This is in sync with OWG’s speaker at our meeting this past Friday!!!

April 25, 2023  |  Maria Sigmagenerously sponsored by Jacksonville Weavers Guild, Inc. in Memory of Barbara Wroten and Sandy StranahanMaria Sigma is an award-winning textile designer and weaver specializing in zero-waste, ethical hand-woven textiles for interiors. She studied at the Chelsea College of Art & Design and, after graduating in 2014, developed her own weaving practice in London. She is the author of Weaving: The Art of Sustainable Textile Creation and teaches a “Weaving from Waste” workshop. Maria has collaborated with interior designers, architects, fashion designers, furniture makers, magazines, and galleries such as Susie Atkinson Interior Design Studio, MAKE Hauser & Wirth Somerset Gallery, and Hole & Corner Magazine. Inspired by her Greek heritage, love for math, and craftsmanship, Maria makes vibrant but minimal, contemporary textiles. She strives to decrease yarn waste and unnecessary cuts, carbon footprints, and the use of machinery, water, and electricity. By adhering to a ‘zero waste’ philosophy, she aspires to make hand-weaving an even more sustainable craft.

Registration Open! Check out these links for all the information on this fun event!

The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA) invites you to participate in our 2023 Handwoven Kitchen Towel Exchange!

This age-old tradition of weaving and exchanging towels with fellow weavers is a wonderful way to learn more about color, pattern, and construction. Let’s share our love of weaving and our love of sharing. 

Registration Open!

The Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) invites you to participate in our 2023 Handwoven Towel Exchange!

This age-old tradition of weaving and exchanging towels with fellow weavers is a wonderful way to learn more about color, pattern, and construction. Let’s share our love of weaving and our love of sharing. 

April 18, 2023  |  Brenda Osborn

Brenda Osborn has been weaving for more than 45 years since she took a college semester class in 1976. In the late 1990s, she turned her attention to tapestry weaving, and shortly afterward she joined the Wednesday Group, whose members were devoted tapestry weavers, led by Archie Brennan and Susan Martin Maffei. Brenda collaborated with Archie Brennan over the course of more than a decade to document his life and work in a book that was released in 2022 by Schiffer Publishing. In the 1990s Brenda began to make kumihimo on both the marudai and takadai, under the tutelage of Rodrick Owen. Her current tapestry work combines traditional Gobelins tapestry techniques with kumihimo. Brenda has participated in numerous exhibitions in the U.S. and in northern Europe and has received numerous awards. Brenda has taught weaving and given programs to guilds in the New York/New Jersey area and southern New England, and she has taught ongoing classes at local fine craft schools in Connecticut.  She has maintained a blog about fiber arts for more than a decade.

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Deadline: April 15th, 2023

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If you are traveling to or thru Los Angeles, CA  between April 22 and June 3, 2023, be sure to plan to see HGA’s Small Expressions 2022 Touring Exhibit whose final stop will be at Studio 203 in Los Angeles, California.

Small Expressions is an annual juried exhibition showcasing contemporary small-scale works (not to exceed 15 inches in any direction) using fiber techniques in any media. Small in scale but visually compelling, HGA’s Small Expressions exhibit features work that speaks to the intricacy of expression, intimacy of design, thoughtful communication, and visual excitement. The artists in this exhibit create a big impact through small pieces.

 Exhibition hours: Open by appointment only. Admission to Small Expressions is free. Studio 203 is located at 3440 Motor Ave., Suite 203 in Los Angeles, California. For parking and directions visit their website, TheStudio203.org, or call (310) 845-6378.