February 2010 - AZ Desert Weavers and Spinners Guild
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February 2010 - AZ Desert Weavers and Spinners Guild
Newsletter of the Arizona Desert Weavers and Spinners Guild, Inc. © Volume 38,37 Issue 6 4 Volume Issue February December 20082010 From the president’s desk... OFFICERS FOR 2009-2010 President LaVila Churruca 602.997.5462 [email protected] Vice President Programs Susan Clark 602.495.9275 [email protected] Vice President Workshops Carol Eggers 602.354.4095 [email protected] Treasurer Anita Bellinger 602.485.9757 [email protected] Secretary Diane Wilson 623.376.6452 [email protected] Editor Helene Charles 480.575.6833 [email protected] Hello to everyone. Hope you all have had a wonderful month, have worked hard (not house work) and will have plenty of things for show & tell. Last month we had a wonderful program presented by Christy Puetz from the Bead Museum. She had lots of things to show us and gave a very informative program on the history of beads. If you missed it, you missed a good one. I believe that February’s program will be presented by our last grant recipient Diane Wilson. I think she will be showing us all about felting. If you would like to apply for the grant please write up your proposal and tell us how you are going to use it. You can give your paper to me or any other board member. Start on you Fair entries NOW!!!!! In case you did not know there is a $75.00 Marybell Keller award. I worked very hard so that I might win it a second time but I guess it was not given out because of the lack of competition. We need to enter or they may just eliminate the entry. Just think what you can buy at the Fiber Factory with that amount of money. There may be talk of not holding the fair but I do not think the State will want to give that land back. The land was donated to the state as long as the State Fair be held there and should it ever be moved the land reverts back to the donors estate. I think that if they do away with the fair the same thing goes. I AM A GREAT GRANDMA!!!!!!! He was born January the 7th. He weighed 7lbs 14oz and was 20inches long. His name is Chase Charles Haskins. His Mother Ashley & Father Anthony are both doing fine. My Grandson Brandon (the college brain) informed every one that his Nephew’s name is a complete sentence. Brandon has always been very smart. He and his brother have given Carmen a run for her money. Anthony has a Charter Fishing Business Bed & Breakfast run buy his Mother. He calls his boat “The Lunch Box”. I guess that I should say something about my son-in-law Charles known as Chuck. He is the Minister of the Nazarene Church in Sitka Alaska. That will be all for now. See you all in February. LaVila PS: From the Critter Gang, Gypsy and Klinger want you to know that the G-Man is missing in action and presumed dead. They are both very sad and Klinger walks around the house looking and crying. Klinger misses his buddy and so do I DO NOT FORGET ABOUT PUTTING IN FOR THE GRANT!!! Next Meeting: February 6th at 10 AM Northtown Community Center 2202 E. Waltann Lane Phoenix, AZ Guest Speaker: Diane Wilson MOA DEADLINE 15th August - May Serendipitous Spinners to bring the foodies! 1 The Refreshment Corner This was just too good to pass up. I was looking for a natural-edible really unique dye for Feburary. What should I find in my relentless search? A really cool place to visit and a reason to go. A SYMPOSIUM! In fact the 14th International Fungi & Fibre Symposium 2010 September 6–12, 2010 in Gysinge, Sweden! Ok Ok it’s a bit far, but the colors you get from MUSHROOMS are fantastic. Here’s the link - www.ifff2010. eu/symposietenglish.htm By the way, they have currency converter on their page. This month belongs to....Let me think....The Serendipitous Spinners! Something really earthy comes to mind. Have fun spinners finding just that spectacular natural stuff to get your fingers into. Oh I know, how about Chips and Dips? ~ Eve ADWSG Workshops Updates If you paid your $75 deposit, the remainder $75 is due at this time. Pay at the meeting or by mail. We have had a wonderful response to our workshops in February and March. I have deposits and promises, now it’s time to collect the rest of the payments. Judith MacKenzie McCuin - Spinning, Dyeing, and Weaving - March 8, 9, & 10: If you paid your deposit of $25/day, I need to collect $25 for each day you register. Unfortunately, I do not have more information about these workshops. Bylaws read as follows: “A minimum number of participants to pay expenses need to be signed up and 1/2 the estimated cost is collected at that time. The deposit is refunded only if another member fills the space, or if there are are more than the minimum number