Jannie Taylor has been a handweaver and designer for over 30 years. She teaches advanced weaving classes at the AVL Weaving School, and at Convergence 2008.
An inspired teacher, she enjoys sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm with other weavers in a relaxed, collaborative environment.
When she’s not teaching, Jannie enjoys designing and weaving one-of-a-kind silk garments and scarves that show her fascination with the interplay of color, fiber, and structure within a woven work.
Jannie earned the Handweavers Guild of America award for “Outstanding Creativity and Craftsmanship in Weaving” and her work has appeared in Weaver’s magazine and WeaveZine.com, the online weaving magazine
Link to workshop signup: MS-word format, PDF format
Students will gain an understanding of Shadow Weave by weaving samples of Shadow Weave designs on 4, 6, 8 and more shafts. Color drafting for Shadow Weave; influence of color, value and scale in Shadow Weave designs; and using Shadow Weave to create beautiful and unusual clothing, accessories and household textiles will all be covered.
Students will each bring a loom, pre-threaded to a design provided by the instructor. Each workshop participant will leave the class with their own annotated Shadow Weave workbook and set of samples.
Note: In order to prepare your loom for this workshop, please contact Ann Dimock in advance for the choices of patterns available. This workshop is a round robin which means we will be weaving samples on each other's loom. We will each have a sample of every pattern to keep. Patterns range from easy to Challenging. There are patterns for table and floor looms, 4, 6, & 8 harnesses. If you need to rent a table loom from the guild, contact Mae Chester.
Maximum number of students: 20
Skill level: Beginner to advanced-should be able to read a weaving draft and thread a loom.
Materials fee: $30.00 paid to instructor
Optional: $15.00 for a CD of all workshop drafts + bonus drafts.
Link to workshop signup: MS-word format, PDF format
General program questions can be directed to the Program Committee.
We hope to see you at the February meeting!