The CNCH web site is very comprehensive. No need to duplicate their materials here.
Some of the more local links are listed here to give you quicker access. A few links are
listed here that do not appear on the CNCH site. If you are a member of the guild and
wish to add your web site, please contact
Nora Rogers.
Guild Member Web Sites
Gudrun Polak www.theloomybin.com
Jill Sanders www.heartgallery.com
Lorri Scott www.lasfibers.com
Joy Williams www.mistymountainalpacas.com
Organizations
www.cnch.org
Conference of Northern California Handweavers. Site includes links to member guilds,
member's home pages, classes, comprehensive supplier's list, and much more.
www.weavespindye.org
The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.
www.thelacemuseum.org
The lace Museum, Sunnyvale, CA.
www.textileartscouncil.org
The Textile Arts Council, de Young Museum, San Francisco
www.tapestrycenter.org
The Gloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry Studies, Tucson, AZ, (focus of Southwest weaving)
www.textilemuseum.org
The Textile Museum in Washington, DC
www.complex-weavers.org
Complex Weavers
www.centralcoastweavers.org
Central Coast Weavers Guild in San Luis Obispo
www.aschsite.org
Association of Southern California Handweavers
northwestweavers.org
Association of Northwest Weavers' Guilds
www.fairloom.org
An organization in NE
Brazil which supports indiginous arts with start-up resources, education, and
community action.
www.incas.org
The Center for
Traditional Textiles, Cusco - Nilda Callanaupa's organization which maintains a
reciprocal relationship with weavers in Peruvian villages, providing them with a
place to stay in Cusco while they demonstrate and sell their traditional textiles,
and organizational support for weavers in the communities.
www.cholchol.org
An organization of traditional Mapuche weavers promoting the recovery
of ancient weaving techniques and natural dyes. Their work is developed
under Fair Trade regulations ensuring a fair price for the craftswomen
offering a non-profit support.
www.mexicantextiles.com
This is a project of Robert Freund to document indigenous Mexican textiles from 300
villages with photos of the textiles, people wearing
the textiles, village life and surrounding environment.
www.threadproject.com
Terry Helwig's (artist organizer) World Soul Project, The Thread Project:
One World, One Cloth, ("Weaving a social
fabric that celebrates diversity, encourages tolerance and promotes
compassionate community,"). [Suggestsed by Dana Thompson.]
www.craftalliance.org/news/IT6.htm
Innovations in Textiles 6 in St. Louis, September-October, 2005. This is a biannual
collaborative project which includes textile art in 16 art galleries this year.
Also a panel discussion and several talks by artists in gallery and college venues.
Textile Web Sites
www.interweave.com
Publishers of Handwoven Magazine and books on weaving
www.selvedge.org
An innovative and beautiful textile magazine with an international focus. You can view an issue online.
www.weavershand.com
Comprehensive web site for card weaving, Inkle weaving, kumihimo braiding and
ply-splitting
www.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/weavedocs.html
On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics.
This site contains publications in PDF format on weaving, woven textiles, looms,
textile manufacture, spinning, dyeing, fibers, pattern design, lace, and basketry. If
you've had trouble finding a publication in library or book store, check out this site.
www.fiberscene.com
FiberScene is an artist resource and fine art gallery specializing in San Francisco Bay Area Fiber Art with a goal toward education, exhibition and sales.
http://www.americantapestryalliance.org
Begun in 1968 by Hal Painter and Jim Brown, this organization has grown to host a
Biannale, support education, maintain a slide registry of its members and archives
of the history of tapestry, and study groups. The recent Tapestry on the Edge
exhibit at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle, is online presently.
Classes
Cabrillo College
Art Department. Faculty: Bonnie Britton. 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95001.
Contact Art Department: 831-479-6464; Bonnie Britton, 831-427-0181.
Hartnell College
Fine Arts Department. Faculty: Sylvia Rios. 156 Homestead Ave., Salinas,
CA 93901. Contact: Fine Arts Department, 831-755-6905. [No web site at present.]
Mendocino Art Center
www.mendocinoartcenter.org
Coupeville Arts Center, Coupeville, on Whidby Island, WA
www.coupevillearts.org
Commercial Web Sites
The Golden Fleece
Looms/weaving supplies, classes. 303 Potrero Street., Suite 29-101, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.
Phone: 831 426-1425 or 800 528-5647.
http://thegoldenfleece.com
Treasure
Treasure features ethnic clothing and textiles, jewelry, fabric printing blocks and
oddments from our travels.455 Upland Road, Redwood City, CA 94062. Phone: 650 306-7881.
Fax: 650 306-7882.
Email: dcoldoff@gateway.net
The Swift Stitch
402 Ingalls St. #12,
Santa Cruz, 831-427-9276. 10% discount to Guild members.
Knitting and weaving yarns, classes in kitting, felting, crocheting..
www.theswiftstitch.com
Boulder Creek Yarn
Pamela Burke's Boulder Creek yarn store is located at
13158 Highway 9, Boulder Creek,
831-338-3634. Pamela carries Schacht and Louet Spinning wheels
and looms as well as accessories and yarn.
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