of members participating. The remainder of the fee is collected one month before the workshop.” Thanks for all your cooperation. Contact me if you have further questions. Carol Eggers Workshop Chair Daryl Lancaster - Jumpstart Vest - February 21 & 22 : I have 19 programs in my business Southwest Learning Sources, Inc. One of the programs is Navajo Weaving. I present the Navajo Weaving Program to grades K - 6. Different yarn weights are used for the different age levels. The most popular grade level for this program to 4th grade since they study Arizona History. It is a 2 hour program. I introduce the program with a short history on the Navajo and their rug weaving. Then I demonstrate the carding and spinning of wool, using a hip spindle, and show a variety of rugs from my collection. The students then have a hands-on which is the weaving of a small coaster rug. I am unable to buy Aunt Lydia’s rug yarn which is what works well.. It is no longer available. Any rug yarn seems hard to find. I would be willing to buy any heavy weight yarn that anyone has. Thanks, Barbara J. Gronemann Southwest Learning Sources, Inc. www.southwestprograms.com [email protected] 480-991-0341 2 INTEREST GROUPS SERENDIPITOUS SATURDAY SPINNERS This group’s meeting takes place after the Guild meeting on the first Saturday of the month until 2 or 3 p.m. Bring your wheel, spindle and current project and lunch or be prepared to go out to eat or fetch lunch back to the meeting. Susan Clark 602-495-9275 is the contact person. DAYTIME SPINNERS First Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. Each month a different member hosts the meeting at their home. To attend please RSVP to chairperson Georgian Ferrante. [email protected] or 480-9483705. Directions to meeting place will be emailed to all members. INKLE GROUP Bring your inkle loom and yarn to the monthly meeting. The new Inkle Loom Interest Group will meet right after the meeting to brush up on inkle weaving or watch and learn! As with Serendipitous Saturday Spinners, bring lunch or be prepared to go out to eat or fetch lunch back to the meeting. WONDER!!!FUL STUDY GROUP WEAVERS Meetings begin at 10:30. Chairperson for more information is Sybil Yastrow [email protected] or 480-488-0523. For Sale Beka Rigid Heddle Loom; 36” 3 reeds. Good Condition, $150.00 602-995-2760 Loom, Yarns, Weaving Supplies - Schacht floor loom, 46 inch weaving width, 8 shafts, 12 treadles, low castle, lamp holder, bench, bench bags, 3 reeds (6, 8 and 10 dent, new, stainless steel). Manufactured in oak, $1,800 or best offer. Miscellaneous tools and supplies, books and magazines including Harrisville Highland wool, all colors, few remaining hanks of hand dyed, hand spun Churro wool, Wild Fiber, Handwoven, etc. If you are looking for something special, call me, I might have it. Contact Deborah Komisarek at [email protected] or 520.615.2914. Located in northern Tucson. Can deliver within metro Phoenix. A percentage of the sales to your guild members will be donated to your guild’s continuing education programs. Wanted Do you know of an Arizona-based group focused on using native plants to dye fibers that also helps educate? I’m writing a piece on “craft gardens” for PHG and want to include one good resource for more info on each subject, but preferably not a business. The equivalent of a garden club for dye enthusiasts. For example, for growing and using gourds, there’s the Arizona Gourd Society, which links to gourd crazies around the state. arizonagourdsociety.com. Arizona Herb Association does a little with teaching about dye plants, but they’re not focused on that, and less so in recent years. Thanks for any input! Cathy Cromell - [email protected] 3 This Month’s Program: 2009 Education Grant Recipient: Diane Wilson Diane Wilson will be presenting a program on Felting, wet, dry and otherwise! Rigid Heddle Weaving taught by Lynn Silberschlag at the Fibers Through Time 2010 in Phoenix, AZ Instructor: Lynn Silberschlag - Any size rigid-heddle loom with reed - Heddle hook - Reed hook (sley hook) - Sword (pick-up stick) - 2 to 3 stick shuttles - 2 adjustable 3” c-clamps used to clamp a cone-holder, or a warping peg with base to a table - Measuring tape - Scissors - Paper, pen or pencil - Material for the project of your choice – handspun yarns, fancy or funky yarns, rags If your rigid-heddle loom has been collecting dust in your closet or if you want to learn to weave, come join us and see what easy, fun and versatile items you can make with your loom. Try a variety of weaving styles, laces and pick-ups (to develop a variety of textures), all the while using your fancy, funky, handspun yarns or work with traditional fibers. Learn how to warp your loom, tie-on, and weave. Learn