August 2018
eKUDOS
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EXHIBITIONS
Warp and Weft: an international exhibition of Rebecca Mezoff's students' work. This exhibit showcases contributors from 20 states, the United Kingdom, Canada, and India.

July 16 - August 24, 2018
Opening reception: August 14, 6:00 pm

Webster Arts Center

For more information contact: Jeane Vogel at

Rebecca Mezoff
"Emergence V: The Center Place"
44" x 44", cotton, wool
Patricia Armour and Barbara Heller are participating in the exhibit Weaving New Worlds. This is a group exhibition curated by Prof. Lesley Millar MBE, Director, International Textile Research Centre, University for Creative Arts, UK.

The catalogue for Weaving New Worlds is available at https://issuu.com/directdesign/docs/weaving_new_worlds_book_final?e=1363289/62990826  

July 16 - September 23, 2018

William Morris Gallery
Lloyd Park House, Forest Road
Walthamstow
London, Greater London E17 4PP
United Kingdom

For more information contact: Rowan Bain

Patricia Armour
"Memorial to Those Lost at Sea"
31" x 22.5," wool and mercerized cotton on cotton warp
Pamela Palma launches the 2018-2019 art season at the Sol Taplin Gallery with a solo exhibition, " Pink Diamonds ." Her work incorporates unexpected materials, notably money, within the traditional textile medium of hand weaving. This exhibition invites the viewer to consider how textiles impact our lives and how money affects everything in our world.

August 15 - September 25, 2018
Opening reception and artist talk: September 15, 2018 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Sol Taplin Gallery

For more information contact:

Pamela Palma
"Pink Diamonds"
14" x 14" Hand woven, mixed media, linen, novelty yarns, money
WORKSHOPS
How to design a tapestry from start to finish with Kathe Todd-Hooker.  This is all about designing tapestry my way or your way, deciding how it will be woven and the techniques and materials that you want to use to make it happen. Students will design a tapestry and weave a small sampler of techniques or a small portion of their design.
$295.00 + $25.00 materials fee

August 17 - 19, 2018

Eugene Textile Center
1510 Jacobs Drive
Eugene, Oregon 97402
United States

For information contact: Eugene Textile Center

Kathe Todd-Hooker
"Aftermath-now what, where and how?"
14.5" x 15," 2018, cotton seine twine, embroidery floss, rayon, linen
Pushing Tapestry with Susan Iverson

This class will give students the opportunity to investigate pulled warp, a technique that may be used to create shaped tapestries and 3-D forms. This little used technique has great potential for experimentation. Other ways of shaping tapestries will also be covered. Students will be encouraged to “play” with these techniques, that can then become catalysts for idea formation and development. Weaving will be done on floor looms and frame looms.

August 12 - 24, 2018

Penland
Post Office Box 37
Penland, NC 28765
United States

For more information, email Leslie Noell .

Susan Iverson
"Fleeting," Side view
24" x 7'10" x 2", 2015
wool, silk, mohair on linen warp
Curves in Tapestry with Elizabeth Buckley
Curves present unique technical challenges in tapestry. In this workshop we will explore several approaches to weaving curves as shapes, as well as lines. Participants can expect to become more familiar with empty and full warps, eccentric wefts, and shading techniques to depict shallow or steep curves, organic shapes, and meandering lines. This workshop will incorporate the use of shape-building and how to design weavable curves in tapestry, working from either the front or the back.

Workshop Fee: $376.25 
Materials Fee: $32.25
Deposit: $100.00 non-refundable to hold place.
Balance due of $308.50 by Sept. 30th

October 25 - 28, 2018
9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Elizabeth Buckley's studio

For more information contact Elizabeth at:


Elizabeth J. Buckley
"The Veils of Time", detail
60" x 50"
© 2017 Elizabeth J. Buckley
Materials: wool, pearl cotton, hand-dyed silk wefts on cotton seine twine warp
Warp and Weft: Learning the Structure of Tapestry with Rebecca Mezoff

Online tapestry techniques class for beginning to intermediate students. Learn all the fundamentals of tapestry technique and begin to work on design skills in this extensive online course. The course is yours forever and after completing the class, many students use it as a reference library of videos and handouts to review as they're working.

Ongoing online registration: http://www.rebeccamezoff.com/online-learning/

For more information, email Rebecca Mezoff.







Pigstailing weft ends
VIDEOS
ATA's website  has a listing of links to videos about tapestry equipment and weaving techniques. http://americantapestryalliance.org/tapestry-weaving-technique-videos/ . Many thanks to Kim Mumbower, who assembled this list. If you have additions, you can email them to Kim.
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