FROM PROGRAM AND WORKSHOP CHAIRMAN OF TACOMA WEAVER’S GUILD, JANET STANLEY
I am reaching out to you with the hope you can share information on our upcoming January presentation by Deborah Silver on Split Shed Weaving and her Workshop on Split Shed Beiderwand with your members and any other local group you think may be interested. Janet Stanley: Janet Stanley <ja***********@gm***.com>
- Deborah Silver: Split-Shed Tied Beiderwand https://www.facebook.com/DeborahSilverStudio
- Friday, January 10, 2020: 1-4 (after TWG) and/ or Saturday: January 11: 9-3 St. Andrews Episcopal Church
- $ 50 deposit will be due by October 11, 2019.
- Send check, made payable to Tacoma Weaver’s Guild to:
- Carol Thompson; 21212 4th Avenue S; Des Moines, WA 98198
- Cost: Will be determined after her flights are booked in October. However, for the 1.5 day class with a minimum of 10 paying students, it will probably be around $110/pp.
- Workshop will be cancelled if we do not have the minimum of 10 signed up by October TWG meeting.
- Class Size: Minimum 10; Maximum 20.
- Skill Level: This workshop is appropriate for any weaver who can warp their loom and weave based on weave drafts
- Requirements: Warping requirements will be sent by the end of November.
- This workshop will teach the basics of split-shed weaving using a variation of the Beiderwand pattern, and if time allows, a couple of other tie ups. This type of weaving uses four shafts, five treadles, and three weft yarns which all travel from selvedge to selvedge. Students will learn how to produce shading with yarn in order to create dimensional-looking pictorial imagery. They will also learn how to make and use a cartoon on cloth that will advance with the warp and will not crinkle when beating. Although this workshop can be done on a table loom, I strongly suggest that students use a floor loom (with foot treadles) as table looms add an extra step to the weaving process.
Bio: Deborah Silver is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She discovered her love of weaving while attending the Cleveland - Institute of Art, majoring in Fiber and minoring in Drawing.
https://www.deborahsilverstudio.com/product-page/the-technique-of-split-shed-weaving
