job” and she became a professional weaver. She has been exhibiting at craft fairs since 1999 and started Vermont Weaving School in 2008. After many years of teaching in person, she can now be found passing on her love of weaving and creativity through Vermont Weaving Clubs and VT Weaving Online.
Rosalie Neilson, author of three design books on Kumihimo and a book about symmetric block design (An Exaltation of Blocks), loves to use color and geometric design in her woven textiles. She teaches workshops online and in person at Guilds and Conferences in the United States, Canada and England. She has written numerous articles for weaving and braiding journals in the U.S and England and has a Rep Weave video distributed by Long Thread Media.
- 3W-M137 8-Shaft Warp Rep Runner with 2-Block Border Motifs - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Amber Rose Ostaszewski is an artist, educator, and author who has been fascinated with textiles since childhood. She draws on her heritage to inspire her creative practice and is passionate about regenerative, natural materials, including processing and spinning fiber, natural dyes, and the creation of mindful, intentional textile work. She is a member of the Weavers Guild of Greater Cincinnati and the Rust Belt Fibershed.
Marcy Petrini has been weaving since the late 1970s. She has taught at the Mississippi Craft Center regularly since the early 1980s, for various guilds and conferences and at most Convergences for the last 30 years. Currently she teaches in person and on-line. She is the columnist for "Right from the Start" in Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. She also self-publishes monographs on various weaving topics and writes a monthly blog. She weaves accessories for her on-line gallery and samples for my teaching and writing.
Amanda Robinette explores recycling, frugality, and the joy of creative destruction through rag weaving. Teaching and practicing Tai Chi is her other passion. She is the author of Weaving Western Sakiori and the developer of the Tai Chi for Weavers workshop and DVD. She currently resides in Southern California and teaches and lectures about sakiori across the country, in-person and via Zoom.
- 1W-R017 Sakiori History & Western Sakiori Techniques - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Laura Salamy began hooking and punching over 20 years ago. Today, she lives in New Mexico where there’s a long tradition of fiber art. A background in industrial environmental compliance predisposed her to experiment with different fibers “beyond the wool” in her hooking. When teaching, she encourages this same exploration of materials. Laura’s work has been seen in various exhibits and publications. She currently serves as President of the Adobe Wool Arts Guild, NM's only rug hooking guild.
- 1W-S073 Introduction to Rug Hooking - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Nadine weaves clothing, rugs & wall hangings with a focus on pictorial design. She makes art quilts that combine weaving & quilting. Nadine & her mentor/co-author Joyce Harter wrote 2 books about the Theo Moorman weaving technique. Writings, songs, photography, people, & wilderness outings inspire her designs. She has presented over 200 workshops, programs, and retreats in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. Nadine teaches because she loves to help students realize their creative potential.
Tommye McClure Scanlin is Professor Emerita, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, where she began the weaving program in the 1970s. She has extensive workshop teaching experience, including at Arrowmont, John C. Campbell Folk School, Penland, and at Convergence 2022. Scanlin is the author of Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond: Planning and Weaving with Confidence (Schiffer Publishing, 2021).
Angela Schneider is a weaver, spinner, and practitioner of a wide array of fiber arts. She is Long Thread Media’s project editor; her own designs have appeared in Handwoven and Little Looms magazines. With a background balancing art, programming, and engineering, plus a Master Spinner Certificate from Olds College, she relishes getting into the details of a textile, and uses math and language in design. She is a patient and encouraging teacher who delights in helping students learn.
- SS-FA043 Beyond Plain Weave: Hand-Manipulated Lace - Sneak Peek
- SS-FP057 Beyond Plain Weave: Pick-up Stick Patterns on the Rigid-Heddle Loom - Sneak Peek
- S-SA084 Inkle Weaving with Baltic Pickup
- SS-SP091 Inkle Weaving with Alternating Pickup
- 1W-U107 Beginning Inkle Weaving - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Jenny Schu graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA focused on Fibers; you can currently see her work in galleries around the Midwest. Jenny has exhibited nationally with Handweavers Guild of America’s Exhibits and Conference; most recently accepting an Honorable Mention for Leaf Me Alone in 2022. Jenny taught bead weaving at the 2023 Midwest Weavers Conference and for the past 10 years she has presented and taught workshops through various Fiber Arts Guilds.
