Joanne Gretz will share her experience with the Theo Moorman technique starting with some background and the basics of the weave. Then she will show you some of her own experiments and finished pieces hopefully giving an idea of how versatile this weave structure can be.
Fine Threads Workshop and Program
Last fall, Sue wanted to experiment weaving with fine threads. She had some in her stash, but ordered a few more from Habu Textiles and Colourmart. She enjoyed working with these yarns and after sharing my samples at one of the guild meetings, offered to lead a program and workshop on fine threads.
The program will focus on what may be learned while warping and weaving with yarns of a very fine grist, types of yarns available, sources for fine threads/yarns and a review of the different sizing systems used for yarns.
Sue will bring woven samples and some of the different yarns used. Participants who have signed up for the workshop will be provided with over 30 different fine threads to sample. We look forward to learning and sharing what may be learned working with fine threads!
The October guild meeting and the workshop will be held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Bear, Delaware.
JADE PAPA, CURATOR, THE DESIGN CENTER, JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
MAY 9, 2019
ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON CHURCH
345 BEAR-CHRISTIANA RD (RT. 7) BEAR, DE
JADE PAPA, CURATOR, THE DESIGN CENTER, JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
The Textile and Costume Collection also has under its care hundreds of items from the Philadelphia Civic Center, which closed in the early 2000s. These objects represent commercial textile and costume production from around the world in the late-19th and 20th centuries and are a rich, new area for research. Holdings include textiles made for export in Eastern Europe, China, and India, a remarkable collection of woven straw hats, and much more.
Jade Papa, Curator, of the Design Center, will bring samples of items from the collection and talk about the Design Center’s work and mission.