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10:00 to noon
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Historic Johnson Farm 3346 Haywood Road Hendersonville, NC 28791-9721
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Odyssey of Pattern and Color: Northwest India
Michaela McIntosh
Michaela is a retired teacher who travelled a lot growing up, including overseas, and never lost her love of new places. Her interest in textiles and cultures were a natural match for a trip to India in 2013. She loves to share this complex culture and the fiber traditions she saw there.
Fiberhouse Collective
Nica Rabinowitz
We can heal our collective wounds, our planet, and our individual relationship to our inherent creativity through textiles and handcraft. At Fiberhouse Collective we work with children, educators, artists, farmers, fiber folks and anyone else who is interested in integrating cloth that heals into their practice one-on-one or in a group setting. We partner with youth programs, libraries, and schools as well as with children and adults at home and in the studio. Our recent research has focused on weaving and papermaking with 'the vine that ate the south' - kudzu, and other pervasive species.
Nica is an advocate, artist, and researcher creating a liberated learning environment in the classroom, in the field, on the farm, and the in-between spaces in our lives. Her practice is rooted in biological design, social justice, farming and textile creation – exploring handcraft from farm to fabric and from soil to soil. Nica runs the Fiberhouse Collective living laboratory and homestead near Marshall, NC.
Complex Weavers
Leslie Fesperman
Wig Making: Precision and Patience
Trent Pcenicni
Wig making is one of the oldest fiber arts, dating back to ancient Egypt, where wigs were crafted from human hair, wool, and plant fibers to signify status and protect shaved heads from the sun. Like weaving and spinning, wig making transforms raw fibers into a structured, wearable form, requiring precision and artistry. The process involves knotting individual hairs onto a foundation, much like traditional rug makers tie fibers into intricate patterns to create durable, decorative textiles. This ancient craft continues to evolve, blending traditional techniques with modern materials to shape characters, identities, and artistic expression.
Trent P. specializes in wig making and theatrical design, creating custom wigs for stage and film. With years of experience in costume and hair design, he brings characters to life through meticulous craftsmanship. Learn more at trentpdesigns.com.
Annual Retreat "Sit & Share"
& Potluck
Following our regular meeting and "Show & Tell," we will spend time doing fun fiber things. Volunteers to share or show a craft, trick, technique, helpful hints others might be interested in learning please let Andrea Croskery, program chair, know soon. You need only demonstrate/teach/lead for 15-20 minutes and then repeat several times to let people float about the room to observe all that they are interested in seeing.
We also usually feature a corner for spinning and would be happy to add knitting, felting, etc. Just let Andrea know.
Deep Structure
presented by Eileen Hallman
It's about singles, as in yarns that have not been balanced by plying. The first thing you should know about singles is that they have energy. With that energy, you can shape garments without scissors starting with the fiber properties, then considering yarn properties, and finally choosing sett and weave structure. With emphasis on yarn energy, the presentation will include an array of fabrics and garments woven as rectangles and shaped using varying degrees of energy, plus the sett, shrinkage, and weave structure.
Eileen has been spinning cotton on the charkha for over 40 years. As a weaver, she developed a shuttle to hold the spindle and began her journey using handspun singles as weft.
Explorations in Double Two-Tie and Beyond
Linda Schultz
Linda Schultz has been weaving for over fifty years. She is particularly interested in exploring different weave structures and the interplay of colour with structure. She has taught classes and written articles in order to share her discoveries.
In this presentation, Linda will talk about her experience with taking a deep dive into “double two-tie” threadings and weave structures. By following different threads and oddities along the way, a whole new world of previously undocumented weave structures and colour effects opened up to her. She will describe the twists and turns and serendipity involved in the process of discovery, and will provide an overview of her findings about these fascinating structures.
WNCFHG is a 501(c)4 non-profit organization.
PO Box 492 Mountain Home, NC 28758
