Dorothy Solbrig
Woven, not photographed
An article from Harvard Magazine on woven sports cardshttps://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/11/stevengraphs-silk-portraits
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Scientific American article
The October issue of Scientific American has a very interesting article, the cover article in fact, on textiles woven by Viking women. In Iceland for several centuries women wove cloth used as money, and textiles from Greenland show a change … Continue reading →
Bauhaus-inspired women textile artists
Interesting article on an exhibit in Chicago https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-women-weavers-bauhaus-inspired-generations-textile-artists
Continue reading →Haunted loom
Haunted loom weaves a pumpkinhttps://youtu.be/En_NAU9i7AE
Continue reading →Mayan Hands Sale at meeting
At our meeting/workshop on Tuesday, I will be selling fair trade handwoven and other handcrafted goods from two women’s cooperatives in Guatemala, Mayan Hands and UPAVIM. Please bring cash or checks and be prepared to buy! This is the last … Continue reading →
new owner for Handwoven
Interweave was bought by a new owner. However, Handwoven and SpinOff were bought from them by a new company formed by Linda Ligon, the original founder of both magazines, and longtime editor Anne Merrow. Press release: https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/67508241_2669670569712077_6775377039051456512_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_oc=AQnfSuBscGEVwuicLWWG-yNa6lL6HAzZRxjxzJ72-HLixOe_YDkLUXlhOLjXmhUEadA&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=f4308524ee306b72bded19adcdefd621&oe=5DEC3E59
Continue reading →Guatemalan handwovens
I’m planning to bring some handwovens, baskets, and other handcrafts to sell at our guild meeting next Tuesday. They are Fair Trade items from Mayan Hands and UPAVIM, two women’s cooperatives in Guatemala (mayanhands.org and upavim.org). Bring your checkbooks and … Continue reading →
New tool for finding a skeleton tieup…from Handweaving.net
New Skeleton Tieup Search We have added a new page to help find skeleton tieups for weaving on rising shed looms. Please see: http://reducer.handweaving.net Skeleton tieups are useful if you have enough shafts to weave a draft but not enough … Continue reading →