Catharine Ellis

Natural Dyes: Why Now?

Bio: 

Catharine Ellis is a weaver, a natural dyer, and an educator. She continues to build a deeper understanding of natural plant and insect dyes though research and experimentation. Catharine has studied with dyers from around the world and teaches workshops and exhibits internationally. She originated the process of woven shibori and is the author of Woven Shibori (Interweave Press, 2005, 201). Catharine and Joy Boutrup, Danish textile chemist and engineer, co-wrote The Art and Science of Natural Dyes (Schiffer Press, 2019).

This will be ZOOM presentation at 10 am on November 7th. This event will not be recorded.

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Our first ever online exhibit is open now. Please see our EXHIBIT 2020 page!

We can’t have a proper Opening Reception but we can get together in a ZOOM meeting. At our regular First Saturday October meeting on October 3rd at 10 am we will view the show together, talk with the artists and get inspired. Please join us!

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Oct 3, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Mathematical Design: Geometry in Textiles

Since ancient times, human beings have observed the world around them and found recurring patterns in nature. The Golden Proportion, the Fibonacci Series, symmetry movements, tessellations and fractals are some of the mathematical ideas that have found their way into art and architecture for thousands of years. In this slide show we will see examples of how these ideas have been used throughout history, and particularly in contemporary fiber art.

Jennifer Moore holds an MFA in Fibers and specializes in exploring mathematical
patterns and musical structures in doubleweave wall hangings. She has exhibited
throughout the world, receiving numerous awards for her work, and has been featured in many weaving publications. Jennifer lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and travels
extensively to teach workshops in doubleweave, color and geometric design. Jennifer was invited to teach doubleweave to indigenous Quechua weavers in Peru in 2013, where they are once again excelling in this technique which had been discontinued after the Spanish conquest. She is the author of The Weaver’s Studio: Doubleweave, several doubleweave videos and online courses, and numerous articles.

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Our June Presenter, Justin Avery, will be presenting to us via ZOOM! To allow us time to get ready for this change his presentation has been rescheduled to July 11th (the usual first Saturday date is July 4th so we will “meet” a week later. Details to come!

On June 6th we will be doing a practice ZOOM session with all current members invited to join us for a show and tell. Members have been emailed details and will get a ZOOM invitation on June 5th. Thank-you to all willing to try this new venue.

Well, today was supposed to be our May Guild meeting, but as with all group activities we had to cancel. Looking ahead we also cancelled our June meeting. We had already planned on taking a break in July as that would have fallen on July 4th.

We hope the situation will be improved so that our Annual Dye Day in the Park in August can take place but who knows?

We fiber artists were totally prepared to Stay at Home and I hope everyone is enjoying working on their projects! We will have a great show and tell when we meet again.

April Guild Meeting – CANCELLED

We are sorry to inform you that our April 4^th meeting at the Valle Verde Senior Living Community has been cancelled due to the threat of the Coronavirus.  Tracy Anderson, Director of Life Enrichment at Valle Verde, called our Co-President on Wednesday, March 11 about the cancellation and emailed the following message:

Valle Verde is taking preventative measures and asking all off-campus groups that use our public spaces to hold their upcoming meetings/events elsewhere.  We apologize for any inconvenience and we need to keep the safety and health of all our team members and residents as our number one priority.

Our previously planned presentation by a guest panel of the Fibervision group will be missed; further plans TBD.