“CiNCH” NOTES

A NEWSLETTER OF THE CONFERENCE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HANDWEAVERS, INC.

for weavers, dyers, basketmakers and spinners

Successful and Fun!

 

CNCH 2006: CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE, SIERRA TO PACIFIC

May 5-7 2006

Thanks for the Memories!

CNCH 2006 is now a memory. We, the CNCH 2006 Committee, wish to thank everyone for attending the Area 2 Modesto Conference. We hope you had fun, met friends from past conferences, learned an interesting tidbit from one of the teachers, bought the fiber you ‘needed’ and just had a really good time. We enjoyed planning the conference and appreciated all of the thank yous that we received from you, the registrants. We look forward to seeing many of you at CNCH 2007 and CNCH 2008.

Leslie LeMon and Anita Pazeian,

CNCH 2006 Co-Chairs

Our Modesto conference attracted 287 registrants, 13 teachers, over 50 vendors, numerous demonstrators and filled several galleries with inspiring work. Photogenic Friday niters posed for portraits with Bovina, an almost life sized paper mache Holstein cow wearing a flamboyant woven yarn boa that mooed, shades and surfer trunks and raised over $100 for CNCH scholarships. Bovina moved into the California Fun Gallery for the rest of the Conference. The application process and requirements for CNCH scholarships will be streamlined and redesigned to encourage applicants and attendance at future conferences.

On the business side of this conference, facility costs were about half of the Santa Clara Convention Center rates. By asking attendees to write checks for registration fees rather than use their credit cards, bank card transaction costs of 2-3% of registration fees were eliminated. CNCH 06 Conference Committee finalizes their reports and accounts by mid-July, but initial indications are that this conference will return more money than anticipated to CNCH Inc.

The Advisory Committee for CNCH Inc. distributed seed money of $11K to CNCH 06, $7K to CNCH 07 Asilomar and $2K to CNCH 08 Sacramento and budgets $15K a year in administrative costs. Approximately $5K now comes from guild contributions with $10K expected from each conference. Advisory Council Minutes are available at www.cnch.org in the ‘Documents to Download’ section.

CNCH Galleries

The Demonstration Hallway was crowded each day. Weavers, beaders, braiders, spinners and basket makers showed their crafts in action. There was a long, frame rug loom where one person on each side pushed the beater several feet to beat in a shed of rag. The California Rug Project returned to CNCH this year with 11 feet spun, dyed, and knotted, the design motifs appropriately in the Central Valley for our Modesto conference. Vicki Fraser is truly California Inspired, incorporating state-grown fibers and dye materials to create images of California. Contact her though the Pacific Textile Arts in Fort Bragg or email to vickif@mcn.org Couches in the hotel lobby became an evening gathering spot for smaller knitting, spinning or braiding projects, invoking curiosity of other hotel guests.

 

In the California Inspired Gallery, Bren Ahern (Loom & Shuttle) stitched together narrow woven strips as if they were Kenta cloth but the colors and patterns were indigo shibori. Bea Olsen (Fresno) received a gold ribbon for her hand spun and dyed knitted tapestry of dancing blue herons and Olga-Barbra Dehlinger (Loom and Shuttle) a gold for her bound weave rug. Susie Hodges (Golden Gate Weavers) submitted a trio of dishtowels woven in 8 shaft twill blocks and intense colors and received a blue ribbon.

Nancy Harvey’s tapestry poncho in blues, turquoise and greens with images of dragon flies and flowers received a gold ribbon. The striped collapse weave scarf woven by Jennifer Vickers (Glenna Harris) also received a blue ribbon. Ed Golden’s golden greens painted warp and weft scarf of 8/2 tencel broken twill captured the colors in his photo inspiration of a California oak tree in early fall fields. Lillian Schuller’s (Fresno) Bronson weave in shaded colors took a blue ribbon. Artichokes inspired Nancy Briemle (Bay Area Basketmakers). She plaited a basket then knot netted artichoke blossoms. Patricia Henderson (Bay Area Basketmakers) salvaged a neighbor’s tree branches to weave a shallow bowl worthy of the gold ribbon it received.

Chunks of turquoise dangling inside Denise Hanlon’s (Golden Valley) twined vessel picked up the color of the blue ribbon it was awarded. She also made a second twined basket with frog motif and earned a second blue ribbon. Patricia Johnson’s (Golden Gate Weavers) tapestry of an iconic Monterey pine also received a blue ribbon.

Patricia Stewart (Loom and Shuttle) wove pairs of oak leaves on a branch adding a border of acorns on a blue ribbon wining, double weave scarf. Her second scarf used California colors and a mountain pine motive in a 4 color double weave, also earning a blue ribbon. Diablo Weavers teamed up to create a huge bouquet. Each member created a flower from felt, loom woven bits, Weave-it squares, crochet and/or netting with Lillian Whipple adding fabric squares woven with ants and bugs.

