Always a work in progress.
art study and play
At some point I have taken a class with each of these artists or at these venues and schools. It is not a comprehensive list!
- Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
- Art-Is-You Mixed Media Art Retreats
- Daniel Essig
- Focus on Book Arts, Forest Grove, Oregon, next conference July 2022 and I will be there.
- India Flint – School of Nomad Arts
- Jill Berry
- John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC. I have gone here in several seasons and loved it each time.
- Jude Hill – Spirit Cloth – generous and mystical
- Leighanna Light, Thingmaker – Taos, New Mexico
- Leslie Marsh – at Topsail Beach, NC and online
- Pam Patrie Studios, on the sea cliffs in Oregon.
- Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. Transformative. For serious artists.
- Pocosin Arts Center, Columbia, NC, near the Outer Banks. A lovely place.
surface design and textiles
- Barbara Schneider
- Barbara Yates Beasley
- Cas Holmes and also Cas Holmes
- India Flint
- Jude Hill – Spirit Cloth – generous and mystical
- Mary Beth Shaw – also StencilGirl
- Mary Corbet’s Needle ‘N Thread – great resource for embroidery stitches. How-to videos for many individual stitches.
- The Textile Blog
book, paper, and mixed media artists
- Alvenh Channe – binding tutorials
- Big Jump Press
- Calligraphy and Artist Book Gallery
- Carol Cole
- Carriage House Paper
- Catherine Nash’s Resources for Papermaking
- Crystal Marie – Canary Rising
- Daniel Essig
- Eden Workshops
- Emily Marks Designs & Services
- Fibernacci Press – my friend Susanne Baker’s paper and book studio
- Gin’s Place
- Hand Papermaking
- Ice Resin – ooh, fun stuff!
- Jill Berry
- Kit Davey
- Leighanna Light, Thingmaker
- Leslie Marsh
- Midnight Musings – Ginger Burrell
- My Handbound Books
- Scriptorium – Beautiful fonts
- Smith Eliot
- Southeast Guild of Bookworkers
- Talas – Book conservation supplies
- TJ Bookarts
- Vamp & Tramp Booksellers
- Volcano Arts
- Wishi Washi Studio
tapestry
- Áine Dunne
- American Tapestry Alliance
- Archie Brennan and Susan Martin Maffei
- Barbara Heller
- Connie Lippert
- Desert Song Studio
- DL Rigter
- Elizabeth Buckley
- Frances Crowe
- J. Meetze Studio/Common Threads
- Janet Austin
- Jeanne Bates
- Kathe Todd-Hooker
- Tapestry Line Unlimited – Line Dufour
- Margo MacDonald
- Molly Elkind
- Pam Patrie Studios
- Pat Williams
- Rebecca Mezoff
- Ros Hornbuckle
- Ruth Manning
- Sarah Swett – I saw Jane’s Picnic III at Convergence one summer. They just about had to cart me away on a stretcher.
- Selfies in Tapestry
- Susie Gillespie
- Tapestry @ Sand Studio
- Tapestry Share
- Tapestry Tour
- Tapestry Weavers South
- Tommye Scanlin
- Tricia Goldberg
- Weird Wefts
other weaving resources
- Fiber Art Now
- Handweavers Guild of America’s home on the Web.
- Handweaving.net: Weaving Draft and Documents Archive
- Long Thread Media Publisher of Handwoven and other magazines and books on fiber arts.
- Tim’s Treadle Reducer – handy if you need to figure out how to weave a complicated treadling on a loom with fewer treadles.
- Treenway Silks – I order silk yarns for tapestry weaving from Treenway. Beautiful shimmering color.
- Weaving Today
- Weavolution
- WeaveZine – wonderful articles and FREE!
basketry
- Foraged Fibres
- Frank’s Cane and Rush Supply
- H.H. Perkins – Where I get my natural bulrush.
- Matt Tommey
- North Carolina Basketmakers Association
- Shannon Weber – I don’t know if this is the right “category” for Shannon – all I know is that I love her art and wanted to link to it.
online yarn stores
- Colourmart
- Cotton Clouds
- R&M Yarns
- Timeless Textiles (new home of ePic yarns)
- Weaver’s Bazaar
- Yarn Barn Kansas
greensboro, north carolina art supply resources
- John Neal, Bookseller Calligraphy and bookbinding supplies
- Gate City Yarns. Basketry, knitting, spinning and weaving supplies, workshops and classes
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