HGB October 2020 Program - K Hattori Kathy Hattori - Natural Fiber Dyeing Botanical Colors Handweavers Guild of Boulder October 2020 Day & Evening Program   The way that conventional color is applied to clothes is broken. “Wet processing” as industrial dyeing is called, is one of the top polluters in the world, consuming enormous […]

HGB November 2020 Program - G Roehm Gayle Roehm - Japanese Knitting Handweavers Guild of Boulder November 2020 Day & Evening Program   Gayle teaches knitting classes around the country, with a focus on using Japanese patterns. She loves to introduce knitters to the pleasures of Japanese designs, and her knowledge of the subject is […]

Wild Fibers Magazine Linda Cortright - Wild Fibers Handweavers Guild of Boulder January 2021 Day & Evening Program   As editor and publisher of Wild Fibers Magazine, Linda Cortright has traveled to the seven continents, pursuing the role of natural fibers in remote and indigenous communities. Cortright’s experience led her to serve on the Steering […]

Elizabeth Morisette - Fiber Art From Upcycled Materials Handweavers Guild of Boulder February 2021 Day & Evening Program   Elizabeth Morisette has been exhibiting her weavings and sculptures for 25 years. In the fall of 2020 she was featured in Hyperallergic for her work in the University of Denver’s “Mask” exhibit. She has also been […]

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 […]

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 & […]

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 […]

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 […]