Beryl Moody (Foothill Fibers) entered several galleries using original weaving drafts. One was a scarf woven to appear as ponderosa bark. Her naturally dyed gold shawl took a blue ribbon in one gallery while her ‘shades of Haight Ashbury’ hot reds and purple silks and wools scarf took a blue in the California Fun gallery. She also organized the display and handouts of natural dye samples.

Return to Sender (Finished) Gallery had 36 entries that started with the same fibers and colors then diverged widely in blending, techniques and completed items. Gold ribbon winners were Lynette Eads (Mother Lode) for her inkle woven belt and black felt pillow and Jan Formanek (Mother Lode) for her white hat knit with CNCH 06 tree motif. Blue ribbons were awarded to Donna Jeffrey (Black Sheep) for her soft greens and grey spring scarf; to Beryl Moody (Foothill Fiber) for her crocheted and kumihimo passport purse; to Elizabeth Bates’ (Spindles & Flyers) fingerless mittens; and to Adele Rose (Sacramento) for module knit socks.

Other entries included Tui Hedstrom’s (Diablo) domino squares knitted hat, and Eloise Bodine’s (Spindles & Flyers) fair isle knit hat with color rows representing first our coast with blue ocean and sandy beach then up the hat and across our golden hills to the Sierra snow with blue sky above. Carol Gray (Spindles & Flyers and Diablo) blended the fibers using Diane Cutler's layered drum carding technique demonstrated at CNCH 04. She barely finished her knitted vest in time for judging with barely enough yarn to stitch the sides together but won a gold ribbon. Kate Campbell Taylor’s felted grape wreath was lush with ready-to-pick, ripe felted grapes.

The California Originals Gallery entries pushed the definition of suitable materials and excelled in quality of craftsmanship. Sandra Martin (Bay Area Basketmakers) polished a gourd box, adding a coiled and beaded black top that deserved the gold ribbon. Other gold ribbons went to Maryam ‘Gus’ Young (Sacramento) for her hand spun and dyed knitted square mohair throw, and to Lili Blalock (Redwood Empire) for her tobacco, black and cream handspun rug in diamond twills . Blue ribbons went to Bambi Jones (Santa Cruz) for her hand spun and woven blue shawl and gold pillow in plated twills; and to Barbara Stafford (Silverado) for her grey mohair rug striped with gold and black with a centered ivory square.

California Fun Gallery was too much fun. Nancy Briemle (Bay Area Basketmakers) whipped up some cupcakes in frothy wools. Tui Hedstrom (Diablo) wove two tessellating pattered scarves in fine silks, one in pink and creams, the other in sunset gold and blue. Ann Keller (Redwood Empire) won a gold ribbon for her needle woven tapestry necklace in black, blues and golds and Barbara Nitzberg (Loom and Shuttle) a gold for her ‘java jacket’ box. Johan Williams Nehr (Carmel) took a blue ribbon for her entrelac vest. Alicia Woods (Spindles & Flyers and Serendipity) raided trash boxes for her materials, creating an outline map of California from handspun and Irish crocheted magnetic tape that did not look at all trashy. JoAnn Slissmann (Redwood Empire) felted both a coat and a lush rug. Susan Gonig (Redwood Empire) took a gold ribbon for her felted squares. Judy Fisher knotted a pile rug from rag rug scraps. Julie Barber (Redwood Empire) salvaged scraps from hot hair balloons to twine into colorful rugs. Sharon Cahn (Mendocino Coast) won a blue ribbon for her shibori and knit wool bra and thong. Igor Raven (Foothill Fibers) plied many cones of fine yarns into thick weft for a ‘stuffer’ warp rug. Judy Calder (Tamalpias) also received a ribbon.

The 25 entrants in the Fashion Show were handed numbered helium balloons so that they could be spotted in the crowded McHenry Museum, a several block stroll from the Convention Center. In addition to Lillian Whipple’s gold ribbon entry, blue ribbons went to Pat Stewart (Loom and Shuttle) for her gold, lavender, grey and rust double weave jacket, and to Nancy Harvey for her tapestry jacket.

The McHenry Museum and Historical Society works to preserve Modesto and Stanislaus County heritage and artifacts. Modesto organizations from businesses, social groups and civic departments contributed their photos, mementos and equipment to round out this local museum’s collection. Their displays, gift store and the catered food and drink competed with our fashions for attention. Radios, from large table top models to the trendiest, original pocket transistors, filled the main gallery. The formal parlor with lovely period couches was perfect for sitting and sipping the white-only wine to avoid nasty stains. In the pioneer rooms, Mewuk and Yokut baskets dating from the 1900s to 1920s made of willow, redbud, bull pine, maple, sedge root, bunch grass and bracken were carefully scrutinized.