hemstitching, plus a variety of hand-manipulated laces and finishes. The warp and weft threads for the sampler are provided. For the second project, bring along your own ideas and yarns. [not round robin] Instructor Bio: Lynette has been teaching weaving for over 18 years beginning her career at Spin ‘n Weave in Tucson. She also teaches for the City of Tucson Parks & Recreation and Pima County Parks & Recreation. Lynn is best known for her 4- to 8- shaft classes and workshops. Take Home: A sampler and a project of your choice Skill level: Beginner to Intermediate Materials fee: $20.00 Supply List: 4 From AZ Federations website: http://www.azfed.org/ 2010 ADSWG Grant Submission Workshop Coordinator Needs Submissions from Fiber Artists for Estes Park Wool Market Anyone wishing to submit a letter requesting to be considered for the 2010 ADWSG grant must submit their request explaining their course of study no later then the March 2010 meeting. Said recipient will the present a program to the guild. Please give your letter to a board member. Hi, I’m the Workshop Coordinator for the Estes Park Wool Market, I am still in need of submissions for all sorts of fiber craft for the Wool Market Workshops which are one-day and two-days workshops on the Thursday and Friday, June 10-11 before the Market which is on Saturday and Sunday, June 12-13, 2010. Diane Wilson Secretary Southwest Fiber Festival 2010 Calling for Instructors Estes Park is just gorgeous in the summer and this is a wonderful fiber festival. We offer a fair compensation for instructors, and either a lodging stipend or mileage (if considered local). You are allowed to charge a materials fee for materials supplied and you collect those directly from the students. We feed you a couple of lunches as well, and there’s a lovely Thursday reception at a fine gallery sponsored by the local weavers. Please note that I canNOT promise you any sort of booth as that is another department altogether and the booths are juried in, so be aware of that and plan accordingly. We have many instructors who like to have the time off after teaching to ENJOY the festival. Friday, October 29 – Half day or full day classes available. Saturday, October 30 – Morning classes available only. Go to: http:// www.southwestfiberfestival.com/, click on ‘Contact’ and fill in necessary information. There will also be animals, vendors, shearing, skein judging and other events going on all day on Friday. If you have any questions, please contact Elaine Ross, Festival Chair , [email protected], 520-825-3668 (home), 520-4297685 (cell) I am in particular need of weaving workshops of both one day and two day lengths. We need something to tempt the expert weavers in the area as well as the beginning weavers who are thinking of getting into the craft. Keep in mind also that the students are coming from all over the place and will have to tote equipment, which they are quite prepared to do in most cases! Felted Tapestry Workshop Join Master Felter, Sharon McFeely, and Create a Beautiful Felted Tapestry I am back working with my sixth grade class at Mountain Oak and looking forward to teaching some felting classes this winter and spring. For me felting is an artistic process involving the four elements, as we work together this day, you will experience a sense of transformation as the qualities of the wool metamorphose with water, warmth, soap and our rhythmic pressure. Submissions on other fiber and fiber-related crafts are also welcome. You are not necessarily limited to wool products, and the envelope may be pushed a bit - I have a button artist and a natural body care product workshop planned as well as basketry. Traditional fiber crafts are of course the best! For this workshop, all materials will be provided. If you have felting needles or a multiple needle punch, do bring that. Bring two old towels, lunch and beverage. The tapestries we make that day will be approximately 12” X 15” in size. Everyone will be able to complete their tapestry during the workshop time. Detailed handouts will be shared with you as well. A picture file will be provided for you to use. If you have an image you would like to work from, bring it with you in your mind or on paper! Or just go for color play with your imagination, felting loves experimenters. All levels of felting experience are welcome! PLEASE email me directly (suzanne@fireantranch. com) if you would like an application packet which will include the particulars. DATE: Saturday, Feb. 28, 2010; 9:30 AM till 2:30 PM at Mountain Oak School, 124 N. Virginia St., Prescott, AZ Suzanne Correira, www.fireantranch.com Georgetown, TX Fiber, Yarn, Fashions, Spinning Equipment and Tools Fiber Workshops Taught & Workshop Venues