Our speaker, Rebecca Burgess, lives in west Marin County. She is the author of “Harvesting Color, How to Find and Make Natural Dyes” (2011). She is also the founder of Fibershed, a program promoting local farmers who raise sheep and grow cotton. Rebecca was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle for her challenge to people to live one year wearing only clothing which was locally produced.

She teaches as well, offering classes for children and adults, and has developed a curriculum for children’s outdoor education.

Our second regular meeting of fall 2014 gathers at 7 pm at Woodside Village Church on Woodside Rd., Woodside.

Those who wish may join the group dining at Buck’s Restaurant on the right after the circle entering town, starting at 5:45 pm.

We socialize at the church parish hall till the program begins at 7:30 pm.  The presenter this month is Barbara Shapiro, well known for writing, teaching, and personal artistry.

This month she is sharing images and objects from her recent trip to Japan, including her shibori samples from an in-depth 4-day workshop she attended early this summer, which she involved hands-on and up-close activities suited to experienced textile practitioners. She learned and will teach us the story of silk in Japan from silk worm farming and modernized filature, as well as a special under-kimono technique in red safflower dye, and then on to high-fashion houses in Tokyo (where no photos were allowed)

All photos below by Barbara Shapiro. An extensive article on this visit, with many more photos, can be found at:

http://www.surfacedesign.org/newsblog/slow-fiber-studio-gives-insider-access-to-japanese-textile-art-design

Black Sheep Handweavers Guild’s very own Gudrun Polak will be our presenter this March. Gudrun has taken card weaving and braiding to the next level with complicated patterns and textures. We’ll get to see many examples of her work as well as hear about her weaving path that has brought her to this phase of her artistic journey.

Join us on March 20th to find out what Gudrun is now creating and be inspired by these intricate designs.

Suki Russack uses warp ikat double weave to create life-sized images of women that chart an internal journey of discovery. She designs clothing constructed from narrow hand woven strips of fabric as well as costumes in hand-dyed fabrics for dance productions. Join us for an evening of unique pieces that are bound to inspire your weaving.

You can find more of her pieces on her website at www.sukirussack.org

Note: The April meeting has been moved to Apr. 24, because of Easter, it will still be at Woodside Village Church.

This is our opportunity to share what we’ve been creating for the last few months. Whether it is something you’ve learned from a CNCH class, workshop, study group or what you’ve been working on, on your own we want to see it! Share your creativity and inspire all of us.

Note: Our meeting this month will be held at the Sequoia Yacht Club, 441 Seaport Ct. Redwood City, Ca. 94063

Directions: http://www.sequoiayc.org/node/49