The Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild’s first program meeting of
the new year is on Wed., Sept. 5, featuring three Grand Rapids women presenting
“Peruvian Textiles” at the Holland
Area Arts Council, 150 East 8th St., Holland, MI 49423, starting promptly
at 6:30pm with social time beginning at 6pm. Guests are asked to pay $10 toward the
speaker’s fee.
Margaret Jager, ChiChi VanDyke and
Jeanne Hoin traveled to Peru intent on experiencing the
traditional weaving, spinning, and dyeing of the native Peruvian people. They
worked with artisans in native villages collecting dyestuffs, dyeing fiber,
spinning, and weaving and then attended a conference, Tinkuy 2017, dedicated to
the preservation and enhancement of the native textile arts. Their
presentation will include an opportunity to see and handle the textiles of
backstrap loom weaving, Pebeo embroidery, hand-dyed wool, and more.
Members
of the Woodland Weaving and Spinning Guild in Grand Rapids, each woman has a
fascination with textiles and their own particular weaving technique on which
they regularly work.
The
Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild invites anyone interested in the textile fiber arts
to their monthly program meetings held the first Wednesday of each month at the
Holland Area Arts Council. For more
information, visit the guild’s blog at
http://lakeshorefiberartsguild.blogspot.com or contact at jgould1526@gmail.com
or 616-878-1526.