The Seattle Weavers Guild offers wonderful workshops taught by the acclaimed artists visiting our guild. Workshops will be held at Magnuson Park in the Sand Point Activity center (The 'brig'). Class hours are generally 9am – 4pm. SWG provides coffee and tea; participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch.
A deposit is required to register for the workshop, payable to SWG. While deposits are non-refundable, they can be transferred to a replacement weaver if you are unable to attend the workshop. The cost for each workshop is estimated below. Costs are determined by dividing the actual cost of the workshop by the number of participants and will not be finalized until the day of the workshop.
Contact Patrice Riordan (206-779-9402, plrmail@clearwire.net) to register for the workshops. Registration will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
Workshops will be opened to non-guild members if there is space available. If you are not a member you may request information about as-available registration.
September 2010 - Barbara Setsu Pickett
- Explore Velvet Weaving
- Dates: Saturday September 25 - Sunday September 26 (2 days)
- Estimated Cost: $110 - $160
- Material Fee: TBD
- Deposit: $50
Learn how to adapt standard floor loom and table loom weaving equipment to make a velvet loom. Build your own velvet bobbin rack out of PVC pipe. Design and weave a macro-velvet and create lush pile surfaces in cut and uncut pile. Barbara Setsu Pickett is Associate Professor of Art at the University of Oregon. Silk velvet weaving has been the focus of her research and creative practice. She has studied the velvet weaving techniques and traditions in Italy, France, Britain, Japan, China, Turkey and Uzbekistan. She has received numerous awards and fellowship: the NEA, Fulbright Commission, the Institute of Turkish Studies, the Gladys Delmas Krieble Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio residency and the Asian Art Museum have funded her research. The article, Reinventing Velvet, in Fiberarts September/October 2009, reviews her velvet artwork.