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THE SILK WEAVING STUDIO OFFERS MANY EXCITING SPINNING
& WEAVING CLASSES
Select from beginners weaving 101 and level 102, with Ana Sousa or Amanda Wood, introduction to tapestry with Ruth Jones and silk spinning with Kim McKenna
SCHEDULING OF OUR WEAVING CLASSES IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD
PLEASE CONTACT US AT SILKWEAVEDIANA@GMAIL.COM TO BE NOTIFIED ABOUT FUTURE CLASSES
sPINNING CLASSES VIA ZOOM 2021-see details below
Sanjo Silk Spinning Workshops led by Kim McKenna
Blending Alluring Silk Rolags and Sliver
Date: Saturday, April 17th, 2021
Time: 9:30am – 1pm (PST)
Workshop Fee: $100, not including shipping
Registration closing date: March 26th, 2021
This three-and-a-half hour on-line Zoom workshop is hosted by Sanjo Silk and The Silk Weaving Studio on Granville Island, B.C. Thanks to Diana Sanderson’s panache for colour and dyeing expertise as well as Sanjo Silk’s exquisite taste in sourcing quality fibre, you will be working with beautiful Bombyx Mawata and Nefa silks, custom dyed especially for this event. Your blending adventure will explore the use of colour and texture using your blending board or hand cards to create exquisite one-of-a-kind rolags and sliver. Although spinning wheels are not be required for this workshop, Kim will share tips for spinning these beautiful fibre preparations into your choice of either smooth or textured yarns. Kim will also demonstrate how to make your own colourful neps which add great pops of colour and texture in blends.
$100 workshop fee includes materials supplied in the workshop which retail at $50 and include custom-dyed Bombyx Mawata (40g), custom-dyed Bombyx Nefa (40g) and approximately 60 grams of Ashford dyed-in-the-wool Merino.
This class is for adventuresome souls. The colourway package you receive will be luck of the draw as we are not able to accommodate special requests for colours.
Along with your materials, you will be receiving a coupon from Sanjo Silk Ltd. for 10% off your next fibre or yarn purchase.
Please be sure to include your email address, mailing address and phone number in all communications. Closer to the time of the class, an email with additional information and access code to the zoom on-line class will be sent to the email address you include.
Note: Eventbrite calendar reminders, do not require any response on your part.
Important Shipping Note:
Please contact Diana as soon as possible to let her know if you will be picking your materials up at The Silk Weaving Studio on Granville Island or if you require your materials to be shipped silkweavediana@gmail.com
Materials will be shipped 3 weeks prior to the workshop. Shipping Cost is $15 within Canada and $20 to USA. Materials will be shipped by March 26th at the latest.
Equipment List: Note: The Silk Weaving Studio is an Ashford Retailer and is offering a 10% discount to anyone wishing to purchase equipment for this workshop. To enquire or order please email silkweavediana@gmail.com
· Hand cards and/or Blending board. Even if you will be using a blending board, handcards are useful for carding some fibres prior to adding them to the blending board.
· Two dowels approximately ½” in diameter, which extend approximately 7.5” beyond the carding cloth. Note: This is included in Ashford’s Blending Board Kit.
· Blending brush or dog brush. Note: Blending brush is included in Ashford’s Blending Board Kit.
- Optional…stiff bristle brush the width of the carding cloth. i.e. wallpaper brush.
- Diz. Please do not worry If you do not own a diz. You can still create rolags, just not sliver.
- Scissors and supplies needed for note taking, labelling and keeping your samples in order. Suggestions: Permanent marker, highlighter, pen or pencil, note paper or index cards, ruler, baggies for samples
- Optional….if you have leftover bits or bobs of sliver, roving or tops in your stash, you may wish to have them available to extend your colour range.
Exploring Sumptuous Silk Blends
Date: Saturday, May 15th, 2021
Time: 9:30am – 1pm (PST)
Workshop Fee: $95, not including shipping
Registration closing date: April 23rd, 2021
Don’t get me wrong, I love colour. But there is something compelling about natural-coloured silk in blends. As we delve into the world of mulberry and non-mulberry silk in blends, you will come to appreciate the impact your choice of silk can have on lustre, colour, hand and texture.
