North House Folk School

Beth Ross Johnson learned to weave from students of Norman Kennedy and later attended many workshops with him. A lifelong fascination with Asian art led to an interest in Japanese folk textiles and she has had two extensive stays in Japan where she learned sakiori (rag weaving) and worked in a kasuri (ikat) workshop. She has an MFA in textiles from Georgia State University and has taught at the university level and for crafts schools and for weaving guilds and conferences. Recent explorations have been in European ikat traditions and sashiko-ori (weaving sashiko patterns). She maintains a studio in Black Mountain, NC where she weaves, writes and teaches.