Glamorgan Guild of Weavers Spinners & Dyers

Happy New Year! We hope you've had a bit of a break over Christmas. Here is our programme for the coming year: Sat 12 Jan Open Workshop Scout Hall. Spend a day doing the fibre-y things you love! Thu 14 Feb Spinning Wheels with Jill David. Jill will be talking about her interesting and unusual wheels. Thu 14 March AGM followed by Jill Riley’s photos of the National Exhibition 2012 - a chance to see photographs from the National Exhibition - can you spot your ring on display?   Thu 11 April ‘Tapestry & Off Loom Weaving From A Different Perspective’- Helen Foroughi - Helen will be showing us some of her amazing pieces and discussing her work. Sat 11 May Shibori preparation for July w/s with Jane. Preparation for our dyeing workshop in July - learn about preparing items for shibori dyeing. Thu 13 June Tablet weaving with Helen Aanensen. Helen will be showing us some of the amazing things that can be done with tablet weaving. Sat 13 July Indigo dyeing ...

Our next meeting is on Thursday 8th November at Kynance Hall from 7.30 pm. A bit of a break from our usual programme - this is a  Show and Tell - giving members the opportunity to show off their most recent work and discuss techniques, ideas and the like! Although preparation for our next event is also listed, next year is looking to be very busy - so the next showcase of our work is yet to be confirmed! Ideas and suggestions in regards to this will be warmly welcomed by the committee as we are always looking for new ways of promoting our crafts and the Guild. We hope to see you there!

Our September meeting is a change to our programme. We will be visited by Elen Phillips, curator of the Costume and Textile Gallery in St Fagans. This promises to be an exciting and interesting presentation and we are very much looking forward to it! As usual it will be held in Kynance Hall, Dinas Powys starting at 7.30 pm. Any queries, please email glamorganguildwsd@gmail.com

Our next meeting is this Saturday in Dinas Powys Souts Hall from the usual time 10am-4pm. This workshop will be led by guild members on Needlefelt, Maradai braids and Inkle weaving as a follow up from last month's evening meeting where we had demonstrations of the individual crafts. This promises to be a fun workshop with the opportunity to pick up a new skill, or try your hand at something you've always wanted to give a go! For further details please contact us at glamorganguildwsd@gmail.com

A bit more information about the new gallery Michelle Griffiths is opening in the Model House next weekend. Location: First Floor, Model House Craft & Design Centre, Llantrisant, CF72 8EB (Llantrisant is just off Junction 34 of the M4). Inaugural Event:  Saturday 30 June - Sunday 1 July opening at 10 am on both days. Exhibitors include: Susan Bowers - Patchwork & Quilting Demonstrations Susan Briscoe - Sashiko/Quilting Japanese Textiles Joan Gordon - Couture Dressmaking techniques with the sewing machine. Michelle Griffiths – Tie-Dye/Shibori Demonstrations Ruth Harries & Lisa Porch of Fibre Art Wales – meet the artist Felicity J Warnes - Rare, out of print, and second hand textile books. Including books on embroidery, spinning, weaving, dyeing, patchwork, and quilting. And of course - members of the guild! Hope to see you there!

Very exciting news has reached us at Glamorgan Guild! Michelle Griffiths the World Shibori Network representative for UK/Ireland is opening a new gallery based in the Model House in Llantrisant. The Resist Gallery Studio promises to be an exciting development with exhibitions on shibori/tie-dye, batik, ikat, cyanotype resists and eco-resist printing. Not to mention the workshop programme under development, reference library, talks, lectures and much much more! We are very pleased to have been given the opportunity to display our work during the opening weekend 30th June - 1st July and also do demonstrations - along with other exhibitors from the world of textiles! We look forward to seeing you there!