Jennifer Moore - Chromatic Fantasy - Music, Math and Magic www.doubleweaver.com

Jennifer Moore will be our presenter in January. For more than twenty years, Jennifer Moore has been exploring relationships between weaving, mathematics and music in her doubleweave wallpieces. In this multi-media presentation, Jennifer will show how she has used doubleweave pick-up as a medium for her geometric designs and color harmonies. She will explain the basic principles of the golden proportion, symmetry movements and tesselations, and show how she has used them in her work. The program will culminate with an animated video of her weavings dancing to the music of Bach.

3 Day Workshop: Doubleweave - Beyond the Basics
2 Day Workshop: Design - Symmetries, Tesselations and the Golden Proportion

Lisa Butler - Spinning with Dog Fur

www.spinningtails.com

Member Lisa Butler began spinning in the late 1990s with the intention of specializing in spinning and crocheting alpaca garments. She soon discovered that dog hair is as beautiful and usable as any of the more exotic fibers suitable for handspinning. Lisa will explain and demonstrate her tips and techniques for spinning dog hair so you too can create a wearable or useful keepsake of your pet.

Doshi - The Use of Shibori in Her Art
www.doshifiberart.com/

Doshi creates exquisite hand dyed clothing in original designs that range from contemporary to traditional. Shibori, an ancient Japanese textile dyeing process, is the method she uses for her artistic expression. The technique uses knotting, pleating, rolling, pressing, or sewing during the dyeing process. The resulting designs are the memories of the method used to resist the dye. She will explain how she incorporates these design techniques in her work.

Rosemarie Dion - Coverlets

Coverlets are probably the quintessential handwoven item, especially when viewing weaving from a historical perspective. Rosemarie and Taryl Andersen have started a study group of members interested in delving more deeply into the weave structures and techniques used to create handwoven coverlets. They will present an overview of coverlets and an idea of the territory the study group will explore, and will also present the slide show on coverlets from the HGA library. Please bring your own examples to share - whether woven by you or not.

Deb McClintock - Ladies of Laos - Laotian Pattern Weaving
homepage.mac.com/debmcclintock

Deb McClintock is a fiber artist and independent scholar from Delaware. She has been studying the historical techniques and other current cultural sources of weaving in the world, with a focus on Southeast Asian weaving technology. She uses these traditional techniques of weaving to present a contemporary feeling in her work, and travels to share what she has learned to inspire an appreciation of the textiles of various cultures and an understanding of the link between our present and our past in the world of textile production.

Afternoon Mini-Workshop - Demo and Exploration of the Techniques Discussed in the Program

Heasoon Rhee - Textile Science 101 for Weavers
designingweavers.com/heasoonrhee.html

Member Heasoon Rhee was born in Seoul, Korea and came to the U.S. in 1980 as a student. She learned to weave in 1985 while pursuing a Ph.D. in textile science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1993, she returned to weaving while working as a textile chemist in Washington D.C. to release stress. Since moving to San Diego in 1995, Heasoon has become very serious about weaving. In this program, she will share her knowledge of textile science - information you can use to increase the likelihood of success in your next project.

Giant Show & Share.

We've done this as the
program in September in the past, so this will just continue that tradition. Please bring the things you've created this summer, the items you entered in the San Diego County Fair, and/or things from classes you have taken or conferences you have attended recently

Kati Reeder Meek - Ode to Linen

Kati Meek has been handweaving since 1969 and was a pioneer in the National Endowment for the Arts Artist-in-the-Schools program with a year's residency in Gallipolis, Ohio as handweaver, dyer, spinner and potter. She has been researching, weaving and reporting Lithuanian and Scottish Tartan handweaving techniques since 1983. She has had articles published in numerous magazines and has recently published a book, Reflections from A Flaxen Past: For Love of Lithuanian Weaving. (There is a copy in the guild library.) She will present a program exploring and celebrating linen and will discuss its use historically as well as today's best practices for working with this amazing fiber.

One Day Spinning Workshop: Turning Straw Into Gold (Spinning Flax)
Two Day Workshop: Trapezes, Weights, Whackings and Dancing With Your Loom (Weaving with Linen)

Mary Ann Slawinski - History of the Guild

Mary Ann gave a program for the Evening Guild last year on the History of SDCWG. We heard lots of comments from those who heard her program that it was very interesting and informative, and a very enjoyable presentation, so we asked her to share it with the Day Meeting. Part of knowing where we are going is knowing where we've been, so be sure not to miss this look back at what made the guild what it is today.

Installation of Officers, Potluck & Showcase of Guild Members' Talents Outside of Textiles

In December, we'll have our traditional potluck and the installation of officers for 2008. Instead of a formal program, we'll have a giant show & share. We know that many of our members have creative outlets outside of textiles - bring your creations to show and perhaps even demonstrate. You might be just the spark to get someone else's creative juices flowing. Don't forget to bring a dish to share for the potluck.

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