“Deep Dive into Profile Drafts”
(three day in-person workshop)
TO REGISTER:
This workshop is now open to the public (11/3/24).
Registration Link: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/6TAyAHzxeuD4a03ibVlTpw
Please email the Workshops Chair with questions.
Dates:
Day 1: January 24, 9am - 4:30pm (Friday)
Day 2: January 25, 9am - 4:30pm (Saturday)
Day 3: January 26, 9am - 4:30pm (Sunday)
Class Description:
If you understand a weaving draft, you can understand how to make a profile draft work for you. This draft intensive study will guide the class through reading and translating a profile draft into multiple structures. The information we gather from these exercises will then be explored on the loom, and worked round robin so that each resulting structure can be experienced by every student. This intermediate level class will help build confidence in reading weaving drafts and encourage curiosity through structure sampling.
This is a round robin.
Skill Level:
Moderate to Intermediate, students must be confident in dressing their own looms in the provided structure before class, and to be able to read a standard weaving draft.
Materials required:
4 – 8 shaft loom. The amount of shafts will determine which structure the weaver can chose from. Structures, drafts, and materials specifications will be provided to students a month in advance to provide ample time for loom preparation. 2 -3 shuttles with corresponding bobbins. Scissors and tapestry needles. Normal weaving supplies.
Registration:
SWG Members: Noon on October 12th, 2024.
Non-members: Noon on November 2nd, 2024.
Class size:
Max 12
Cost:
$100 Deposit, non-refundable and at time of registration. Estimated final cost $290, based on 10 students enrolled, $250 based on maximum enrollment. In addition, there is a material fee of $20. The final cost will depend on the number of students enrolled. Final payment is due during the workshop.
Location:
TBD
About Tegan:
Tegan Frisino is an artisan weaver and fiber artist based in Upstate New York. Immersed in the arts as a child she gained the desire to take something traditional and modify it with contemporary ideas and techniques. This desire led her to pursue and achieve her BFA in Fiber Design and Sculpture from Buffalo State College. She started Comfortcloth Weaving, LLC in 2016, focusing on production weaving methods to produce heirloom quality home goods and small batch yardage for fashion designers. Her inquisitive focus and love of weaving structures is characteristic of her designs; as well as their saturated colors and illusory graphic arts playing a major role. Currently, when she is not weaving, she is studying and working towards a Master Weaver Certification through the Hill Institute in Northampton, MA.