Fiber Week 2022 Wrap-up
The colorful tapestry of friends and fibers during Fiber Week wove a wondrous story featuring speakers, demonstrations, community gatherings, and coursework from long-time North House instructors as well as new guest artisans.
Students and Instructors travelled to North House on a wintery weekend for a long list of on-campus courses (Rya Weaving on a Warp-Weighted Loom, The Unfinished Wardrobe: A Three-Day Sew Fest, Nuno Felted Scarves and Hats, Penny Rugs: Woolen Mosiacs, Needle Felting and Bead Embroidery, and Exploring Color and Texture: Beginning Floor Loom Weaving) as well as one online course (Finger Crocheted Hat).
There were also numerous webinars:
Heartberry CEO and Artist, Sarah Agaton Howes
Stitching Stories, Crafting Change: the Maya Women Artists of Multicolores Guatemala
Kyrgyz Felt in the Past, Present and Future: Traditions, Problems, and Perspectives
Saami Textile Traditions of the Russian Kola Peninsula