Contemporary Handweavers of Houston

Introduction


http://weavehouston.org/

R. Malbin at CHT WorkshopContemporary Handweavers of Houston (CHH) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting interest in handweaving, spinning and related textile arts through teaching, hosting workshops, demonstrations and study groups.

CHH meets at 7:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month August through November and January through May at Bayou Manor.

NEWS

Next Meeting
May 15, 2008
7 PM
Marilyn Moore

Bayou Manor, 4141 South Braeswood

The August 2008 Monthly Meeting has been Rescheduled!
The General Meeting will be on August 28, 2008 - the 4th Thursday of the Month.
The 3rd Thursday is August 21, 2008 - the first day of the Annual Sale.

DeeDee's Table Runner
DeeDee's Table Runner
Photo from DHSG Juried Show.

Kudos announced at April Meeting:

  • DeeDee Woodbury received an Award of Excellence in the Functional Category at the Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild Juried Show for her Table Runner and Napkins in an overshot pattern.
  • Connie Elliott has a table runner accepted into Convergence 2008. (She borrowed it back from owner Tracy Kaestner.)
  • Carol Mosley has a piece in the Convergence 2008 fashion show called Dance of the Flamingos.
  • Giovanna Imperia has a piece in the juried show Craft Texas 2008 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

Workshop News from C. Kolb, Workshop Chair

More information available on the Workshops Page

Message from C. Kolb: There a couple of other workshop details I would like everyone to think about and hopefully will e-mail me regarding each item.

  1. Workshop Hosts: It is never to early to commit to hosting one of the workshop leaders. If you have a guest room and would like to be a host please let me know.
  2. Sites for the workshops: At this time we have three great sites for workshops. The Upstairs Studio, Laporte, The Lone Star Loom Room, Katy and the Community center in the Williamsburg subdivision, Katy. A central one would be great, yet we have not had any luck in finding one, if anyone knows of a spot please let me know. The issue that always comes up is that at least one of the locations is a problem for some folks to get to. I would hope that someone is not going to take a workshop because of the location. What I would like is some input on this subject so that most people will be satisfied with the locations.

May 15 Program:

Marilyn Moore: How I got From There to Here: A Basketmakers Journey.Marilyn Moore Samples

We all started somewhere on our journey to personal growth. It is inevitable that it will be a challenge, with lots of false starts. These transitions always lead to the next step in our development as an artist. Follow Marilyn Moore’s progress through her own process of learning and discovery, and see how it relates to your own. This should appeal to all levels, and will consist mainly of slides, with perhaps some examples of my own work available for participants to see and touch.

Annual Sale:

Weaving and Beyond, the 2008 CHH Annual Sale will be August 21-23 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. See the Sale Page for more information. [Members: See the Member Sale Page.] The CHH sale is earlier this year. Holding the sale at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft was so successful, the opportunity to have it there again this year was welcomed. That’s why the 2008 sale date is earlier than most of you are accustomed to. Please mark your calendars for Thursday, August 21st through Saturday, August 23rd.

  • Weaving and Beyond
  • Contemporary Handweavers of Houston Annual Sale
  • August 21, 22, and 23, 2008
  • Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
    • Thursday, August 21: 6 pm to 9pm
    • Friday, August 22: 11am to 7pm
    • Saturday, August 23: 10am to 4pm

General Meeting Minutes

The Minutes for the April 17, 2008 General Meeting have been added to the Members site. Thanks to D'Anne Craft for providing these.

Volunteers Needed:

Volunteer(s) Needed for the 2008 Houston Highland Games. More information on Volunteer Page.

Volunteer Needed: Intriguing and ambitious volunteer project for Citizen Schools posted on Volunteer Page. Contact Connie Elliott to volunteer to work on this.

Newsletter:

The April, 2008 Newsletter has been uploaded to the member section of the site.

Samples Needed for CHT!

Our guild will be responsible for providing samples for the September issue of the CHT newsletter. The samples will be due around mid. August. We will need a volunteer or two to provide these samples. If you are willing to donate time and effort, please get in touch with DeeDee Woodbury.

The Spinning Wheel Sleuth is a newsletter and website devoted exclusively to ....

Spinning Wheels and other related tools! Just added to the Links page, the Spinning Wheel Sleuth website provides information on subscribing to the newsletter, an excerpt from the current issue, Frequently Asked Questions, and a section "Readers Ask" where readers may send in questions related to wheels and spinning accessories. If you know of other interesting and useful spinning sites, be sure to let the webweaver know at information@weavehouston.org.

New Poll!

What are your interests? The Webweaver has posted a new poll to find out what our guild members are interested in. Go to the Blog and look at the right sidebar and answer the question "What are your interests?". You can see the results immediately by using "View Results".

Interesting link: Color Chart: Reinventing Color from 1950 to Today

This fun exhibit from MOMA uses the commercial color chart as its organizing function, which allows visitors to look at art several ways. Nothing about weaving but the color chart ideas provide inspiration.

Tilly Marchwinski Interviewed at Rodeo:

If you go to this Rodeo News Network Link and then pick the program for March 20th – about halfway through that day's video program is the section about Tilly. They show some of our other weavers and spinners too!

Call for Entries:

The Webweaver has added a Call for Entries menu item on the menu at left to capture the opportunities for exhibits. These come in with some frequency but haven't been captured in one easy location. If you know of such an opportunity please send it to the website for inclusion.

Webweaver's Blog:

Updates to the CHH Website are now available on one page! Your Webweaver has created a blog to keep track of the work she does on the web. But for you the Viewer, the blog can serve as a one-stop page to keep up with what is happening with the guild web site without having to look at several pages. Visit the blog at weavehouston.org/blog to see if it is useful to you. The Blog has been added to the menu on the website.

Houston Skyline Tapestry:

Have you ever wondered about the photo of the Houston Skyline Tapestry that we have used on the CHH website? Well, now you can see more detail and learn more about Gerry Woodhouse, the talented weaver who so generously allows us to use the photo on the Houston Skyline Tapestry page. You can also reach the page by clicking on the image at the top of the left column.

Craft in America:

Craft in America is the web site component of a multi-year, multi-faceted project to showcase the work of American artists working in clay, wood, metal, glass and fiber. Here is the link to the Fiber section but the whole web site is interesting. In addition to the web site, the project includes a PBS documentary, aired earlier this spring, and now available on DVD; a traveling exhibition; a book; and a set of resources for educators. The traveling exhibition will be in Houston from February 22 – May 4, 2008 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. View the Virtual Fiber Exhibit.

Miscellany

It's all about you! Weavehouston reminds members of the Members Only corner of our website. If you are a member and do not know the login and password, email us. If you have your handbook, you will find the information on the title page at the bottom.

Amazon:

We are an Amazon.com affiliate. As you look at our website, if you take one of our links to Amazon.com and buy an item during that visit, a percentage of the purchase price (most items) will go to the guild!

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