ZOOM: Digital Weaving Technology March 19th 6-7:30pm
Liz Moncrief, ANWG Education Director, is now scheduling a monthly movie night to be staged on the Zoom platform. The ‘movies’ are not full features of course but snippets (some long some short) which highlight our shared interests in weaving, spinning, fiber plants/animals/tools and as many other categories as we can come up with. She currently has 30+ links in her list for our lineup and will try to mix it up each month so that all members will find something of interest.
Movie Bites will run from 6 pm – 7:30 Pacific Time Zone, which accommodates most ANWG members. Grab your popcorn, weaving, knitting, spinning and join us for our first go at it. We’re hoping it’ll be a fun new venture.
Laura Devendorf is an Associate Professor with the ATLAS Institute, Department of Informational Science, University of Colorado Boulder. She and her colleagues have developed a weave design program called AdaCAD, named after famed English mathematician Ada Lovelace, generally known for her work with the early Analytical Engine, an 1837 era computer. I mentioned Devendorf and the ATLAS Institute at the February Movie Bites.
Devendorf has conducted interviews with several weavers who work in complex designing and our selection for March is Patrice George, who coincidentally is offering a program to the Seattle Weavers Guild in April.
Patrice’s talk will trace the history of digital weaving technology, from IBM’s first software patent in 1970 for Janice Lourie’s Textile Graphics System, through the adaption of digital textile technology by industrial mills, handloom, and power loom manufacturers, textile education, and artists’ explorations. The transition from slow design to advanced applications for woven textiles today will be discussed and illustrated.
I’m hoping that although you may not consider yourself an advanced weaver or in the category of ‘complex’ weaving, the explanations outlined here have so many applications in history and design evolution including our everyday weaving projects.
Please remember that we are now on a 630-8 pm schedule to accommodate the majority of our members. And as always, please pass this info on to your guild members. If you have questions or concerns, you can always text/email/call me. thanks for your support.
ANWG is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: March ANWG Movie Bites
Time: Mar 19, 2025 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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