2007 - 2008 Program

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September 12 - Welcome Back Social, with news and updates.  Also enjoy
                          sharing your Summer Challenge "About Entertainment".
                          There will be presentations by various guild members
                          who have taken courses/workshops during the summer
                          and want to share their experience.
 
October  10 -     Lorraine Smith will guide a hands-on session of fibre
                           blending using hand-cards.  This technique allows the
                           spinner or felter to create unique, rich blends of a wide
                           range of fibres and colours in a simple, versatile and
                           and portable manner.  More details and photos on this
                          technique can be found at 
                          http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring07/KSblendingfibers.html
                         No experience is required to gain an appreciation for this
                         indispensable method-- just bring a pair of hand-cards,a
                         range of fibres to play with, and an open mind.  Warning:
                         participants in this session may never see colour the same
                         way again!
                         Lorraine Smith is a Toronto-based fibre artist and the
                         publisher of Spinners' Quarterly, a printed newsletter
                        discussing handspinning in the modern world.  She is
                        currently in the sixth year of the Ontario Handweavers &
                        Spinning Association's Certificate program, and is a
                        regular instructor of spinning and blending techniques
                       for the Downtown Knit Collective.  Lorraine is also an 
                       accomplished knitting designer, and enjoys other fibre 
                       including weaving, embroidery and felting.  More 
                       information can be found at her website, 
                       www.spinnersquarterly.com
 
 
November 14-   Jette Vandermeiden, an excellent weaver and former editor of the
                             OHS  magazine will present "Damask Goes North:  The Story of  the
                             Tablecloth".  Where does the tablecloth come from?  Why is it used?
                             Tracing the emergence of the tablecloth through the centuries closely
                             follows the movement of the damask from the Middle East up to
                            Scandinavia through Europe.  The development of the drawloom
                            and the Jacquard loom in Europe brought enormous cultural and
                            societal changes to professional weavers of the time.  Connections
                            between religious and political events and the development of
                            damasks and linens as royal textiles tell an interesting story of the
                            influence of weaving on world events through the ages                       
                                                   
                        
December 12- Small group sharing of "a textile that comes from far 
                     away, and the story about it". 
                     Bring items for the Christmas Sale while partaking in the
                     Christmas Social Dinner and Dessert Pot Luck.
   
                         
January             No meeting
 
February 13-      6:30 -8:00 at the Textile Museum, 55 Centre Avenue
                          Guild members will be offered a curator-guided tour to two
                          exhibitions: "Creatures of the Andean Cosmos" and "The
                          Blues"                         
                     
 
March 14-         Michael Gervers, Professor of History at the University of
                          Toronto, and Research Associate, Department of Textiles, at
                          the Royal Ontario Museum, will speak on "Felt in Mongolia"
 
April 11-            Dr. Ka Bo Tsang, who curated "Tuched by Indigo: Chinese
                          Blue-and-white Textiles and Embroidery" at the ROM
                          (2005), will speak on indigo dyeing.  Dr. Ka Bo Tsang is the
                          curator of Chinese pictorial arts and the consultant for the
                          Chinese textile and costume collections at the ROM.
 
May 9-               Bursary winner Mieke Cryns will present on her  "Woven
                           Shibori" subject.
                         
June 11-           Pot Luck Social, Auction, Bursary Announcement and
                          Summer Challenge announcement. 
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