Mt Lassen Fiber Guild

From MLFG President Char Pias: "Great turnout (2/6/26) at the Redding opening of the mixed-media art exhibition 'Woven Together by our Roots, Land and Experiences!' My tapestry 'Threads without Borders' emerged from an intuitive, free-style process that allowed pattern and landscape to unfold organically. Bands of color form sky, mountain, and earth, drawing from the mountainous region near Delphi, where my Greek ancestors lived. The work reflects a sense of place shaped by memory, continuity, and relationship to land.

While traveling in Oaxaca, Mexico, I visited the ancient Zapotec site of Mitla, where the Greca motif appears throughout the architecture. Weaving this tapestry in Oaxaca, I recognized a profound visual resonance between the Zapotec Greca and the Greek Key or Meander, a symbol of continuity, unity, and the eternal flow of life. This shared pattern, encountered across cultures and centuries, became central to the work. In the upper field, small cloud forms contain the Greek Mati, offering a subtle protective presence within the landscape."

Exhibit through 2/27/26, Old City Hall, Redding

Many thanks to Guild member Linda Hilgeman for teaching her egg basket workshop following our general meeting of 11/16/24. 

Jeannie Kaiser and Louisa Hunter from Auburn taught an Eco Dyeing workshop today at Rebecca Shelly's lovely Weft & Willow studio today!

Such a great beaded macramé bracelet class at today’s Guild meeting, taught by member Virginia McLaren… fabulous!

The sheep to shawl team “the Mt Lassen Lassies “ completed this shawl in 2021 Lambtown’s virtual competition. The raffle of this shawl took place September 16th at the General Meeting & Michelle Gillespie won the shawl. Michelle purchased her winning ticket at the Centerville 49’er fair this past June. Congratulations Michelle!

Several of us from MLFG enjoyed a visit to the CSUC Art Department opening of “Interlaced Expressions” on 8/31/23.  So wonderful to see the variety of fiber arts that students are exploring.

The show runs through 9/12/23.

More info:  https://www.csuchico.edu/calendar/detail/2023-08/23-08-31-interlaced-expressions-third-floor-gallery-reception1.shtml

Wonderful story/organization!

When illness or death leave craft projects unfinished, these strangers step in to help It can be heartbreaking to let go of a hand-made rug or sweater that a loved one didn't quite finish. A group of volunteer knitters, quilters and other crafters offer some closure.

Here’s some mythology, poetry and amazing art (including references to fiber arts) all rolled into one video for your viewing pleasure:  

Discover the Mysterious Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse! You can follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stories.of.art/Join me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Storiesofart/?ref=bookmarksThe ...

Textiles & Tea - weekly free webinar via Zoom
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June 6, 2023: Nolan Wright

generously sponsored by Olympia Weavers Guild

with Guest Host Chris Acton

Nolan Wright is a fiber artist who uses coiling and knotting to make sculptural basketry forms, working with pine needles, waxed linen thread, other cords and copper wire. His work has been selected for a number of national juried exhibits, including Art Evolved: Intertwined, cosponsored by the National Basketry Association and Studio Art Quilt Associates, touring the United States through the end of 2026. Other recent selections include the Handweavers Guild of America’s Small Expressions and Dogwood to Kudzu exhibits, the Fiber Art Network’s Excellence in Fiber and Yarn, Rope, String exhibits, and Fantastic Fibers at the Yeiser Art Center. He points to the juxtaposition of shapes, textures, and colors that catch his eye in the world around him as the inspiration for his work. Not that he tries to recreate any specific object or scene. It is more that they resonate with something inside him at an emotional level as well as aesthetically, and he sees their influence in the materials he chooses and what happens as he works on a piece, each the result of a slow, organic, almost meditative process.

Register for Nolan Wright

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Textiles & Tea with Nolan Wright. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.'s (HGA) interview series, Textiles & Tea, takes place every Tuesday at 4 PM (ET). Each week we invite a respected fiber artist in the field today to join us for an hour-long conversation where we will discuss their artwork and their creative journey. We invite....

Art piece by Millie Danielson whose work is featured in the Summer issue of the Handweavers Guild of America's periodical
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