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August 8th Guild Meeting – ZOOM with Kate Connell

Tips on Photographing your Fiber Art!

Kate Connell was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California and started taking photographs at the age of eight. She studied photography at the University of California, Santa Cruz before transferring to the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where she received her BFA in 1985. She subsequently worked as a commercial photographer in New York City. In 1997, she moved to Austin, Texas and held two solo exhibitions of her studies of vines. From there she traveled to Japan and spent two and a half years working on a group of photographs based on her perspective of nature in urban Kyoto. In the spring of 2005, this work culminated in two solo exhibitions held in Kyoto galleries. She has continued work in this vein after returning to the US, participating in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Texas, Japan and California, at venues such as the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Westmont Museum of Art, the Atkinson Gallery, Wallspace, and the Channing Peake Gallery.

Please join us!

When: Aug 8, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpf-6rrjovGN078kMfVgTZ_y7xWdvlomXx

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please save it and join us on Saturday Aug 8th!

March Workshop – Special Guest Dianne Totten

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Our guest speaker in March will also be conducting a 3 day workshop.  Her talk at our Saturday morning meeting is free (but in a different location, take note at bottom of page!) but there is a signup and fee for the 3 day weaving workshop.

March Workshop: “Crimp and Create” with Dianne Totten (diannetottenhandwovens.com)

3 – day Workshop “Crimp and Create”

This is an on-loom workshop taking fiber in a new direction by creating “crimp cloth.” Using a variation of woven shibori for both warp and weft, learn to create fabric with permanently crimped designs that hold their memory even when washed. Participants will draft, weave, and crimp their samples in class to discover the endless possibilities. Learn how the fabric can be used for entire garments as well as for permanent pleating to replace knitted ribbing for a sweater or to add a knit look to the collar area of a jacket. No dyeing involved. Advanced beginner and beyond. You will need a loom: there are a few table looms available, but most are spoken for. Warping instructions and directions to Rancho Santa Barbara will be sent to registrants at a later time.

The workshop and program will take place at the beautiful Community Room at the Rancho Santa Barbara Mobile Home Park. The workshop starts Friday, December 6 from 4-8PM, including setup and a potluck dinner. It continues after the guild meeting* on Saturday, and all day Sunday. Box lunches are available for a fee, or bring your own. Registration for the workshop began at the December guild meeting. The fee for the two days will be $150.

To reserve your spot in the workshop,  e-mail Kim Cooke at kascooke@gmail.com. Send checks to: SB Fiber Arts Guild, P.O. Box 30944, Santa Barbara, CA 93130.

Please include your name, e-mail (if applicable), phone number, and whether you need a loom. This is going to be a great event, we have 13 people registered already, with a 15 person limit, don’t miss out!

* The March Guild Meeting will also be at Rancho Santa Barbara and will be 9:30-11:00 without the usual raffle.  Email the websmaster on contact page if you need a map emailed back to you.