One hallway downstairs held the Hazel R. Doten exhibition of hundreds of fabulous buttons collected by a 5th Avenue New York designer in the 1930s. One small button depicted the legend of the mice devouring an archbishop. In another downstairs display case were quilts: an 1888 campaign ribbon quilt, an 1898 silk log cabin quilt and a 1920s postage stamp quilt where each square measured just 1”. Another case held flapper dresses, one beaded gold silk net, with black beaded bags and shawls and a sheer silk robe with beaded and trapunto’d roses.

The Audience Choice Votes went to Tui Hedstrom’s (Diablo) tessellating pattern silk scarf in pink and creams in the California Fun Gallery; to Anita Pazeian’s (Fresno) horoscope woven room screen in the California Originals Gallery; to Anita McGee’s (Mother Lode) black stripe vest in the Return to Sender Gallery; to Marlene Golden’s (Loom and Shuttle) networked 12 shaft twill scarf in the California Inspired Gallery and to Lillian Whipple’s Prayer Shawl ensemble in the Fashion Show. Lillian spent most of her time at the Fashion Show zipping and unzipping the spiral bag woven with Love, Faith, Trust, Hope and Peace. Again this year, Lillian wove every award ribbon making them doubly prized.

PASSING THE SPINDLE

There has been a change in the leadership, but I am relatively sure it went unnoticed. Did you know that the leadership passes from area to area in regular order each year? The next four Advisory Council meetings will be in Sacramento (Area 4) – the one perk for each Chair is that she doesn’t have to travel! Cheryl Reynolds will be using the spindle (er, gavel) at our next Advisory Council and Liaisons meetings. Thank you Cheryl, for taking this on.

The Advisory Board membership has been a growing experience for me. I never wanted to be Chair but it turned out to be quite a doable job. Never wanted to be Secretary either but, again, doable. Didn’t know much about the organization, how the conferences “happened” or what it took to keep it all going. I have a better idea now. It was a slow learning curve, starting with a small job for the 1999 Conference but in the long run, it was a good thing.

The continuing issue I see is communication among the guilds through CNCH. Will we ever have all 1000 plus members hearing the same thing at the same time? Get real. So then it becomes important to do that little job you volunteered to do, like update the CNCH secretary with your membership list, or attend liaison meetings after having actually read the agenda and accompanying information, or letting CNCH know who the current contacts are in your guild. Do you know who your area advisor is? Have area advisors talked to their guilds? Do you encourage others to read CiNCH Notes? And then there is leading edge technology…would it make sense to have podcasts from Conference Chairs in our future?

There will be new board members this year, and new ideas and new paths of communication, making it all a lot more interesting. I have said it before and I will repeat ad infinitum….we are sooooooo lucky to have this organization, even with its flaws, to help us keep the fiber world alive.

It was a quiet moment at the back of the vendor hall in Modesto. I challenged Nancy Finn of Chasing Rainbows to teach me how to use a spindle. I had NEVER been successful. She taught me in five minutes, I bought the spindle.

            Penny Peters

Liaison Lunch October 21

Area 3 (SF Bay Area) looks forward to welcoming guild liaisons to the October meeting at the Pleasanton Hotel. Details will be forthcoming in a letter to guild liaisons and presidents in late August or early September. Please make sure that Erin MacLean, our CNCH Administrative Assistant, knows your guild’s newly elected liaisons and presidents and their contact information. This will also be the first opportunity to sign up to be an "angel," assisting instructors at Asilomar; a sure way to guarantee your enrollment in a particular workshop. We hope to see all guilds represented!

Contact Erin at advisory@cnch.org or c/of CNCH Inc. PO Bo 191119, Sacramento, CA 95819-1119

The Pleasanton Hotel, 855 Main St, Pleasanton, CA 94566. www.pleasantonhotel.com or 925-846-8106, fax 925-846-0531

CNCH 2007

Fiber Re-Treat Re-Turns To Asilomar

The 2007 CNCH conference will be held April 19 - 22 at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove. Registrants will have the choice of one 2 1/2 day workshop with Carole Beadle, Fred Bloebaum, Linda Hendrickson, Mary Hettmansperger, Flo Hoppe, Sara Lamb, Judith MacKenzie, Nancy Moore Bess, Joan Ruane, Alice Schlien, Martha Stanley, Joanne Tallarovic, Jannie Taylor, or Karen Urbanek.

