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Fiber Weekend at The Folk Art Center.
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Fiber Weekend at The Folk Art Center.
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May 14 - 15, 2016 Fiber Weekend at The Folk Art
Center Come enjoy a
celebration of textile arts.
Throughout the weekend, craftspeople will be
sharing their inspiration and expertise as the
Southern Highland Craft Guild hosts Fiber
Weekend 2016.
Educational craft demonstrations
will include: spinning groups, quilting bees, yarn circles, weaving
and more. The Annual
Fashion Show of Wearable Art will be held on
Saturday.
Known for demonstrating the raw labor of processing fiber, Cassie Dickson will be presenting silk worms to silk fabric. “The silk worms will be babies on Fiber Day, but they will be looking for a place to spin their cocoon,” says Dickson.
Other participants in attendance will be the well-known quilter Georgia Bonesteel, alongside Sheila Rauen working on blocks and patterns. Lin Oglesby and Rita de Maintenon will have their knitting needles ready, and Mary Nichols will be at her spinning wheel with the Blue Ridge Spinners.
The annual Fiber Wearable Fashion Show will be held on Sunday, May 15 at both 1 PM and 3 PM. In its seventeenth year it will continue to honor fiber wearables from a selected pool of artists within the Guild. With 20 years of membership in the organization, weaver Liz Spear will be emceeing. She will explain many of the techniques and processes, as well as pointing out the education centers within the region that offer opportunities of workshops or classes in the textile arts, for all experiences.
Fiber Art Weekend is a FREE event held annually at The Folk Art Center, Milepost 382 on The Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville NC.
May 11-12 Fiber Weekend at The Folk Art Center A celebration of textile arts. Throughout the weekend, craftspeople will be sharing their inspiration and expertise as the Southern Highland Craft Guild hosts Fiber Weekend 2013.
Educational craft demonstrations on Saturday will include: natural dyeing, sheep shearing, weaving, tapestry, and surface design. Southern Highland Craft Guild members Sandra Rowland and Jan Morris will host activities designed especially for children.
The folk Art Center is located at Milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville NC.
