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Author: LtAdmion

Tutor: Sue Dwyer  

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A description of Barbara's work and the course itself can be found on Barbara's website - www.barbarajwalker.com...

09 April, 2018 /

Tutor: Anne Field  

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Anne has been weaving for over 30 years in New Zealand and wrote the first Ashford Book of Shaft Weaving. Her weaving concentrates on fabric that cannot be woven on industrial looms (given that hand weaving cannot compete commercially in this area). In 2004 she was awarded a Craft Scholarship by the New Zealand Craft Council and came to the UK to study at the Ann Sutton Foundation. Here she explored woven devoré using two types of fibre in warp and weft and then dissolving one of them in defined areas. The course is designed to teach this technique....

09 April, 2018 /

Tutor: Riitta Sinkkonen Davies  

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Riita is frfom Finland but has lived for the last 30 years in south-west Wales. She was commissioned to weave the fine linen fabric used to make the rochet worn by the present Archbishop of Canterbury during his ordination and has recreated historic fabrics for several museums including the National Trust's Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre in Suffolk, the Jorvik Viking Centre in York and the Shakespeare Birth-Place Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon. In 2000 Riitta was a recipient of the Theo Moorman Trust Award.   This course taught techniques for managing and handling linen on the loom. More information about Riitta is available at www.rasdavies.co.uk...

19 March, 2018 /

Tutor: Anna Crutchley  

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Anna Crutchley trained in constructed textiles and now runs her own business making bespoke furnishing trimmings. She is the author of several books on making passementerie.   During the course students wove narrow braids on a four shaft loom using very fine sewing cotton. Emphasis was on the edges, making them decorative with fringes whilst weaving....

19 March, 2018 /

Tutor: Hannelore Cole  

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Hannelore has taught weaving all her life and has a special interest in Navajo weaving. The workshop taught us how to assemble a simple Navajo loom and then to warp and weave in the classic style. The loom was then ours to take home....

19 March, 2018 /