General Workshop Details
The cost of workshops for 2018 is $60.00 per day with any Materials Fee to the instructor extra. Non-Las Arañas members will be charged an additional $35.00. This will cover membership dues if they care to join.
A Guild member usually houses the workshop instructor. This person provides breakfast and lunch for the instructor and possibly dinner the night before the workshop—the Guild covers the cost of dinners during the workshop. For this service, the person housing the instructor receives the workshop at half price (plus any materials fee).
Workshops generally start between 9-10 and end from 4-5.
*A Jodie Aves Scholarship was formed by the family and friends of the late, long-time and very active member of Las Arañas Spinners and Weavers Guild. Jodie was an avid spinner, dyer, knitter and general fiber enthusiast who readily and enthusiastically shared her knowledge and skills with her fellow guild members. In loving memory of her dedication to promoting education in the fiber arts, this Scholarship has been established to benefit the members of Las Arañas.
This Scholarship Fund is to be kept separate from the Las Arañas Scholarship Fund and is to be used specifically for Guild members who have signed up for a Guild sponsored workshop. The recipient of the scholarship will be chosen by lottery from those who have signed up for and paid for the workshop. The whole amount of the workshop fee (not including any materials fee) will be paid from this scholarship fund. A member of the Board of Directors or Executive Committee will draw the name of the workshop attendee and his/her workshop fee will be paid from this fund. (As workshop fees are not deposited until the workshop has started, the attendee’s check will be returned to them, undeposited.) Anyone receiving a scholarship will not be eligible to receive another one for three years from the date of the scholarship granted.
A Guild member usually houses the workshop instructor. This person provides breakfast and lunch for the instructor and possibly dinner the night before the workshop—the Guild covers the cost of dinners during the workshop. For this service, the person housing the instructor receives the workshop at half price (plus any materials fee).
Workshops generally start between 9-10 and end from 4-5.
*A Jodie Aves Scholarship was formed by the family and friends of the late, long-time and very active member of Las Arañas Spinners and Weavers Guild. Jodie was an avid spinner, dyer, knitter and general fiber enthusiast who readily and enthusiastically shared her knowledge and skills with her fellow guild members. In loving memory of her dedication to promoting education in the fiber arts, this Scholarship has been established to benefit the members of Las Arañas.
This Scholarship Fund is to be kept separate from the Las Arañas Scholarship Fund and is to be used specifically for Guild members who have signed up for a Guild sponsored workshop. The recipient of the scholarship will be chosen by lottery from those who have signed up for and paid for the workshop. The whole amount of the workshop fee (not including any materials fee) will be paid from this scholarship fund. A member of the Board of Directors or Executive Committee will draw the name of the workshop attendee and his/her workshop fee will be paid from this fund. (As workshop fees are not deposited until the workshop has started, the attendee’s check will be returned to them, undeposited.) Anyone receiving a scholarship will not be eligible to receive another one for three years from the date of the scholarship granted.
Guild Workshops
Double Rainbow Workshop
by Jennifer Moore
Fri & Sat, Nov. 9-10, 9—4
In this workshop you will weave 2 layers on 4 or 8-shafts using 6 colors. This is perhaps the ultimate color sampler! You will begin by winding a warp and setting up your loom according to Jennifer’s system for working with multiple colors in a rotational sequence and bringing it to the workshop. A basic twolayered structure will enable us to mix and match our colors, creating an amazing array of color mixtures. As you weave and your warp colors move past each other, you will experience a visual feast of iridescence and moiré patterns. We will also experiment with singlelayered structures such as warp rep and warpfaced twills and the effects that they create on this versatile warp. This sampler will provide a remarkable education in color theory and how optical mixtures work in weaving, as well as a great source of inspiration for future weaving projects. This is an intermediate workshop. Students must know how to warp a loom. This is a Las Arañas workshop & the cost is $120 (plus $35 for non-members) plus a $10 material fee. A $25 deposit is required. Please fill in the registration form below
Registration Form
for the Double Rainbow Workshop by Jennifer Moore
November 9 & 10 at Raymond Sanchez.
