At the Unitarian Church in Santa Fe

9:30 am: Social Time
10:00 am: Business Meeting
10:30 am: Diane de Souza: "From Old World Weaving to New World Fibers"

Diane de Souza has a broad background in fiber and weave structures having worked with most fibers and weave structures ranging from weft face rug weaving to 24 shaft loom controlled work. She has been actively weaving for 10 years and knitting, crocheting, ... for many more. She has done production weaving for Tierra Wools and Weaving Southwest. She has taught in multiple venues and enjoys passing on her experiences to others. Her work has won awards or been accepted for juried shows at IWC, Convergence, the Boulder Guild, Pagosa Fiber Festival, and the Taos Arts Festival. Her current focus is interesting fibers, dyeing with natural dye extracts, loom controlled shibori, and complex loom controlled weave structures.

The program will be a combination of a brief textile tour of southern Laos and a discussion of the current state of manufactured fibers. There is a connection but you will have to come to the event for that information. Diane spent 2 weeks in southern Laos in February 2007. Project equipment permitting, there will be a brief photo show and textiles and textile equipment will be available for a close-up inspection. The majority of the textiles are weft faced Ikat although there are some surprises in the mix. Diane gave a program a year and a half ago about manufactures fibers - soy, bamboo, sea silk, ... there will be brief update on those fibers as well as the connection to Laos.

NOVEMBER LAS TEJEDORAS EXHIBIT AT THE UNITARIAN CHURCH

All members are welcome to participate in this month-long exhibit to be installed in the large hallway of the Unitarian Church. We will hang the show on Saturday, November 1 at 9:30 a.m. Please bring a printed sheet with your name, contact information, and a list of your items and prices. All of your pieces should be tagged with your name, name of piece and fiber information. Do not put prices on these tags. Contact Program Chair, Louise Hill if you have questions.