In this beginning workshop, Kathleen will continue her discussion of the history of the structure as it explains the basics of weaving. Beyond learning the basic two shuttle weaving for overshot, students will explore various wefts and manipulations as well as more advanced techniques related to overshot: pick-up, name draft, woven shibori, etc. Students will create a sampler of overshot techniques to be used as inspiration for their own linens, fabrics and toys!
Students Bring:
- Dressed 4-shaft Loom with 5/2 Perle cream or white cotton warp at least 8” wide. (Note: Instructor will send complete instructions and pattern for threading once student is accepted in the workshop)
- 8 dent reed (epi 16)
- 3 boat shuttles
- 6-9 bobbins
- Various wefts (Note: instructor will specify wefts in directions and she will bring some wefts for student’s use.
- Dressmakers tape measure
- Scissors
- A Lunch!
- Note: We will need several bobbinwinders for students to share. Let the instructor know if you are willing to bring a bobbinwinder.
Included in Workshop:
- Workshop Booklet
- Extra wefts for student use & exploration
- Samples of overshot and woven shibori textiles
Fee for Materials Above: $15.00
Workshop Students:
Beginning to Advanced students welcome. Participants must know how to dress a loom and produce a plain weave.
Maximum enrollment 12.
Lunch: To use our short time together wisely, the instructor would like students to bring a sack lunch.
Workshop Fee: $95 for full members, $135 for nonmembers.
Short Biography:
Kathleen Huntington Waln
Kathleen has been working with fiber & fabric for over forty years, first as a theatre educator/costume designer and more recently as a fabric designer. She has been dyeing, spinning, and weaving for over twenty years. Her passions include Shibori, Ikat and researching the history of the fabric arts. She enjoys making connections between her field and larger cultural patterns, an interest that dates back to her years as a university professor and costume historian. Although retired from the university, she now teaches Tapestry at the Charter Oak Weaving and Spinning class in Covina, which is famous for it’s 100 looms in one large room! She also harvests her own wild, organic cotton trees and loves to dye and spin their yield. Kathleen holds a MFA in Theatrical Design from the University of Texas at Austin where her love of weaving began.