Organized COST: $55.00 Please pre-register with Sharon via email or phone. Do send a $25.00 deposit to hold your place. Please send to her at: 515 Oak St. Prescott, AZ. 86303 Home phone: 928-776-8014 5 The Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild to Host Several Workshops News From the AZ Federation Feb. 13-14 from 9am to 4pm - Alex Martinez and his sister Nancy from Oaxaca, Mexico will be giving a workshop showing how they make their famous rugs. Try your hand at weaving like the Zapotec Indians have done for centuries. Our Fibers Through Time 2010 Conference is just a little over 12 weeks away. ALL WORKSHOP and NON WORKSHOP REGISTRATION CLOSES on February 1, 2010. Anyone attending the Saturday night Banquet or lunches and reception also needs to be registered by February 1st. There are 19 registered for the conference from our guild. If you have been thinking about this, it’s now time to act and register because the deadline is less than two weeks away. With their generosity we can offer the class for a fee of only $50 plus $15 material fee. * An artist reception will be held Friday evening at 7PM when Alex will show and talk about his rugs. A wide variety of classes is offered, vendors have signed contracts, and the juried show is open to all workshop participants. Each guild is asked to participate in the raffle items with a basket or more. Sue Schreiber is asking we not wait too long to bring our items. It sounds like great fun and we hope our guild is represented by many of our members. There will be a need for volunteers, so let me know if you would like to help. Feb 20, 21, 22 - Dyeing & Spinning Cotton Learn all about cotton and how to dye it with cold water dyes and then use it in your spinning. Basic techiques of spinning cotton will be taught. Instructor Joan Ruane Class fee for 3 days is $100 plus $15 for material fee. March 5,6 & 7th - String Theory Workshop - to be taught by Michelle Boyd who is a Master Spinner from Alberta, Canada. This workshop will make the concepts of technical spinning easy and accessible to hand spinners of any experience or ability. Learn to spin the perfect yarn. This is an outstanding workshop with the best of the best! For more information and registration forms, go to the website: www.azfed.org Carol Eggers Guild representative Class fee is $185 plus $35 material fee. There are only 4 openings left in this class. ADWSG Nominating Committee The nominating committee will be meeting to choose a slate of officers for the 2010 - 2011 guild year. The slate will be posted in the MOA and presented at the April meeting for voting. At that time if you wish to nominate someone from the floor please ask that person prior to the meeting if they would like to run for that position. Also that person needs to be present to accept the nomination.The new board members will be installed in May 2010. For more information and to register on line, go to www.bisbeefiberarts.com or call Melanie at 520366-8865 [email protected] Diane Wilson Nominating Committee Chairperson 6 Committees Historian Melissa Davis 602.439.0436 [email protected] Librarians Christine Hunt 623.853.6081 [email protected] & Gail Baker 602.441.3249 [email protected] Membership Elaine Rowles 623.979.7518 [email protected] Demonstrations/ Publicity THE FIBER FACTORY The Southwest’s Most Complete Yarn Yarn, accessories, equipment& classes for: Knitting, Weaving, Spinning, Crochet,Tatting, Basketry, Bobbin Lace, & Navajoweaving. Sue Carneal 602.677.6343 [email protected] Hospitality/Web Site Eve Smith 480.488.5083 [email protected] 216 W. Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201 480.969.4346 Out of area: 888.969.9276 e-mail: [email protected] Visit our website: www.fiberfactory.com Federation Representative Carol Eggers 602.354.4095 [email protected] © ADWSG WEBSITE: http:/www.adwsg.org 7 Calendar Events • April 15-18, 2010 - Fibers Through Time 2010 , Phoenix AZ. Information available: www.azfed.org • July 18-25, 2010 - Convergence Albuquerque 2010 - Albuquerque, New Mexico. Information available: http://www. weavespindye.org/?loc=8-00-00 • October 4 - 10 - Handweavers Guild of America Celebrates Spinning and Weaving Week - http://www.weavespindye. org/pages/?p=sww.html&loc=1-50-00 • October 29 - 30, 2010 - Southwest Fiber Festival - Amado, Arizona - http://www.southwestfiberfestival.com/ • July 21 - 24, 2011 - IWC - A Conference for Fiber Artists - Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO - http://www. intermountainweavers.org/ MOA DEADLINE 15th of every month from August to May Visit our guild’s website: http:/www.adwsg.org First Class c/o H. Charles 6319 E. Lowden Rd. Cave Creek, AZ 85331
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