March 2021 Program – Flora Carlile-Kovas – Felt Art & Design

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Flóra Carlile-Kovács - Felt Art & Design Handweavers Guild of Boulder March 2021 Day & Evening Program   Flóra Carlile-Kovács grew up in Hungary and now resides and works in Seattle, WA. She originally studied ethnography and museology because of their relationship to textiles.  However, she ultimately followed her passion for creating with fiber. She […]

April 2021 Program – Liz Spear – Handwoven Art to Wear

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Liz Spear - Handwoven Art to Wear Handweavers Guild of Boulder April 2021 Day & Evening Program   Liz Spear is a maker of handwoven fabrics, and more recently has been incorporating nuno felt into her designer creations as well as surface design fabrics from fellow fiber artists. These collaborations, known as Liz Spear & […]

May 2021 Program – Judy Newland – About Cloth And Me

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Judy Newland - About Cloth And Me Handweavers Guild of Boulder May 2021 Day & Evening Program   Culture and the environment are the two main topics Judy addresses in her textile art. She has been working in textiles for more than forty years as a maker and later as a textile historian. Her background in textile history […]

September 2021 Program – Anne-Marie Chmielewski – Fibershed

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Anne-Marie Chmielewski - Fibershed Handweavers Guild of Boulder September 2021 Day & Evening Program   Anne-Marie Chmielewski is a founding member of the local Mountain and Plains Fibershed. Her current focus is promoting local fiber and natural dyes. The regional Mountains and Plains Fibershed encompasses a 300-mile radius around Golden, Colorado fostering collaboration among textile […]

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October 2021 Program – Deb Robson – Author – The Fleece & Fiber Source Book

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HGB October 2021 Programs - D Robson Deb Robson - Author of The Fleece & Fiber Source Book Handweavers Guild of Boulder October 2021 Day & Evening Program     You will be mesmerized listening to Deb Robson share with you her journey as she spent four years spinning every fiber-grown-by-an-animal that she could get […]

Luana Rubin – Founder of eQuilter.com

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HGB November 2021 Programs - L Rubin Luana Rubin - Founder of eQuilter.com Handweavers Guild of Boulder November 2021 Day & Evening Program   International Quilt Trends Take a trip around the world with over 200 quilt images featuring trends in contemporary quiltmaking. See how quilters in different countries use their own culture as inspiration for […]

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Peggy Turchette – The Pavlova Project

HGB December 2021 Program - P. Turchette Peggy Turchette – The Pavlova Project Handweavers Guild of Boulder December 2021 Day & Evening Program   The Pavlova Project – A Collection Exploring the Life and Art of Anna Pavlova The Pavlova Project, in simplest terms, is a “Visual Biography.” It tells the life story of a […]

January 2022 Program – Lynn Smetko – Weaving by Design

HGB January 2022 Program - L Smetko Lynn Smetko - Weaving by Design Handweavers Guild of Boulder January 2022 Day & Evening Program   Lynn Smetko, a weaver of 25 years, enjoys the design phase of weaving the most. She combines a fascination with weaving, technology and art when designing for her 40-shaft computer-assisted loom. […]

February 2022 Program – Carol James – The Sprang Lady

HGB February 2022 Program - C. James Carol James - The Sprang Lady - Low-tech Textile Methods Handweavers Guild of Boulder February 2022 Day & Evening Program   Carol James has been exploring low-tech textile methods for 30 years focusing more recently on the technique called sprang. She has examined sprang items in collections across […]

Leiko Uchiyama – Felt-Making Artist

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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

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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

Mountain View Methodist Church 355 Ponca Place, Boulder

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 […]