Morning (11AM): Study Group Inspiration: Samplers, Gamps and Projects from the Hill Institute, Florence, MA
Afternoon (1PM): Round Table discussion on the topic of study groups with Sue Willingham, Marjy Fiddler, and Tenny Canning.
AM: Study Group Inspiration: Samplers, Gamps and Projects from the Hill Institute, Florence, MA
The focus of the September meeting is study groups and how to further your explorations. Elaine hopes to inspire other weavers to join an existing study group or start a new one.
Elaine attended the Hill Institute Weaving Program for 4 years, one night a week through the academic calendar where she wove 34 things. Some were samplers of structures treadled many different ways, some were gamps, some were individual projects. She has all of her woven samplers, gamps and projects to show the membership.
PM: Round Table discussion on the topic of study groups with Sue Willingham, Marjy Fiddler, and Tenny Canning.
Please bring your questions for the panel, it should be a lively discussion!
Some questions we have thought of:
1. How to start a new study group, how often to meet, hosting responsibilities, etc.
2. Methods to expand your study of a structure, surface design or color theory, etc.
3. In-person or zoom
4. Beginner, advanced or all welcome
5. Field trip to a local weaver with expertise
6. Buying yarn in bulk, dyeing day quarterly, etc.
7. Weave samples for members of the SG or show and tell your own samples, or not weave at all
About Elaine:
Elaine Palmer has a BFA in Graphic Design from Kent State University. She was an on-figure and product Photo Art Director/Product Stylist/Producer during her professional career art directing on-location and in-studio advertisements and catalogues for 30 years for companies such as Eddie Bauer, Hang Ten, and Nordstrom. As Sr. Producer managing all flat photography for the in-house photo studio for Nordstrom.com, she produced the first Nordstrom Style Guide for freelance stylists to ensure proper and consistent Nordstrom branding.
Elaine moved to Amherst, MA, in July 2008 after living and raising a family in Seattle for 27 years. In 2013 she completed a four-year weaving course at Hill Institute. She enjoys weaving tea towels on her computerized 16S Toika and graphic images on her Ideal Glimakra converted to a single-unit drawloom. She and her husband relocated back to Seattle in the View Ridge neighborhood in 2021.
Her professional experience as a Photo Art Director working in the fashion industry was an asset in photographing and styling handwovens for the Weavers’ Guild of Boston’s 90th Anniversary book, Interlaced.