I will share how I use my blending board and hand cards, giving you tips and tricks to create rolags and rovings that are lovely and smooth or slightly more textured and edgy. The fibre we have selected for you to explore includes: honey-beige tussah, golden muga, pearlescent white eri, slightly textured Indian Bombyx, mohair and three silk blends (one with Merino, one with flax and the other cashmere).
Although spinning wheels are not be required for this workshop, I will share tips for spinning these beautiful fibre preparations.
$95 workshop fee includes materials supplied in the workshop which retail at $45.
Along with your materials, you will be receiving a coupon from Sanjo Silk Ltd for 10% off your next fibre or yarn purchase.
Please be sure to include your email address, mailing address and phone number in all communications. Closer to the time of the class, an email with additional information and access code to the zoom on-line class will be sent to the email address you include. Note: Eventbrite calendar reminders, do not require any response on your part.
Important Shipping Note:
This three-and-a-half hour on-line Zoom workshop is hosted by Sanjo Silk and The Silk Weaving Studio on Granville Island, B.C. Please contact Diana as soon as possible to let her know if you will be picking your materials up at The Silk Weaving Studio on Granville Island or if you require your materials to be shipped silkweavediana@gmail.com
Materials will be shipped 3 weeks prior to the workshop. Shipping Cost is $15 within Canada and $20 to USA. Materials will be shipped by April 23rd at the latest.
Equipment List: Note: The Silk Weaving Studio is an Ashford Retailer and is offering a 10% discount to anyone wishing to purchase equipment for this workshop. To enquire or order please email silkweavediana@gmail.com
· Hand cards and/or Blending board. Even if you will be using a blending board, handcards are useful for carding some fibres prior to adding them to the blending board.
· Two dowels approximately ½” in diameter, which extend approximately 7.5” beyond the carding cloth. Note: This is included in Ashford’s Blending Board Kit.
· Blending brush or dog brush. Note: Blending brush is included in Ashford’s Blending Board Kit.
- Optional…stiff bristle brush the width of the carding cloth. i.e. wallpaper brush.
- Diz. Please do not worry If you do not own a diz. You can still create rolags, just not sliver.
- Supplies needed for note taking, labelling and keeping your samples in order. Suggestions: Permanent marker, highlighter, pen or pencil, note paper or index cards, ruler, baggies for samples
- Optional: If you have leftover bits or bobs of natural coloured sliver, roving or tops in your stash, you are welcome to have them available for blending.
WEAVING 101
From warping to finishing, learn how to weave on a rigid heddle loom with teaching artist and weaver Amanda Wood.
Learn to weave on the simplest loom, the Ashford Knitter’s Loom. Over the course of three weeks you will create a sampler that explores a number of materials and techniques. Bring the loom home between classes to practice techniques learned in class. You'll also learn finishing and warping methods specifically for rigid heddle weaving. Some materials are included as well as a 10% discount on yarns and looms purchased through the studio while enrolled.
This course runs over 3-weeks. Watch for classes with Amanda in spring 20201.
Amanda Wood is a member of the Canadian Guild of Weavers and the Craft Council of BC and she exhibits her handwoven structures across the country. Her work is grounded within the context of traditional hand weaving yet lives in the interstitial space between art and craft. amandawoodstudio.com
From warping to finishing, learn to weave on a rigid heddle loom with professional weaver, Ana Isabel
Learn to weave on the simplest loom, the Ashford Knitter’s Loom. Over the course of three weeks you will create a sampler that explores a number of materials and techniques. Bring the loom home between classes to practice techniques learned in class. You'll also learn finishing and warping methods specifically for rigid heddle weaving. Some materials are included as well as a 10% discount on yarns and looms purchased through the studio while enrolled.
This course runs over 3-weeks.
Watch for classes with Ana for 2020
Ana Isabel Sousa weaves modern, minimalist, tapestries and wall hangings. She designs, dyes and weaves using traditional equipment and processes. Ana works with mainly silk and other natural fibers. She is heavily inspired by the woven grid and it's relationship with other materials. www.anaisabeltextiles.com
Learn to weave on the simplest loom, the Ashford Knitter’s Loom. Over the course of three weeks you will create a sampler that explores a number of materials and techniques. Bring the loom home between classes to practice techniques learned in class. You'll also learn finishing and warping methods specifically for rigid heddle weaving. Some materials are included as well as a 10% discount on yarns and looms purchased through the studio while enrolled.
