Welcome to another wonderful year of the Weave Podcast! I hope you all enjoyed your holiday season and brought in the new year with peace, and prosperity. This week on the podcast cast we are re-sharing an episode from last year that I believe will help us bring in the new year on a positive note. This week on the podcast Sarah is talking with Caribbean textile interdisciplinary artist and weaver SHENEQUA. She received her Masters of Design in Fashion, Body, & Garment at the School of the Ar...
Jan 06, 2020•34 min
This week on the podcast I'm speaking with Mary Jeanne Packer owner of Battenkill Fibers in Greenwich, New York. Battenkill Fibers is the last standing wool fiber mill in New York offering commercial-scale carding and spinning for fiber farms and manufactures of yarn and fiber products. Mary Jean Packer is involved in a number of farm to fabric initiatives including the Hudson Valley Textile Project. She advocates for locally sourced and sustainability processed fibers and I am excited to share ...
Dec 23, 2019•52 min
This week on the podcast I'm speaking with I’m speaking with Jessica Sanchez of Rusted Earth Farm. Jessica is a farmer and weaver located in Western North Carolina. At Rusted Earth Farm their goal is to produce and design sustainable, handcrafted textiles from the soil up. As part of their farming practice they aim to preserve struggling heritage breeds of wool sheep by using ethical treatment, natural life grazing, and carbon farming. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-92
Dec 16, 2019•45 min
This week on the podcast I'm speaking with Heidi of Early Futures. Heidi is an archivist and practitioner of earth pigments that she extracts from landscapes, mostly in the Western United States. Her pigments can be used for an array of making mediums, such as an art practice or medicinal properties. I am especially excited to have her on the podcast because she offers a unique perspective in the realm of nature making and spirituality. I’m incredibly excited to learn about the historical signif...
Dec 09, 2019•38 min
This week on the podcast I'm speaking with Nica Rabinowitz of Fiberhouse Collective. A collective that partners with farmers, artists, designers, fiber folks, and scientists to explore from farm to fabric and then back to farm. They have a number of interesting research projects such as dyeing fibers with mushrooms and extracting pigment from plants and food waste as well as de-composting textile waste. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-90
Dec 02, 2019•27 min
This week on the podcast I am speaking with Kayla Powers of Salt Textile Studios. Kayla crafts one-of-a-kind, handwoven textiles for home and lifestyle with the belief that goods can be both beautiful and ethical. Her textiles are woven with local fiber, dyed with natural materials and are made to last. Kayla works on the East side of Detroit, Michigan and draws inspiration from the people and the history of the city. In our conversation, we talk about what it’s like to use an urban landscape to...
Nov 25, 2019•25 min
This week on the podcast I am speaking with Mariela Motilla, a Mexican born artist who studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she found herself circling back to her ancestral roots of textile making in Oaxaca Mexico where she now lives and works. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-88
Nov 18, 2019•30 min
This week on the podcast I am speaking with Sonya and Steph of Aula Artesana, a retail and learning space located in the heart of Cusco, Peru. Sonya and Steph collaborate with Indigenous artisans, communities, organizations, and businesses in the highlands and jungles of Peru in order to build a unique, curated collection of handmade products. They offer group and custom hands-on workshops with master artisans in hopes to facilitate opportunities for people of different backgrounds to come toget...
Nov 11, 2019•31 min
This week on the podcast I am speaking with Yuka Bullard of Seed&Hand. Yuka is a Japan born cotton grower, spinner & weaver of naturally colored brown and green cotton currently living in the Southern United States. Yuka’s gardening practice started over 10 years ago and I am excited to share our conversation about her fiber journey and how her cultural heritage has influenced her weaving and fiber practice. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-86
Nov 04, 2019•40 min
This week on the podcast Sarah is talking to Amy McKnight. Amy is a North Carolina based fiber artist and weaver, and she and I first talked for episode 55 of the podcast. When Sarah found out about Amy’s most recent project traveling around her county to teach weaving and create a public community art project about the threads that bind her community together, She knew she wanted to have her on the podcast again to talk about this process. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-85
Oct 28, 2019•43 min
This week on the podcast I am talking to Alisha Reyes who started out in fibers as a knitter but became curious about other fiber arts and learned fiber processing and spinning on a farm. Alisha who is a proud mom of two is also the founder of the Fiber Circle Studio, a fiber studio located in the beautiful wine country of Northern California. So stay tuned to listen to how she started her business at 26 and some of the lessons she’s learned along the way! Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-84...
