Morning (11AM): History of Leno and Gauze Weaves
Afternoon (1PM): Weaving with Doups on Handlooms
AM: History of Leno and Gauze Weaves
From ancient Egypt to fashion and technical textiles of today, examples of leno structures in fabrics in textiles from many different eras and cultures will be presented, along with the techniques and technologies used to weave them.
PM: Weaving Leno with Doups
A “doup” is an extra half-heddle, added to a loom harness, that allows warp yarns to “twist” around each other to make a sturdy spaced-warp fabric known as leno or gauze. Although leno structures can be created by hand-twisting warp ends, the manual method is extremely slow. Doups allow the efficient production of leno fabrics on both handlooms and power looms. Different styles of doups, including their advantages and disadvantages, will be discussed. A preview of the type of doup leno that will be taught in the SWG weekend workshop will be included.
About Patrice:
Patrice George recently retired from the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she was Associate Professor in the Textile Development and Marketing Department for 18 years, specializing in woven textile design, and the history of the textile industry.
Her NYC studio, Patrice George Designs, founded in 1979, has been a design resource for the interior textile industry. Her experience with leno structures comes from working directly with mills that specialized in this open weave for window textiles and creating handwoven prototypes for production.
She created an early course in computer-aided woven design for the School of Visual Arts in 1984, and similar courses for School of Visual Arts and Parsons. As a Fulbright Scholar, she taught computer-aided woven design in 1994, at the University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki Finland (now Aalto University), She has been a guest instructor at other textile schools, a consultant to international handweaving projects, and a frequent presenter at Complex Weavers Seminars and other conferences. She is currently an advisor to MFA Textile students at Parsons who work with a TC2 digital loom.e seminars and conferences.
Education:
BA in the History of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1970
MA in Fashion and Textile History, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC, NY 2015