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Vessels of Love: Gullah, Ancestral, and Sustainable Weaving with Cookie Washington

June 11, 2025 11:21 am

Vessels of Love: Gullah, Ancestral, and Sustainable Weaving with Cookie Washington 4 days • November 5 – 8, 2025 10 am – 4 pm, daily at Textile Center Join Guest Teaching Artist Cookie Washington for a four-day workshop celebrating ancestral weaving and sustainable creativity through upcycled textiles. Using techniques inspired by her Cherokee, Berber, and Gullah …

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Design Unique Items with 4×4 Pin Loom Squares

May 12, 2025 4:25 pm

Now that you know how to make finished 4×4″ woven squares, it is time to move on and make stunning items with them. In this class you will learn the methods I have developed to make decorations, accessories and objects by using multiple woven squares. This class is about fun and creativity most of all. …

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Design garments with 4×4″ pin looms (Zoom Loom)

May 12, 2025 4:24 pm

Evolve from making piles of woven squares to creating one-of-a-kind finished garments by using them creatively, as I show in the finished projects from my book Oversize Projects on a Pin Loom. In this class you will learn how to design garments from scratch using 4×4″ squares woven on a pin loom (such as the …

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Repeat Screen Printing on Fabric (3 Days, August 14-16)

May 6, 2025 3:47 pm

Learn how to create a multi-layered repeating pattern and translate it onto fabric through screen printing. Explore various techniques to design seamless patterns, incorporating drawing, collage, and digital methods. Drawing inspiration from historical and contemporary layered prints, we will push the bounds of screen printing as a means of replication and variation to create two …

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Expanded Paper Sculpture (3 Days, August 7-9)

May 6, 2025 3:46 pm

This three-day workshop explores the sculptural potential of paper pulp, blending traditional papier-mâché techniques with contemporary pulp painting applications. Participants will work with cotton linters, construction paper, and natural pigments to create vibrant, dimensional surfaces on cardboard structures. Using nichos as a point of inspiration, we will focus on storytelling through form, color, and materiality. …

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Hand-Dyed Coil Baskets (3 Days, July 31, August 1-2)

May 6, 2025 3:45 pm

Learn how to hand-dye fabrics, yarns, and cord, and use these materials to build coil baskets. The workshop begins with an introduction to immersion dyeing with Procion Mx dyes, natural dyeing with Indigo, and the historical significance of these processes. In the second half of this workshop, participants will explore coil basketry’s long history, originating …

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