NAME:__________________________
PHONE:_________________________
EMAIL:__________________________
Please send a $25 deposit (made out to Las Aranas) to:
Janis Teal
152 Silva Ct.
Corrales, NM 87048.
No refund of a workshop deposit will be given if notification of non-attendance is received later than seven (7) days prior to the start of the workshop.
Past Workshop
Eco Dye Workshop
Eco-Dye Workshop
by Myra Chang-Thompson & Carla Wackenheim
Aug. 28, 1-4, Aug. 29, 9-4
Eco-printing is a technique developed by Australian dyer India Flint, which involves bundling leaves, flowers & plant matter in cloth or felt and then steaming or dyeing the bundles in a plant based dye vat. Instructors, Carol Wackenheim & Myra Chang-Thompson will lead participants through eco dyeing. Using natural dyes and a non-toxic mordant, participants will create unique samples & 2 eco-dyed scarves.
by Myra Chang-Thompson & Carla Wackenheim
Aug. 28, 1-4, Aug. 29, 9-4
Eco-printing is a technique developed by Australian dyer India Flint, which involves bundling leaves, flowers & plant matter in cloth or felt and then steaming or dyeing the bundles in a plant based dye vat. Instructors, Carol Wackenheim & Myra Chang-Thompson will lead participants through eco dyeing. Using natural dyes and a non-toxic mordant, participants will create unique samples & 2 eco-dyed scarves.
Silk Spinning
by Maggie Casey
Thur & Fri, Oct. 25-26, 9—4
Silk is the Queen of fibers, loved for its beauty and strength. We will make our own mawata from bombyx mori cocoons and then move to spinning silk hankies. We will spin tussah, bombyx, muga and eri silk and explore the difference between top, noil & bricks. Preparation, blending with other fibers and finishing will be included as well. Beginning spinning skills required. Students should be able to spin a continuous yarn and be comfortable with their wheel. Students bring: spinning wheel & all its parts, Lazy Kate & 3 bobbins. Fine wool carders if they already own them. Instructor will provide: handouts, silk fibers, fibers for blending. This is a Las Arañas workshop & the cost is $120 (plus $35 for non-members) plus a $40 material fee. Limited to 15 students. A $25 deposit is required. Please fill in the registration form below
by Maggie Casey
Thur & Fri, Oct. 25-26, 9—4
Silk is the Queen of fibers, loved for its beauty and strength. We will make our own mawata from bombyx mori cocoons and then move to spinning silk hankies. We will spin tussah, bombyx, muga and eri silk and explore the difference between top, noil & bricks. Preparation, blending with other fibers and finishing will be included as well. Beginning spinning skills required. Students should be able to spin a continuous yarn and be comfortable with their wheel. Students bring: spinning wheel & all its parts, Lazy Kate & 3 bobbins. Fine wool carders if they already own them. Instructor will provide: handouts, silk fibers, fibers for blending. This is a Las Arañas workshop & the cost is $120 (plus $35 for non-members) plus a $40 material fee. Limited to 15 students. A $25 deposit is required. Please fill in the registration form below
Past Workshop Highlights
Kathy Hattori
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Jacey Boggs Faulkner
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TOm Knisely
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Classes
These classes are taught by local fiber artists, most of whom are members of Las Aranas. Please support them and take their wonderful classes.
Weaving Classes
by Robin Pascal
Perfect Buttons - Edgewood NM, www.perfectbuttons.com
by Cathelena Burr
Southwest Decoratives, 5711 Carmel Ave. NE
Perfect Buttons - Edgewood NM, www.perfectbuttons.com
by Cathelena Burr
Southwest Decoratives, 5711 Carmel Ave. NE
Inkle Weaving
by Annie MacHale
Ongoing classes at all levels from beginner to advanced pickup methods. At Annie’s home in Edgewood. Call Annie at 681-3078 for class schedules.
Ongoing classes at all levels from beginner to advanced pickup methods. At Annie’s home in Edgewood. Call Annie at 681-3078 for class schedules.