The Asilomar Retreat will feature three levels of registration:

§       Full Registration covers a workshop plus all other events.

§       Mini-Reg covers only evening events.

§       Field Trip Registration combines all evening events with morning field trips to the Monterey Aquarium and to Elkhorn Slough.

The Mini and Field Trip registrations are appropriate for weavers and non-weavers alike.

Evening programs include a slide show of work, a humorous talk by noted New York fiberist Flo Hoppe and a tour of workshop classrooms. Friday evening will be "Bag Night" where your refurbished conference bag could win prizes. Saturday evening includes a silent auction of FiberMail cards to benefit CNCH.

Conference information and workshop topics were given to your Guild Liaison at the May Liaison meeting in Modesto. Conference information and registration information will be posted at www.CNCH.org this Fall. Registration books will be available in print and on line with print copies for guild distribution handed out at the October Liaison Lunch.

Everyone is encouraged to register early for Conference and reserve rooms at Asilomar. Early Bird Registration will start November 1 and end January 10. After January 10, blocked rooms will opened to the general public and registration fees will be increased.

CNCH 2008

California Trails Lead to Sacramento

For the 160th anniversary of the discovery of gold in California and to celebrate those who walked their way across the country, Sacramento area guilds are planning an excellent conference for 2008. Guild booths will be consolidated by CNCH Area and assigned a theme. Both 3 hour workshops and 1 ½ hour lectures will be offered. Evening events include an ice cream social and a ‘BYOB’ conference bag embellishment competition. Cash prizes emphasize ‘weave to win.’

Multiple day workshops will be offered immediately following the conference.

The Arden Way Double Tree Inn in Sacramento offers ‘all in one place’ convenience: balcony rooms, close to rooms parking, over 10 restaurants within easy walking distance and a negotiated rate of $109 / night for up to 4 people.

For Sale

Tapestry Loom: 48” Fireside cantilever tapestry loom. Cherry wood, excellent condition. Over 75% assembled with accessory rail and 10 epi reed. Can be easily transported with tapestry in progress and under tension as weighs less than 100 lbs. $3500 or best offer. Was $4650 new including crating and shipping plus a wait of 4-8 months.

This loom is in Mendocino County, about 3 hrs north of San Francisco. Contact 707-984-9562 or beverlymuir@saber.net

Maker: www.firesidelooms.com/looms_cantelever.html

 

Calendar

June 9 – July 6: INTERSECTIONS III Art Exhibition of 40 fiber artists, Herbst Intl Exhibition Hall, Presidio of San Francisco, 385 Moraga, San Francisco. 11-5PM Tues-Sun. 415-564-8239 or www.fiberdimensions.com/show/page.html

June 10: Intermediate Tatting class with Terry McGuffin, Lacis, 2982 Adeline St, Berkeley, 510-843-7290, $45.

June 10: Spinners Picnic at West Side Farms sponsored by Sonoma Fiber Trails, 7097 Westside Road, Healdsburg. Demonstration volunteers wanted. Potluck picnic, fiber sales and spinning under the oaks next to the Russian River. Small admission donation requested. 10AM – 4PM JoAnn 707-874-3374 or info@wyammyranch.com

June 10 - 11: Bark Strip Harvesting Workshop! Peel strips of willow, maple and cherry and see lots of possibilities. $50/day, includes materials Ancient Arts Center, 16140 Lobster Valley Rd., Alsea, OR 97324 or Margaret 541-486-4311, margaret@peak.org

June 11: Opening Reception: INTERSECTIONS III Art Exhibition 1-4PM. Herbst International Exhibition Hall, Presidio of San Francisco, 385 Moraga, San Francisco. 415-564-8239 or www.fiberdimensions.com/show/page.html

June 14 - Aug 2 Wednesday Mornings: Blisters, Puckers, Poofs and Furrows Weaving Class with Michaela Peters. RAC Member $175 • Nonmember $195. The Richmond Art Center, 510-620-6772. www.therichmondartcenter.org

June 17: Southern Quiltmaking and the Gee’s Bend Quilters. TAC Lecture with Merikay Waldvogel, de Young Museum, San Francisco. 10AM $5 for non-TAC members. www.textileartscouncil.org or 415-750-3627

June 17: Pacific Textile Arts Fair, Silent Auction and Rummage Sale 9AM – 3:30PM 450 Alger St, Fort Bragg, 707-964-5279, 707-962-0441 or jwoll@mcn.org to contribute items or reserve a craft booth.

June 17 & 24: Intro to Lace Knitting with Susie Hodges, 1:30-5PM $35. Lacis, 2982 Adeline St, Berkeley, 510-843-7290.

