Category: Olds College master weaving
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With the pandemic continuing, especially in some parts of the world, things like classes or other gatherings are being put on hold. It is very upsetting for a lot of people as their course of study, be it elementary/high school or college/university or other avenues of learning are so completely up in the air. Many…
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Guest Post – Tanya
From time to time I offer students a chance to write a guest post. Tanya took me up on my offer to share her experience with the Olds program: “What could I possibly tell people about the Olds Master Weaver Level 1 class that is not already outlined very clearly in the course materials?†This…
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Uncertainty
So many things happening all round the world and the level of uncertainty, especially regarding travel, is making life difficult for everyone. Travel to take that class or stay home? Chance registering and having the class(es) cancel or not bother and the class fails due to low enrollment? This is the reality for independent instructors…
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Design Fundamentals
Over the years when people ask for my level of education, I tend to forget that I actually have first year college Design Fundamentals. I suppose it is partly because at the time I failed to see that it had much relevance to my desire to be a weaver. All the exercises were geared towards…
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Preparation
Yesterday, not feeling that weaving would be in my best interests, I started working on the level four master weaver class. One of the things I have is a whole bunch of samples. Many of these were woven for my own information, for published articles, for class examples. Developing a class is time consuming. Even…
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Lesson Planning
And so it begins. This will be my first time teaching level four so I printed out the file the college sent and am now going through it to see what all is necessary, both in terms of my bringing appropriate teaching aids and a group warp. For level one and two, the instructor sets…
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Done and Dusted!
Well, we wrapped up the second Intro to Weaving class this afternoon. As usual, I forgot to take any photos, so you’ll have to take my word for it. 🙂 We had 6 people last week, had an oopsie with the 6th loom so that person was invited to return this weekend to make it…
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It Depends
Thinking about things like drape, stability, wearability – all the variables that go into the creation of cloth. I belong to a few groups and as the membership changes and new weavers join (which is great, love to see new practitioners!) the same sorts of questions come up. New weavers want to have perfect results…
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Looking Ahead
Yesterday I agreed to teach Level Four and Two at Cape Breton the end of April, beginning of May. It is a great privilege for me to see the group that I taught level one and two to now reaching their level four. It feels like a nice way to wrap up the cycle. Level…
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The Dust Settles
The workshop is over and Mary is winging her way homewards. We had plans – so many plans! And barely scratched the surface. Now I’m sitting, working on a jigsaw puzzle (because it needs to be finished so I can clear the table and fringe twist the silk scarf, so…) and thinking about what needs…