Leiko Uchiyama - Felt-Making Artist Handweavers Guild of Boulder January 2024 Day & Evening Program Leiko is a felt making artist nestled in the picturesque Blackstairs Mountains of County Carlow, Ireland. Her journey has taken her from her Japanese home as an agricultural and textile design graduate, to New Zealand, where she worked on […]
Woolpunk - Artist-Activist-Organizer Handweavers Guild of Boulder February 2024 Day & Evening Program Woolpunk® is an American artist, born in Summit, NJ in 1971. She has both a BA and an MFA from Rutgers University. Woolpunk® employs materials and techniques sourcing women’s work creation, historically; she machine-knits fiber installations, quilts sculptures, and embroiders photographs. Her […]
Charan Sachar - Textile Artist and Potter Handweavers Guild of Boulder March 2024 Day & Evening Program Charan Sachar recently taught at PlyAway where several HGB members met him and took his courses. He is an artist whose work reflects his passion for the fiber arts such as knitting, spinning, weaving, quilting. He uses that […]
Susan DuBois - Owner Treenway Silks Handweavers Guild of Boulder April 2024 Day & Evening Program Treenway Silks was founded in 1997 by Karen Selk and Terry Nelson. After 34 years, they decided to sell the business so they could spend more time traveling, writing a book, etc. On August 1, 2011, they sold the […]
Deborah Silver - Artist/Teacher/Weaver Handweavers Guild of Boulder May 2024 Day & Evening Program Deborah Silver is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She discovered her love of weaving while attending the Cleveland Institute of Art, attaining a BFA as a Fiber major and Drawing minor. After a weaving internship, Deborah learned the craft of antique […]
In-Person Meetings Handweavers Guild of Boulder September 2024 Day & Evening Program Day & Evening Meeting Presentations • At the September meetings we will celebrate our 60 years as a Guild. • We'll share the history of the Guild and honor those who have been in the Guild for its entire time! (Plus we'll enjoy […]