June 17 & 24: Sculptural Knitting workshop with Lori Goldman California College of the Arts, 5212 Broadway Ave, Oakland CA 94618. $120 with $10 fiber fee. 510-594-3710

June 19: Dyeing Fine Fibers class with Carin Engen, $85 Mendocino Arts Center. 800-653-3328 or www.mendocinoartcenter.org

June 23 - 25: Black Sheep Gathering, 86460 Loraine Highway, Eugene, OR 97405-9481, leslie@fishwhistle.com or www.blacksheepgathering.org

June 23: An Evening with Jack Lenor Larsen at The Lodge at Sonoma, 1325 Broadway, Sonoma. Show Preview 4-6:30PM, Lecture 7PM $20 for museum members or $25 for non-members. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art - 551 Broadway, Sonoma 707-939-7862 or www.svma.org

June 24: Woolgathering, Spinning Contest sponsored by Del Oro Spinners and Weavers, in conjunction with Lana llama fair, Amador County Fairgrounds, Plymouth 10 AM – 5PM Contest entries $5/person/event. Rules from PO Box 17 Martell, CA 95654. Info at 209-245-5235, 209-267-1846 or delorowoolgathering@yahoo.com

June 24 - Aug 20: Jack Lenor Larsen: Creator and Collector Exhibition by world-renowned weaver. Wed-Sun 11AM-5PM $5, free on Sundays. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art - 551 Broadway, Sonoma 707-939-7862 or www.svma.org

Jun 25-Jul 1: Convergence 2006, biennial fiber conference and workshops in Grand Rapids, MI; HGA, 1255 Buford Highway, Suite 211, Suwanee, GA 30024 or www.weavespindye.org

June 26 - 30: Fiber Construction Technique Class with Tracy Krumm $305 Mendocino Arts Center. 800-653-3328 or www.mendocinoartcenter.org

June 26 - 30: Color Effects with Double Weave Class with Janice Sullivan $305 Mendocino Arts Center. 800-653-3328 or www.mendocinoartcenter.org

June 29 - 30: Learn to Weave Class with Robin Lynde, Meridian Jacobs, Vacaville, CA, 707-678-5750 or rlynde@onramp113.org and www.meridianjacobs.com

June 30: Spinners Night Out at Meridian Jacobs, Vacaville, CA, 707-678-5750 or rlynde@onramp113.org

July - 2: Taming the Chenille Worm, weaving chenille scarves class with Robin Lynde, Meridian Jacobs, Vacaville, CA, 707-678-5750 or rlynde@onramp113.org or www.meridianjacobs.com

July 1 - 30: 2nd Annual Fiber Arts Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway (Ocean St), Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Wed-Sat 12 to 5, Sun 12-4PM. FREE. 831-426-5787 or www.scal.org/gallery.htm

July 8: Double Weave Class with Robin Lynde, Meridian Jacobs, Vacaville, CA, 707-678-5750 or rlynde@onramp113.org or www.meridianjacobs.com

July 8 - 9: Japanese Shibori for Today workshop with Ana Lisa Hedstrom at The Sewing Workshop in San Francisco, 415-221-7397 www.thesewingworkshop.com

July 1 - Aug 9: Speaking through the Loom evening weaving class with Stacy Speyer. California College of the Arts, 5212 Broadway Ave, Oakland CA 94618. $300 plus $50 materials. 510-594-3710

July TBD: Sheep to Shawl Contest at the Alameda County Fair. Will 925-228-7223 campbelltaylor@earthlink.com

July 9 - Sept 10: By the Hand - A National Juried Exhibition of Traditional and Innovative Craft. Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, 925-295-1417 galleryinfo@bedfordgallery.org

July 14 - 16: Plants to Dye For Natural Dye Workshop with Jean Williams Cacicedo $140 + $25 materials. California College of the Arts, 5212 Broadway Ave, Oakland CA 94618, 510-594-3710

July 15: Spirit Dolls Workshop by Kitty Thoresen. Sponsored by Black Sheep Handweavers. $10-$25 depending on participants, plus a materials fee of $3-5. Woodside Church Hall. Kitty Thoresen, 650-367-7396 or kethor@earthlink.net

July 15 - 16: Nuno Felting with Mohair workshop with Cintra Harbach 12 – 4:30 PM RAC Member $95, Nonmember $110 plus $45 materials fee. The Richmond Art Center, 510-620-6772. www.therichmondartcenter.org

July 15 – Nov 26: Quilts of Gee’s Bend. Textile Gallery, de Young Museum. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Tue-Sun 9:30AM – 5PM, Fri until 8:45PM $10. 415-863-3330 or www.thinker.org.

