Eastside Handweavers Celebrates 50 Years!

 

April Guild Meeting

April Monthly Guild Meeting

Monday, April 21, 2025

7:00 PM EDT

 Rabbit Goody the owner of Thistle Hill Weavers in Cherry Valley, NY will present for us a program on 17th Century and Forward Historic Textile Production.

March Guild Meeting

 Monday, March 17, 2025

Thom Koster will present a program on Temari Balls

7:00 PM EST

Temari, or "hand ball" in Japanese, is a Japanese folk art and handicraft made by embroidery on a thread ball. Originally made for children hand ball games they have been elevated over the centuries to become works of art. Since this embroidery is on a sphere there are interesting things that can be done with very limited embroidery knowledge. 

In this talk Thom will cover what brought him to this craft, the history behind it and some of the traditional elements you will see in some different designs of temari.

November Guild Meeting Program

 Monthly Guild Meeting

November 18, 2024

7:00 PM EST

Fancy Weaving: A figured coverlet, a Jacquard Machine, and the process of recovering knowledge with Justin Squizzero

This presentation kicks off with a brief overview of how Justin came to handweaving and then details the history of his Jacquard equipment, how the loom works, and the entire process of recreating a coverlet woven in 1830.  

If interested in joining our guild, please send an email to ehgmembership@gmail.com

MLH Biennial Art Exhibit

Michigan League of Handweavers: 22nd Biennial Fiber Art Exhibit

September 7 - October 16, 2024 |First Floor An exhibition of selected fiber artwork by members of the Michigan League of Handweavers with a special display in the adjoining history gallery. Juror Susan Moran. 

Exhibit Sponsors: Ann Arbor Fiber Guild, Black Sheep Weavers Fiber Guild, Brown Sheep Company, Detroit Institute of Arts, Eastside Handweavers Guild, Frederick Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Henry Ford Maplegrove, Jackson Handweavers & Spinners Guild, Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild, Muskegon Museum of Art, Northland Weaving and Fiber Arts Guild, Weavers Guild of Kalamazoo, Weavers Loft, Woodland Weavers & Spinners, Yarn Barn of Kansas, Yarn Travel, and Yarnwinders Weavers Guild.
See the Program, Awards List, Exhibition Statement, and Press Release at www.theartcenter.org/exhibits 
GALLERY HOURS Monday Closed Tuesday 10am-5pm Wednesday 10am-5pm Thursday 10am-5pm Friday 10am-5pm Saturday 10am-5pm Select Sundays PARKING Metered lot and street parking available, 50 cents per hour. Free after 6pm and weekends.

September 16, 2024 Guild Meeting

 Join us at 7:00 PM on Monday, September 16, 2024, by Zoom, as Jennifer Moore presents:

Double Rainbow: An Evolution in Color 

My work in doubleweave has always focused on the interaction of color between the two layers of cloth. I will show a number of images of my work in doubleweave pickup that play one solid colored layer against a layer in a gradation of a spectrum of colors. In 2016 I began developing a system of color rotations in both the warp and the weft that combine with all of the possibilities for bringing different colors to the surface of the cloth and weaving in multiple blocks. I will show how this idea developed for me and the process that I go through in designing my textiles in my Double Rainbow technique.

If interested in joining our guild, please send an email to ehgmembership@gmail.com

Study Groups

 The Eastside Handweavers have several study groups, if you are interested in joining the guild send an email to ehgmembership@gmail.com

• Swedish in-lay weaving - Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 7:00 pm EDT. This is a new study group this year.  All members are welcome.

• Spinning - Monday, September 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT. All members are welcome 

• Advanced Weavers - Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 6:30 PM EDT. All members are welcome. This year the group will be studying Block weaves and Profile Drafts. 

• Beginning Weavers - Monday, September 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT -  All beginning weavers are welcome.