Barbara Setsu Pickett, Associate Professor Emerita, Department of Art, University of Oregon, has studied velvet weaving in Italy, France, England, Spain, Japan, China, Turkey, India and Uzbekistan, supported by NEA, Fulbright Commission, Institute of Turkish Studies, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and Rockefeller Foundation/Bellalgio. Her Mihara Shibori Studio makes highly textured silk scarves.
Gene Shepherd is a full-time fiber artist who lives in Anaheim, California. He began weaving on floor looms in 1973, then expanded into rug hooking and dyeing by the mid 1990s. By 2000, he was teaching regularly. He currently hooks, does commission work for individuals and museums, designs rug patterns, dyes 100s of yards of wool a year for his students, develops rug hooking tools, teaches, lectures, and writes books and articles about weaving, rug hooking and dyeing.
Deborah Silver received her BFA in Fiber from the Cleveland Institute of Art. She is the author of The Technique of Split-shed Weaving, a book that teaches pictorial weaving using the split-shed process on 4-shaft looms. She uses this method to create unique arts and crafts which have been shown in numerous juried exhibitions. Her prizes include the Complex Weavers Award and her articles have been published in Complex Weavers Journal. She has been teaching workshops internationally since 2018.
Janney Simpson began weaving in the early 1980’s. She previously taught weaving at Wesleyan Potters in Middletown, Connecticut and is currently teaching weaving at The Barn in Gaylord, Michigan. Janney is a past President, Apprentice, and Weaver of Distinction of Handweavers’ Guild of Connecticut. She studied with Laurie Autio, Lucienne Coifman, and others. She has presented many workshops and lectures on Deflected Double Weave, Sakiori, and Finishing and Embellishing Handwovens. Janney is a new volunteer for the Michigan League of Handweavers.
Rebecca Smith is an award-winning weaver of tapestries and transparencies. Her unique style of tapestry weaving incorporates beads and wire to create luminous, free-standing works of textile art. Through innovative explorations in transparency weaving, she has brought renewed attention to this weaving tradition. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States.
- 2W-R005 Tapestry Weaving with Beads and Wire - Nearly Full
- 2W-S064 Transparency Weaving - Nearly Full
Sydney Sogol is a weaver and dyer, whose mission is to create bold color and pattern interactions through original designs. She creates one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces inspired by her years of studying art, ornithology, and marine biology. Each piece pays homage to that creature’s natural beauty and unique story. To achieve this, she hand paints and dyes unique colorways that mimics the gorgeous colors and balance found in nature. Sogol runs a sustainability focused studio.
- S-SP093 Warp and Weft Color Pooling - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Robyn Spady was introduced to handweaving at a young age and has been weaving for over 50 years. She completed HGA's Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving (COE-W) in 2004. Robyn is fascinated by the infinite possibilities of crossing threads and loves coming up with new ideas to create fabric and transform it into something new and exciting. She is committed to sharing her ideas and inspiration through her many classes. Robyn is also the founder and editor of Heddlecraft magazine.
- 1W-R018 Block Party - Sneak Peek
- SS-FA045 Four Shafts Aren’t Complex? Au Contraire! - Sneak Peek
- SS-FP058 Introduction to Tied Weaves - Sneak Peek
- SS-SA080 The Inside and Outside of Couture Tweed Fabrics - Sneak Peek
- SS-SP092 Weaving: The Comedy of Errors - Sneak Peek
- S-UA119 Wicked Good Weaving - Sneak Peek
- SS-UP125 Marketing 101 for Fiber Artists - Sneak Peek
- 3W-M144 A Parallel Threading is the Weaver’s Playground - Sneak Peek
As a weaver/artisan for the Hartford Artisans Weaving Center, I started teaching virtual classes during the pandemic. I enjoy teaching many weave structure fundamentals, empowering weavers to design their own cloth. My original handouts are a great resource for weaver libraries. My virtual and onsite workshops are on topics such as overshot, laces, summer/winter, twills, and profile drafting. I design weaving drafts for WEBS, and have had several articles published in Handwoven Magazine.