July 21 & 28: Image Transfers 30+ Techniques with Richard Elliott. $150 + $20 materials fee. California College of the Arts, 5212 Broadway Ave, Oakland CA 94618, 510-594-3710

July 28: Spinners Night Out at Meridian Jacobs, Vacaville, CA, 707-678-5750 or rlynde@onramp113.org

July 28: Ribbon: Who Would Have Thought? Workshop with Candace Kling $35, materials provided 1 – 4PM Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, 925-295-1417 galleryinfo@bedfordgallery.org

July 29 - 31: Lambtown USA Festival spinning contests, animal shows, country fair, music and Sunday workshops in Dixon. Dixon Lambtown USA Festival, P.O. Box 492, Dixon, Ca, 95620 or staff@lambtown.com and www.lambtown.com

July 29: Wool Judging for the Monterey County Fair. Spend the day with a fleece expert evaluating entries in the Wool Auction. Bring your spinning, notebook and potluck lunch contribution. Free. Kelly Baldwin, Monterey County Fair Office at 831- 372-5863 montererycountyfair.com or Lili Blalock, 831- 375-5092

July 29: Intro to Hairpin Crochet class with Jennifer Hansen, $75. Lacis, 2982 Adeline St, Berkeley, 510-843-7290

July 29: Melon basket workshop with Kathleen Hubbard. RAC Member $55, Nonmember $75. 10AM – 4 PM. The Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond. 510-620-6772 or www.therichmondartcenter.org

July 29 - 30: All Colors of Natural Dyes on wool, cotton and basketry materials $50 per day, includes materials Ancient Arts Center, Alsea, OR. Margaret Matheweson, 541-486-4311 or margaret@peak.org

July 31 - Aug 4: Collapse Weave class with Janice Sullivan $305 Mendocino Arts Center. 800-653-3328 or www.mendocinoartcenter.org

Aug 1: Spinning to Specification with Celia Quinn. Hosted by the Carmel Crafts Guild in Pacific Grove. 9AM – 4PM $72 includes materials Contact Nancy Trissel, 831-626-3726 (h), 831-241-1645 (c) or ntrissel@sbcglobal.net

Aug 2: Novelty Yarns Workshop with Celia Quinn. Hosted by the Carmel Crafts Guild. $75 includes materials. (see above) Take both days for $137which includes all materials

Aug 1-17: Miniature Tapestry class with Jan Langdon Member $130 Nonmember $150, plus $5 materials fee 9:30 – 12:30 T & Th. The Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA 510-620-6772. www.therichmondartcenter.org

Aug 7 - 11: Wedge Weave class with Deborah Corsini $305 Mendocino Arts Center. 800-653-3328 or www.mendocinoartcenter.org

Aug 7 - 11: Shaped Tapestry class with Kathe Todd-Hooker $305 Mendocino Arts Center. 800-653-3328 or www.mendocinoartcenter.org

Aug 7 - Sept 2: Tamalpias Weavers’ Guild Show, Belvedere Tiburon library. 415 924-9436 or dottiday@comcast.net

Aug 8: Reception for Tamalpias Weavers’ Guild Show at Belvedere Tiburon Library

Aug 10 - 14: Ancestral Life Skills and Bodywork. Incorporate Aikido, Tai Chi and Feldenkrais into your daily practice $50 per day, includes materials Ancient Arts Center, Alsea, OR. Margaret Matheweson, 541-486-4311, margaret@peak.org

Aug 10 - 20: Humboldt County Fair, 1250 - 5th Street, Ferndale, CA www.humboldtcountyfair.org Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild staffing a booth in Belotti Hall. Info: Crystal Dobbs, Boll Weaver Yarns, 707-443-8145

Aug 11 –13: American Craft Council Show, Ft. Mason, San Francisco. The annual exhibition and sale of contemporary crafts is the largest juried craft show in the West. $10. 800-836-3470 or http://www.craftcouncil.org/sf/

Aug 12 - 13: Learn to Spin weekend class with Robin Lynde, Meridian Jacobs, Vacaville, CA, 707-678-5750 or rlynde@onramp113.org or www.meridianjacobs.com

Aug 12 - 13: Image Transfers 30+ techniques with Richard Elliott. $150 + $20 materials fee California College of the Arts, 5212 Broadway Ave, Oakland CA 94618, 510-594-3710

Aug 12 - Amazing Needle on Woven Surfaces workshop / demonstration by Andrea Niehuis on how the Amazing Needle can be used to create designs on your warp. Hosted by BlackSheep Handweavers Guild. Woodside Church. a nominal cost to cover the room rental. Laura Schickli, 913 Clara Drive, Palo Alto, CA, 94303 (650) 855-9356, schickli@pacbell.