Oct 21, 2019•33 min
This week on the podcast Sarah is talking to Katte Geneta. Katte is an artist and weaver who lives and works in New York City. As a Filipino-American, an islander, the sea is an important part of her identity, and the ocean, islands, and land are common threads repeated throughout her work. Katte is also a GIST Yarn Ambassador, which means she regularly works with our yarn and designs beautiful projects to share with our community on our weekly blog. Shownotes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-83
Oct 14, 2019•27 min
This week on the podcast I am talking to Vera of Cosa Buena a carefully curated, intimate retreat exploring the vibrant culture and traditions of Oaxaca. They offer hands-on ancestral craft workshops as well as the opportunity for attendees to nourish their body, mind, and, spirit in connection with Zapotec and Mixtec communities and lands. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-82
Oct 07, 2019•34 min
This week on the podcast Sarah is talking to Mariah Gaar, a weaver in Missouri, and also a GIST Yarn Ambassador, which means that she regularly works with our yarn and shares the projects she created with our community. Mariah has designed a number of beautiful projects for our blog and has more lovely ones up her sleeve that you can expect in the coming months. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-81
Sep 30, 2019•24 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Casey Newman an environmental educator , natural dye cultivator and co-owner and operator of Cedar Dell Forrest Farm. A “forest farm” that aims to maintain the health and integrity of the natural ecosystem while sustainably raising animals and growing food on the non-forested portion of the property. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-80
Sep 23, 2019•32 min
This week on the podcast, Sarah is talking to Margaret Russell, a weaver of almost 40 years, about her Preservation Wraps project, which supports the conservation of watchlisted breeds of British Sheep. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-79
Sep 16, 2019•47 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Aviva Leigh an experienced natural dyer and weaver of contemporary woven and stitched textiles living in Aylsham , a ‘cittaslow’ town in Norfolk, England. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-78
Sep 09, 2019•34 min
This week on the podcast Sarah is talking to Natalie Novak, a tapestry weaver in Portland Oregon and the founder of Combed Thunder. Natalie draws from ancient and contemporary weaving techniques to explore color, mythology, folklore, and the (super) natural world. Sarah was lucky to have the opportunity to take an in-person tapestry weaving class with Natalie almost two years ago, at the Weaving Kind Makerie retreat, and truly loved her bold use of colors and shapes and encouraging teaching styl...
Sep 02, 2019•27 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is talking about her progress growing naturally colored cotton and indigo suffruticosa in Low Country South Carolina. She also introduces a new segment that will incorporate listeners in her quest to dig deeper into the world of weaving and textiles! Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-76
Aug 26, 2019•39 min
This week on the podcast Sarah is talking with Emily Winter, the co-founder of The Weaving Mill, an artist-run industrial weaving studio in Chicago. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-75
Aug 19, 2019•35 min
This week on the podcast, LaChaun is talking with a close friend and former schoolmate Miriam Vegara a Brooklyn Born Mexican American textile artist and educator. In their conversation, they talk about her recent residency in Sweden as well as her ancestral connection to textile making and processing. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-74
Aug 12, 2019•38 min
This week on the podcast, Sarah is thrilled to welcome Liz Gipson back on! Liz is a well known and beloved weaver, author, the founder of Yarnworker.com, and rigid heddle teacher extraordinaire. I first had her on the podcast about a year ago, and after that conversation we got to scheming about a collaboration a Weaver's PlayBox that is filled with yarn, project inspiration, and helpful tips created especially for rigid heddle weavers. On today’s episode we’re going to dive more into Liz’s weav...
Aug 05, 2019•35 min
This week on the podcast, LaChaun is talking with Linda LaBelle a teacher, entrepreneur, author, photographer and; career fiber artist specializing in natural dyeing and weaving. In their conversation, we talk about Linda’s dye garden as well as her many trips across the world to learn, teach and gather dye materials to share with the natural fiber community. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-72
Jul 29, 2019•33 min
This week on the podcast Sarah is talking to Ally Rousseau. Ally is a Fibre Artist and Designer based out of Montréal, Québec. She is a tapestry weaver who has created close to 200 custom pieces for people all over the world, using her signature style of bold blocks and squares of colors. She also teaches weaving, and we loved collaborating with Ally on a blog post last year sharing her weaving style with our community. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-71
Jul 22, 2019•30 min
This week on the podcast, LaChaun is talking with Stephanie L. Ondo. Stephanie is a sustainable natural fiber artist who creates wool felt sculptures, handspun yarns, and one-of-a-kind botanically dyed textiles. She is the founder of SLO fiber studio a project named after her married initials S-L-O which can be read as "slow" - a hopeful word in a world that often moves too fast. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-70
Jul 15, 2019•40 min
Felicia Lo Wong is a designer and entrepreneur from Vancouver, Canada who started her company Sweet Georgia Yarns in 2005. Sweet Georgia Yarns is a hand-dyed yarn company that makes stunning gorgeous and deeply saturated colors of yarn and fiber for knitters, spinners, and weavers. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-69
Jul 08, 2019•33 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is talking with Jane Hansen, a small scale sustainable wool fiber farmer living in Northern Wisconsin. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-68
Jul 01, 2019•44 min
Jacqueline James is a weaver in the UK specializing in the hand-dyed and handwoven rugs. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-67
Jun 24, 2019•29 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Tamara White of Wing & A Prayer Farm. Tamara is a sustainable wool fiber farmer, homesteader, and natural dye cultivator. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-66
Jun 17, 2019•55 min
Jennifer Moore is an experienced weaver, teacher, and author, specializing in all things doubleweave. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-65
May 27, 2019•31 min