Margaret Stump has been creating on pin looms for over 40 years. (Actually it is closer to 50, going on 60, but she prefers not to admit it). She is the author of three books: Pin Loom Weaving, Pin Loom Weaving To Go, and Adorable Beasts; 30 pin loom woven animals & 4 playscapes. In addition to her books, she has published over 20 weaving articles with projects focused on pin loom weaving in national magazines including Handwoven, Easy Weaving with Little Looms and Yarn Magazine Australia.
My fascination with textiles and handweaving began in the heady 1970’s and has only increased in the intervening years. I teach advanced weaving classes at the AVL Weaving School, and have presented workshops and seminars at every Convergence since 2008. My philosophy as a teacher is to meet each student at their own level and help them achieve their goals in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. My goal is to provide weavers with the tools they need to turn their ideas into woven reality.
- S-SA085 All About Twill - Sneak Peek
- S-SP094 Playing with Blocks - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full
Jeane Vogel is an award-winning, multi-media artist who works in tapestry, mixed media, and photography. Issues of cultural identity, justice, feminine strength, and connection to antiquity are central to her art practice. Her work often responds to the world about her and incorporates traditions that are common to many cultures. She is keenly aware that fiber artists stand on the shoulders of thousands of generations of grandmothers who taught us well.
Judy Walker has been beading since childhood. She was the Sculptural Division winner of the first Treasures of TOHO contest, and the All Aiko Division winner of the second. Most recently, her pieces have been finalists in the Miyuki Delica Challenge, Embellishment’s Gleaming Treasures contest, and Interweave Magazine’s Up Close exhibition. Her pieces have appeared in books such as Designs For Beading On A Loom, by Don Pierce; and 500 Beaded Objects, published by Lark.
Melissa Weaver Dunning is a hand-weaver, spinner and knitter with over 40 years of experience working on antique equipment to recreate 18th and 19th century home produced textiles. She began her textile study with Scottish master weaver Norman Kennedy in 1980, and carries on this rich tradition in her own teaching. Melissa is an avid tartan and linen weaver, a compulsive knitter and a lover of wool who enjoys sharing her passion for weaving and spinning with students.
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Marcia Weiss is the Director of the Fashion & Textiles Futures Center at Thomas Jefferson University. A specialist in woven design, she teaches advanced studio courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as to international audiences. Celebrating a rich family history of artisanal craft, Marcia’s current practice involves the joy of multi-layer ikats. Her research centers on culturally-significant textile practices in West Africa and Central Asia.
Alanna Wilcox is a fiber artist and educator with 2 decades of experience as a Master Spinner and color specialist with acid dyes. Through her expert instruction in online workshops and books, Alanna empowers fiber enthusiasts to overcome creative challenges and achieve their goals. With a passion for all things fiber and color, Alanna's engaging and inspiring teaching style will help you unleash your creativity and master new skills. Join her workshops and discover your potential today!
Saaraliisa has been working in the field of fiber for over 45 years. As her husband was in the Foreign Service, they lived in Costa Rica, Japan, Peru and South Africa. While in Kyoto for five years, she fell in love with washi (handmade paper) and studied with a master papermaker. Since that time, her art work uses Japanese handmade paper as well as her own. She has shown nationally and internationally: including Zimbabwe, Chile, Venezuela, Norway, Lithuania, Slovenia, Hungary, Australia.
Nebraska artist Mary Zicafoose is internationally recognized for her color saturated weft ikat, a complex resist-dye weaving process. Her ikat tapestries can be found in the collections of two dozen United States Embassies abroad. Zicafoose, co-director emerita of the American Tapestry Alliance, is the author of Ikat: The Essential Handbook to Weaving Resist-Dyed Cloth, and has an extensive exhibition, teaching, mentoring and lecture portfolio including the de Young Museum, San Francisco, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, and universities, conferences, Guilds, and textile programs worldwide.
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