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Two by twos

September 13, 2021 By Carolyn Foss

Weaving two by twos refers to the foundation of weaving pairs at the start (and end) of a Navajo textile, which is characterized as a child taking their first steps. With our most recent weaving classes, Navajo Weaving with Betty Glynn Carlson and Beginning Weaving with Nancy Adams and Susan Johnson as her assistant, weavers took those first steps and beyond. Using authentic Navajo patterns and wool yarns, students new to Navajo weaving worked on a small piece while those who had works in progress or wanted to explore techniques they had not tried before had the opportunity to do so with Betty’s guidance. Warping the loom as well as weaving isn’t (or shouldn’t be) measured in hours, but in […]

Filed Under: Sievers School Tagged With: Beginning Weaving, Betty Glynn Carlson, Nancy Adams, Navajo Weaving

Stories

July 24, 2019 By Carolyn Foss

Each hand crafted piece has a story and the pieces made in last week’s Navajo Rug Weaving class and Open Quilt Studio all have their own stories. The reason for the choice of colors and design, who it may be given to and why, what it will remind the maker of each time they see it or what was happening around them during the process are all parts of the story. We have a story for you, too. Once upon a time, a group of people met at Sievers School for a Navajo Rug Weaving class with Betty Glynn Carlson. They started by warping the Navajo looms and choosing colors and designs that were to be the words of the […]

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In contrast

September 11, 2018 By Carolyn Foss

There’s been a definite contrast this past week between Kay Rashka’s Metalwork Jewelry Boot Camp with students using hammers, drills, motorized hand tools, torches and all sorts of shiny and possibly even sharp-edged components for fabricating jewelry and Betty Glynn Carlson’s Navajo Rug Weaving class where students quietly and reflectively place each strand of authentic wool yarn within the warp. Come along for a tour!          With Kay Rashka’s instruction, each student leaves with a collection of interesting, personalized and textured art jewelry.        Navajo Weaving in itself is a journey, using unbroken warp threads and meaningful designs woven out of (often) specific naturally dyed wool.            To finish one piece in this 5-day class is a real accomplishment.  Some of the students had started a rug in a prior year […]

Filed Under: Beading/Stitchery/Wearables, Weaving Tagged With: Betty Glynn Carlson, Kay Rashka, Metalwork Jewelry, Navajo Weaving

Animal, Vegetable and Mineral…?

September 20, 2016 By Carolyn Foss

I guess you could classify the previous three classes that way with Navajo Weaving taught by Betty Glynn Carlson representing “animal” for the authentic wool yarns used, Natural Fiber Basketry with Jo Campbell-Amsler as “vegetable” for the willow, grapevine, Siberian Iris and Daylily leaves incorporated in all shapes of baskets and the Metalwork Jewelry Boot Camp with Kay Rashka as “mineral” for the sheets of copper, brass and silver as base materials. Some students brought back Navajo rugs started in (or finished from) a previous class and others started their first pieces.  The steps along the way to a finished rug involve patience, thoughtfulness and perseverance.       The many varieties of willow, barks, leaves and vines gathered here on the Island or brought by […]

Filed Under: Basketry/Furnishings, Beading/Stitchery/Wearables, Sievers School, Weaving Tagged With: Betty Glynn Carlson, Jo Campbell-Amsler, Kay Rash, Metal Jewelry, Natural Fiber Basketry, Navajo Weaving, willow

Simply September

September 12, 2016 By Carolyn Foss

As we get closer to the middle of September the first notes of fall have started to appear.  Simple changes in the ways the clouds look, a few leaves turning, flowers reaching for the last bit of warm sun and more deer by the roadsides are all clues that in just a few weeks, we’ll be surrounded by glorious reds, yellows, golds and browns.  Before that happens though, we plan to fully enjoy September!           We’ve been “back to school” for several days with Betty Carlson’s Navajo Rug Weaving and Jo Campbell-Amsler’s Natural Fiber Baskets classes.  The students are using simple elements of authentic wool yarns and gathered willow to create not-so-simple pieces.    A version of this is posted in the Navajo Rug Weaving studio and we hope you […]

Filed Under: Basketry/Furnishings, Sievers School, Weaving Tagged With: Betty Glynn Carlson, Jo Campbell-Amsler, Navajo Rug Weaving, Willow Basketry

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