Jane Hansen is a small-scale sustainable wool fiber farmer living in Northern Wisconsin.She grows vegetables, greens, herbs, flowers and fruits on a seven year crop rotation as well as uses a management intensive grazing method for her flocks.
Jacqueline is a weaver in the UK specializing in the hand-dyed and handwoven rugs. She combines traditional weaving techniques with contemporary design style and a bold use of color.
Tamara is a sustainable wool fiber farmer, homesteader, and natural dye cultivator. She started out as a hobby farmer with her family but has recently transitioned to a production farm.
Jennifer Moore is an experienced weaver, teacher, and author. Jennifer’s weaving has been widely exhibited for the past thirty years, and has won awards throughout the United States and abroad.
Sharon along with small farmers and hand weavers in Louisiana are working towards reviving Acadian Brown Cotton. Sharon talks about creating the documentary film Cotonjaune", Acadian Brown Cotton, A Cajun Love Story”, which dives into the fascinating and little-known history of hand weaving and brown cotton in Louisiana.
Deb 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.
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.
Sara is a Hungarian natural dyer and small scale grower based in Budapest, Hungary. Over the past year she has been collaborating with a rural eco-community to grow dye plants and run small-scale experiments, in which she re-purposes vintage garments with natural dyes.
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.
Bedhead Fiber is a declaration of adoration for plants, fungi, natural fibers, farmers, and the slow process. They believe in the power of plants, the necessity of healthy ecosystems, and supporting farmers.