Aug 13: Samplings Textile Festival, Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St, Oakland. Noon – 5PM Free. 510-238-2200 or www.museumca.org

Aug 13: Spinning Contests at Humboldt County Fair 11AM – 1PM followed by Wool Judging 4PM email: hhsgnews@sbcglobal.net or Crystal Dobbs, Boll Weaver Yarns, 707-443-8145

Aug 15 - 20: Monterey County Fair and Wool Show 831- 372-5863 montererycountyfair.com

Aug 20: Sheep to Shawl Demonstration 12Noon Humboldt County Fair, 1250 - 5th Street, Ferndale, CA email: hhsgnews@sbcglobal.net or Crystal Dobbs, Boll Weaver Yarns, 707-443-8145

Aug 23 – 27: Nevada State Fair with Carson Sierra Spinners and Weavers booth

Aug 2 - 31: Fiber Arts Intensive Week. An introduction to weaving styles, natural materials, gathering and preparation. Focus on Western North America. $50 per day, includes materials. Ancient Arts Center, 16140 Lobster Valley Rd., Alsea, OR 97324 or Margaret Matheweson, 541-486-4311, margaret@peak.org

Aug 26: CNCH Advisory Council Meeting, Sacramento. admin@cnch.org

Sep 1-3: Sew, Quilt & Embroidery Festival, Marin Center, San Rafael 800-472-6476, e-mail pcmg@juno.com

Sept TBD: Learn to Weave, The Next Step Weekend at Meridian Jacobs, Vacaville, CA, 707-678-5750 or rlynde@onramp113.org or www.meridianjacobs.com

Sept 12: Registration Closes for Fiber Arts Retreat in Sonora Sept 29-Oct 1.

Sept 23: Spinning Skills and/or Novelty Yarns. 2 classes at Meridian Jacobs, Vacaville, CA, 707-678-5750 or rlynde@onramp113.org or www.meridianjacobs.com

Sept 23 – Oct 2: Italian Textile Tour- 10 days in Umbria and Tuscany includes: workshop on local natural dyes, visit local museums of embroidery, linen, lace, weaving shops and more. Linda Kirsch, linda@lindakirsch.com, 650-592-8742

Sept 24 - Nov 12: Embroidered Stories / Knitted Tales Embroidery, knitting and crocheting are probably the last thing you’d expect to see in an art gallery today. Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, 925-295-1417 galleryinfo@bedfordgallery.org

Sept 27 - 28: Spinning Exotic Fibers workshop with Judith MacKenzie McCuin hosted by Sacramento guild. $110 + $5 materials. Barbara sbcabrol@earthlink.net or Susan susanpeters05@comcast.net or 209-727-0906

Sept 29 - Oct 1: 7th Annual Spinsters' Retreat! Hosted by Carson Sierra. Davis Creek Park (20 miles south of Reno), NV. Camping, workshops, fiber swap, potluck and margarita party with s’mores! Toni 530-993-0119, momllama@earthlink.net

Sept 29 - Oct 1: Fiber Arts Retreat, Sonora, CA $120 for 5 meals and shared room Fri/Sat. Old Oak Ranch Conference Center, Sonora. Penny Taylor, PO Box 1141 Twain Harte, CA 95383 or redkimes@bigvalley.net

Oct 9 - 13: Annual Braid In at Pacific Textile Arts with Richard Sutherland, Rodrick Owen and others. http://pacifictextilearts.org

Oct 14-15: Celia Quin Spinning Workshops approx $100 plus fiber fees. Basics plus 2^nd day TBD. Sponsored by Black Sheep Handweavers at Woodside Village Church, Carolyn 650-851-1216 or cizumicm@aol.com

Oct 21: Liaison Meeting and CNCH 07 Lunch, The Pleasanton Hotel, Main Street, Pleasanton. advisory@cnch.org

Oct 25 - 26: Challenge of the Rug Workshop with Martha Stanley hosted by Sacramento guild. $85 + $30 materials. Barbara sbcabrol@earthlink.net or Susan susanpeters05@comcast.net or 209-727-0906

Oct 28: Yolo Wool Mill Open House. 41501 Country Road 27, Woodland, CA 95776 www.yolowoolmill.com/events.html or Jane@YoloWoolMill.com or

Nov TBD: Scholarship Application Deadline for CNCH 07. Application will be posted at www.cnch.org

Nov 1: Registration opens for CNCH 07 Fiber ReTREAT at Asilomar. Early Bird rates www.cnch.org

Nov 1-5: Rodrick Owen Teaches Braiding at Pacific Textile Arts, Fort Bragg. http://pacifictextilearts.org

