Sample from my workshop on weaving with hand-dyed 60/2 silk
Weaving
and Fiber Arts Center
Open
House
Saturday,
January 4, 2014, 1-4 p.m.
Studio
1940, Piano Works Mall
349
West Commercial St.
East
Rochester, NY 14445
585.377.2955
The
public is invited to help mark the 12th
anniversary of the Weaving and Fiber Arts Center at an open house on
Saturday, January 4, 2014, from 1 to 4 p.m. There's a lot to
celebrate!
Since
January 2002, the Center has offered courses in weaving and fiber
arts for all ages and skill levels. Twelve years since its founding,
the facility has become a valuable resource for the growing number of
fiber artists throughout the Rochester region and western New York
State.
Consider
these statistics:
- The Center opened in January 2002 offering 22 classes to a roster of 129 students during its first class session. Today, for its current four-month session, the Center offers 57 classes to approximately 300 students!
- In weaving classes alone, 92 students are currently registered, with waiting lists in a number of classes. In knitting classes, 85 students are registered.
- The Weaving and Fiber Arts Center has helped boost membership in its parent organization, the Weavers' Guild of Rochester, by more than 50 percent. In 2002, the Guild had 121 members, while today membership stands at 184.
Visitors
are invited to come and meet instructors, see demonstrations, and
view sample work representing all the January to April 2014 classes.
Demonstrations will include floor loom weaving as well as rigid
heddle, inkle, table, and tapestry loom weaving – plus spinning and
the use of Fiberworks (computer software for weavers). Instructors
and students will be wearing garments, scarves, and other accessories
they have made. Everyone is invited to bring their fiber friends –
and even kids will have an opportunity to try weaving.
The Weaving and Fiber
Arts Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is the primary
outreach activity of the Weavers’ Guild of Rochester, Inc. Managed
entirely by guild volunteers, it is supported by course tuition and
tax-exempt gifts.
For photos, instructor
biographies, details on classes and
online registration, visit the website at
www.weaversguildofrochester.org/courses
Tapestry by instructor Mary McMahon
Felted scarf by instructor Marie Brate
Knitted and beaded shawl by instructor Lynne Sherwood
Fabric dyed with cochineal using shibori-resist techniques,
by instructor Evelyn Kitson
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