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Weave

Gist Yarn•www.gistyarn.com
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The weave podcast, a project of Gist Yarn, brings together a community of fiber artists and people who love weaving, farmers and mill owners, textile artists and loom manufacturers, to tell the stories of the threads that bind us together.
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63: A New Perspective on Weaving with Deb Brandon

Deb Brandon is a textile artist, writer, math professor, and brain injury survivor. She is also a board member of WARP Weave a Real Peace, and most recently is the author of Threads Around the World, a collection of essays and photographs sharing textile traditions from communities around the world. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-63

May 13, 2019•32 min

62: Coaxing Dye from Plants with Liz Spencer the Dogwood Dyer

Liz Spencer is a natural dyer who advocates for slow fashion and sustainable textiles. Her growing experience includes farming organic natural dyes in between rows of a family heritage orange grove in southern California, and community-centric projects on the sidewalks of Brooklyn, New York. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-62

May 06, 2019•36 min

61: Reclaiming Weaving, Dyeing, and Wood Carving with Stephen Hamilton

Stephen Hamilton is an artist and arts educator living and working in Boston. Stephen’s work incorporates both Western and African techniques, blending figurative painting and drawing with resist dyeing, weaving, and woodcarving. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-61

Apr 29, 2019•33 min

60: Natural Dyeing in Budapest with Sara Hajgato

Sara Hajgato is a Hungarian natural dyer and small scale grower. She collaborates with a rural eco-community to grow dye plants and run small-scale experiments, in which she re-purposes vintage garments with natural dyes. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-60

Apr 22, 2019•33 min

59: Material Meaning with Cameron Taylor-Brown

Cameron Taylor-Brown has been working in the worlds of fiber, education, and commerce since the 1970’s. She is curating an exhibit for the Craft in America Center in LA called Material Meaning: A Living Legacy of Anni Albers, which will feature work by ten contemporary American artists and designers working with textiles who are strongly influenced by Anni Albers. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-59 Material Meaning Catalogue: https://theweavingworkshop.com/2019/10/31/material-meaning-exhibi...

Apr 15, 2019•39 min

58: Plant Adoration with Kelli of Bedhead Fiber

This week on the podcast, LaChaun is talking with Kelli, a natural dyer, dye grower, insect admirer, and owner of Bedhead Fiber. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-58

Apr 08, 2019•36 min

57: Spinning for Weaving with Jillian Moreno

Jillian Moreno is a spinner, knitter, weaver and the author of the book Yarnitecture, all about spinning exactly the yarn you want. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-57

Apr 01, 2019•30 min

56: Korean Indigo with Euna Lee of Kindigo

Kindigo is a Korean brand making sustainable & skin-friendly textile products with Korean natural indigo. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-56

Mar 25, 2019•29 min

53: Ashford Wheels and Looms with Kate Sherratt

Kate Sherratt is the Sales and Marketing Manager at Ashford Wheels and Looms, a much beloved spinning and weaving equipment manufacturer in New Zealand. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-53

Mar 04, 2019•26 min

52: Cultivating Naturally Colored Cotton with Sally Fox

Sally Fox is an organic bio-dynamic farmer located in the Capay Valley of Northern California. In addition to her climate beneficial wool Sally Fox has made a huge contribution to the genetics of cultivating and bringing naturally colored cotton to the market. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-52

Feb 25, 2019•1 hr 10 min

51: Learn To Rest, Not To Quit with SHENEQUA

SHENEQUA is a Caribbean textile interdisciplinary artist and weaver. She received her Masters of Design in Fashion, Body, & Garment at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-51

Feb 18, 2019•34 min

15: Art and Weaving with Consuelo Jimenez Underwood

This week we're replaying one of our favorite episodes, with fiber artist and weaver Consuelo Jimenez Underwood. In our conversation, we discuss Consuelo's dreams of becoming an artist as a child working in the fields, why she insisted on making a space for weaving as art in academia, her series of works commemorating the people who lose their lives crossing the highways near the border between Mexico and California, and so much more. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-15

Feb 11, 2019•58 min

49. Rebecca Burgess of Fibershed

Rebecca Burgess is the founder of Fibershed, which develops regional and regenerative fiber systems on behalf of independent working producers. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-49

Jan 28, 2019•37 min

48: Weave of the Month Club with Arianna Funk

Arianna Funk is a handweaver in Stockholm, and the founder of Weave of the Month Club, a subscription service to liven up the world of weaving drafts. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-48

Jan 21, 2019•34 min

46: Jane Patrick and Barry Schacht of Schacht Spindle Company

Schacht Spindle Company manufactures weaving and spinning equipment that is loved the world over by fiber artists. Jane and Barry talk about the history of their company, and celebrating 50 years in business! Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-46

Jan 07, 2019•33 min

43: Urban Gardening for Textiles in The South Bronx with Sajata Epps

Sajata Epps is an artist and weaver who creates textile products using recycled tools and natural materials from her urban gardening collective in the Bronx. LaChaun and Sajata discuss how artists can mitigate the changing cultural climate in the Bronx through conscious community engagement and urban gardening. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-43

Dec 03, 2018•51 min

41: Flax to Linen with Sandy Fisher of Chico Flax

Sandy Fisher is the founder of Chico Flax, a movement to promote a more self-reliant flax-to-fabric textile industry in the Northern Sacramento Valley. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-41

Nov 19, 2018•29 min

38: Textile Journeys with Sarah Resnick

I (Sarah) am behind the mic this week, talking about how I became a weaver, and what inspired me to create the this little weaving yarn shop and start this podcast. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-38

Oct 30, 2018•33 min
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