Nov 2 - Dec 3: Innovations in FiberArts III, a biennial, open juried show. Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Prospectus available soon. Richard Elliott, CCA, will be the juror. www.sebarts.org

Nov 7 - 19: Textile Tour of Japan, co-lead by Takako of Habu. Contact Marj Wolf at Marjswolf@aol.com

Nov 29 - Dec 1: Robyn Spady workshop - There’s Two Sides to Every Cloth. Sponsored by Loom and Shuttle in Berkeley. Instructor info: www.spadystudios.com Contact penny_peters@hotmail.com or 510-524-4776

Dec 2: Inkle Loom Workshop, sponsored by Loom and Shuttle in San Francisco. See new interpretations with fine silk, application of different weaving techniques to create exciting embellishments, jewelry, and accessories. Contact penny_peters@hotmail.com or 510-524-4776

Dec 4 - 6: Robyn Spady workshop - There’s Two Sides to Every Cloth. Instructor info: www.spadystudios.com Cost: $125.00 plus $15 materials fee. At Woodside Village Church. Laura 650-855-9356 or schickli@pacbell.net

Jan 10, 2007: CNCH 07 Fiber RE-TREAT Early Bird Registration rate ends. www.cnch.org

Feb 7: Retrospective Exhibit of Vivienne Westwood opens at the de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

March 20 - 25: ASCH Conference 2007, Wildflowers of the Sierra, Visalia Convention Center, Visalia www.aschsite.org

Around the Guilds

May and June are the months for electing / selecting new officers, reviewing CNCH participation, collecting dues, preparing for County Fairs and hosting picnics. Some guilds have expressed difficulties filling their officer openings. One new elected guild president suggested that “it’s my turn, ” that guild responsibilities should rotate through the membership with everyone participating in turn. All of us benefit when we each take our turn.

Loom and Shuttle celebrates the 100th birthday of member, Mary Schwartz at their June meeting. She has been a member since 1949 and is still an active member. Mary will show some pieces of her weaving and maybe share her secret for staying so young. Loom & Shuttle will give a scholarship to CNCH 07 Conference at Asilomar in honor of Mary. The only requirement is to be a Loom and Shuttle member who has never attended / registered for conference. Going for the day to shop doesn't count!.

Golden Gate Weavers hosted Fred Bloebaum, a great woman with a man’s name who is the designer behind La Fred patterns: www.lafred.com and workshop leader on sewing with handwovens at CNCH 07 and CNCH 2000. Diablo Weavers May meeting featured Fabrics From India with Kuldip and SHobha Shodhan who seek out unusual, beautifully crafted fabrics. While most are production made, they do have a few that are hand woven, hand beaded, or hand stamped.

Tamalpias Guild’s June meeting is an end of the year party with lots of show and tell and the results of the chenille challenge. Redwood Empire is planning a little “make it-take it” project for their booth at the Sonoma County Fair that they can use to encourage kids young and old to try their hand with fibers. Fresno Guild hosted an intense 2 days of Navajo style weaving with Larry Coveney from Sun City, Arizona and his wife, Carol. He did a lot of explaining, and had many samples and photographs. Each technique required a different degree of weaving skill.

Area 1: CNCH 05 South Bay -Monterey	Area 2: CNCH 06 San Joaquin Valley – Gold Country	Area 3: CNCH 07 San Francisco – East Bay	Area 4: CNCH 08 and Chair Sacramento - Foothills	Area 5 North Coast
§       Ashtl'o §       Blacksheep Handweavers §       Carmel Crafts Guild §       Fiber Artisans §       Glenna Harris Weavers §       Santa Cruz Handweavers §       Trampornas Weavers	§       Del Oro Spinners & Weavers §       Fresno Weavers & Spinners §       Golden Valley Weavers & Spinners §       Mother Lode Weavers & Spinners	§       Bay Area Basketmakers §       Diablo Weavers §       Golden Gate Weavers §       Loom & Shuttle §       Spindles & Flyers §       Treadles to Threads	§       Country Weavers §       Foothill Fibers Guild §       Gravander Spinners §       Mt. Lassen Weavers §       Reno Fiber Guild §       Sacramento Weavers & Spinners	§       Humboldt Handweavers & Spinners §       Mendocino Coast Handweavers §       Redwood Empire Handweavers & Spinners §       Silverado Handweavers §       Tamalpais Weavers §       Yokayo Textile Guild

 

 

 

 

 

CiNCH Notes

Conference of Northern California Handweavers, Inc.

PO Box 19119

Sacramento, CA 95819-1119

Send in your list of newly elected Guild Officers

Plan to Attend Liaison Meeting and Lunch

Oct 21 - Pleasanton