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• More Notes From the Field: A Zoom Presentation by Mary Zicafoose

  • When
    February 08, 2025
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    First Baptist Church of Loveland 1003 W. Sixth St.

  
  

  More Notes From the Field:  A Zoom Presentation by Mary Zicafoose

  February 8, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

   
  

   Mary will share what's going on in her studio; preparation for a gallery show and work on a 20' long tapestry for a new performing arts center commission . . . and some good stories!

  Presenter Bio:  

  Mary Zicafoose is a tapestry weaver whose tapestries and rugs span the globe from large-scale public installations to the private collections of the United States Embassies on three continents. As Mary explains, “Creating decorative textile art is not my goal. Rather, it is my use of “Ikat,” the complex technique of resist dyeing and over-dyeing fibers, that best defines my intent.”  Her woven pieces blend cultural icons and symbols with a contemporary hand, creating powerful visual statements in fiber. A largely self-taught weaver, she received her BFA from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana. Her graduate Studies include the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Nebraska. She credits her courage at the dye pot to the influence of painter Mark Rothko and her designs to every textile she has seen and touched.

  She currently maintains a fiber studio in Omaha, Nebraska, and is constructing a new home and studio on her historic property, Pahuk, on the Platte River.

  Follow Mary on (20+) Facebook or Mary Zicafoose Tapestries and Prints | Home Page

  
  Presentation follows general Guild meeting

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• Chromatic Fantasy - Jennifer Moore

  • When
    April 12, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    First Baptist Church of Loveland 1003 W. Sixth St.

  Chromatic Fantasy - Jennifer Moore

  April 12, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

   
  

   Renowned weaver Jennifer Moore will show how she has used doubleweave pick-up as a medium for her geometric designs and color harmonies.  She'll explain the basic principles of the golden proportion, symmetry movements, tessellations and fractals and how she has used them in her work.  We'll also see an animated video of her weavings dancing to the music of Bach!

  Presenter Bio:  

  "From the first time that I sat down at a loom, I was drawn to the orderly universe of colored threads and the rhythmic repetition in the process of weaving.  Because of my background in piano and pipe organ, I felt an immediate affinity with this new stringed instrument whose patterns flowed from my hands in the form of color and design rather than sound."  – Jennifer Moore

  Jennifer began experimenting with weave structures after receiving her BA in illustration, found her home in doubleweave pick-up, and changed the trajectory of her life.  She’s been exhibiting her work around the world since her debut at Fiber Celebration ’86 in Loveland, went on to earn her MFA in Fibers at the University of Oregon, and has several publishing credits to her name, most recently her book, Doubleweave:  Revised and Expanded.  She somehow also manages to find time to conduct several workshops a year as well as teach online students. 

  
  

  
  

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• Doubleweave: Beyond the Basics with Jennifer Moore

  • Start
    April 12, 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • End
    April 15, 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Lamms End Studio, Fort Collins, CO
  • Spaces left
    9

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  Doubleweave:  Beyond the Basics with Jennifer Moore

              In this round robin workshop participants will explore what can be done within the techniques of doubleweave with multiple layers of cloth on a multi-shaft loom.  We will weave samples and study the theory behind a variety of structures.  Four-shaft structures include 4-color block rotation, double-block layer exchange, tubular log cabin, and overshot-patterned doubleweave.  Eight-shaft structures include 4-layer weaves, double-width twill cloth, decorative stitched cloth, doubleweave checkerboards and windows, 8-shaft double-blocks, twill pickup and block pickup.

  Skill Requirements:  Intermediate. No prior experience in doubleweave is needed, but students must know how to warp a loom according to instructions. Students will bring a 4-shaft or 8-shaft table or floor loom warped according to instructions.

  When:

  April 12, 2025  - April 15, 2025   

  (1:00-5:00 4/12; 9:00-5:00 4/13 & 4/14; 9:00-1:00 4/15)     
  

  Location:

  Lamms End Studio - Fort Collins, CO

  Materials Fee to be paid to instructor: $10

  Materials Provided by Instructor: 

  • Workshop handouts/folder (mailed 6 weeks prior to class).

  Participant materials/equipment to bring:

  • Pre-warped loom per instructions to be provided 6 weeks in advance
  • Weft per instructions
  • Scissors
  • Other materials/equipment to be included here in next few weeks

  Instructor Bio: 

  Follow Jennifer at  Doubleweaver

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• The Spirit of Color and Dyeing for the Wow with Mary Zicafoose

  • Start
    May 03, 2025
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  • End
    May 04, 2025
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Lamms End Studio, Fort Collins, CO
  • Spaces left
    14

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  The Spirit of Color and Dyeing for the Wow with Mary Zicafoose

               

  Day One: Inspired by the work of the legendary colorist Josef Albers, students will create a personal color workbook composed of exercises using Color Aid silk screen papers.  After cutting and pasting through the rules, we will brave into bending theory, value and hue, striving to speak with a new understanding and frequency in our own compositions.

  Day Two:  Students will learn Mary's simple, safe, and accurate procedure for the use of acid dyes on wool and silk and her system of recordkeeping.  Participants will leave the class inspired to take their work to the next level, with new skills and heightened color confidence.

  Skill Requirements:  All skill levels welcome!

  May 3 & 4, 2025      9:00-5:00     
  

  Location:

  Lamms End Studio - Fort Collins, CO

  Materials Fee to be paid to instructor: $55 for Day 1, $25 for Day 2

  Materials Provided by Instructor: 

  • 1 3” x 4 1/2” set of 314 Color-Aid silkscreen design papers
  • Yarn from instructor’s studio
  • All dyes and auxiliaries
  • Workshop handouts/folder.

  Participant materials/equipment to bring (Day 1):

  • small sharp scissors
  • x-acto knife
  • glue stick
  • small ruler
  • 5” x 8”-ish unlined notebook or sketchbook
  • sharp pencil
  • small self-healing cutting mat
  • Materials fee $55

  Participant materials/equipment to bring (Day 2):

  • Scissors
  • Dye apron
  • Mask
  • Rubber gloves
  • Pencil
  • Lab fee $25

  
  

  Instructor Bio: 

  I have been designing and weaving tapestries and rugs for three decades. My workshop curriculum is a distillation of the best of what I have learned and use, along with great tips and techniques passed onto me from my mentors in the art and weaving worlds. Everything I present is conceived to inspire the senses and revitalize the artist/weaver's body, mind and spirit.

  Follow Mary on (20+) Facebook or Mary Zicafoose Tapestries and Prints | Home Page

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