This course runs over 3-weeks.
Watch for classes with Ana for 2020
Ana Isabel Sousa weaves modern, minimalist, tapestries and wall hangings. She designs, dyes and weaves using traditional equipment and processes. Ana works with mainly silk and other natural fibers. She is heavily inspired by the woven grid and it's relationship with other materials. www.anaisabeltextiles.com
WEAVING 102
For students that have completed WEAVING 101 and are excited to take rigid heddle weaving to the next level. Over the course of three weeks, you'll learn to plan and execute a weaving project. Like the 101 class you will be able to work on your project at home between classes. All materials are included as well as a 10% discount on yarns and looms purchased through the studio while enrolled.
We'll begin by thinking about design principles and structures used in weaving and discuss yarn choices. A number of options for a project will be discussed with the instructor before developing a plan and creating a final piece of your own design. Bring your inspiration and ideas for colour and patterns.
This course runs over 3-weeks
Amanda Wood is a member of the Canadian Guild of Weavers and the Craft Council of BC and she exhibits her handwoven structures across the country. Her work is grounded within the context of traditional hand weaving yet lives in the interstitial space between art and craft. amandawoodstudio.com
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Tapestry Weaving with Ruth Jones
Tapestry Weaving with Ruth Jones
Tapestry is a weft-faced cloth. The weaver lays the wefts into the warp in a discontinuous pattern, based on his or her artistic plan.
Ruth Jones is an Aubusson-trained tapestry designer and weaver with a background in Classics and Fine Arts. She believes that patience, required for skill-building, pays off in gained visual and manual dexterity.
An article about Ruth’s work appears in the Winter 2019 issue of the magazine Surface Design. Among other venues in Canada and the UK, her work will be exhibited in 2020-2021 in America Tapestry Alliance Biennial exhibition 13.
The course fee of $195 includes instruction, two bobbins and silk and wool yarns for class time. You can bring your own loom pre-warped or purchase a pre-warped loom for $90. Please email silkweavediana@gmail.com if you wish to order a loom.
Class size is limited to 5, allowing personal instruction.
The course scheduled for 3 consecutive evenings: Please contact us if you are interested in being notified when we have new dates.
Ruth is planning an advanced tapestry workshop and would like to structure it around the students needs and availability. Please write to silkweavediana@gmail.com if you are interested or to be on the contact list.
Tapestry is a weft-faced cloth. The weaver lays the wefts into the warp in a discontinuous pattern, based on his or her artistic plan.
Ruth Jones is an Aubusson-trained tapestry designer and weaver with a background in Classics and Fine Arts. She believes that patience, required for skill-building, pays off in gained visual and manual dexterity.
An article about Ruth’s work appears in the Winter 2019 issue of the magazine Surface Design. Among other venues in Canada and the UK, her work will be exhibited in 2020-2021 in America Tapestry Alliance Biennial exhibition 13.
The course fee of $195 includes instruction, two bobbins and silk and wool yarns for class time. You can bring your own loom pre-warped or purchase a pre-warped loom for $90. Please email silkweavediana@gmail.com if you wish to order a loom.
Class size is limited to 5, allowing personal instruction.
The course scheduled for 3 consecutive evenings: Please contact us if you are interested in being notified when we have new dates.
Ruth is planning an advanced tapestry workshop and would like to structure it around the students needs and availability. Please write to silkweavediana@gmail.com if you are interested or to be on the contact list.
For registration- see links for Eventbrite with each class
Refund policy for all classes:
Eventbrite fees are non-refundable. Class fees are non-refundable unless class is cancelled. In the event of unforeseen instructor absence all efforts will be made to re-schedule missed classes. If for some reason you are unable to attend the course, you may send someone else in your place. Please contact us at sanjosilk at gmail dot com
Eventbrite fees are non-refundable. Class fees are non-refundable unless class is cancelled. In the event of unforeseen instructor absence all efforts will be made to re-schedule missed classes. If for some reason you are unable to attend the course, you may send someone else in your place. Please contact us at sanjosilk at gmail dot com
We are a dealer for Ashford looms and accessories.
Please enquire.
Please enquire.