Glamorgan Guild of Weavers Spinners & Dyers

Our next meeting is on Thursday 13th June. We will have a talk by Helen Aanensen about Tablet Weaving. Tablet Weaving or Card Weaving as it is also called, is an ancient weaving technique often used in narrow items, such as belts. It can also be incorporated into larger pieces. As usual it will be held in Kynance Hall (rear of the Methodist Church) in Dinas Powys at 7:30pm. Members £2, Guests £5. All welcome! For further details or any queries, please contact glamorganguildwsd@gmail.com

Our next workshop will be on Saturday 11th May at the Scouts Hall in Dinas Powys - 10 - 4. This will be a workshop preparation for our dyeing day with Kathy Williams in July. Please bring your items for dyeing preparation, as our focus will be on Shibori dyeing. For those of you who may be wondering what Shibori dyeing is - Wikipedia explains it a bit here . At a very basic level it is similar to tie-dyeing, but the complexities of the end results with Shibori are significantly different to the tie-dyeing you may have experimented with in the past! We also now have a brand new Facebook page - right  here . Please go ahead and like us.

Our next evening meeting open to all is on Thursday 11th April at 7:30pm in Kynance Hall Dinas Powys (rear of Methodist Church). Our guest will be  Helen Foroughi who is a contemporary textile artist, and will be speaking to us on her work in a talk entitled 'Tapestry & Off Loom Weaving From A Different Perspective'. Helen's work, which you can see on her website, involves intricate weaving using contrasting materials, creating very unusual pieces - not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of weaving. Guests are more than welcome to attend - if you have any queries, please email: glamorganguildwsd@gmail.com Members £2. Non-members £5.

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