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Episode 70: SLO Fiber Studio with Stephanie L. Ondo
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.
Episode 58: Plant Adoration with Kelli of Bedhead Fiber
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.
Episode 52: Cultivating Naturally Colored Cotton with Sally Fox
Sally is an organic bio-dynamic farmer located in the Capay Valley of Northern California. In addition to her climate beneficial wool Sally Fox has made a huge contribution to the genetics of cultivating and bringing naturally colored cotton to the market.
Episode 45: Regenerative Regional Flax Production with Angela Wartes-Kahl of Fibrevolution
Fibrevolution is a seed-to-seed producer of high quality organic bast fiber, yarn, and cloth born of regenerative processes, sustainable systems, carbon farming practices, regional manufacturing and community education.
148: Soft Gather, Quiet Flame with Aliana Grace Bailey
In this week's episode, LaChaun speaks with Aliana Grace Bailey, an interdisciplinary fiber artist, designer, and care worker whose practice combines art, healing, and social impact at Vibrant Grace Studio.
Episode 82: Conscious Cultural Exploration in Oaxaca with Vera of Cosa Buena
Cosa Buena is 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.
Episode 141: Teaching and Designing Tapestry Weaving with Tommye Scanlin
Tommye Scanlin is a well-known tapestry weaver, tapestry teacher, and the author of The Nature of Things: Essays of a Tapestry Weaver, as well as her newest book, Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond.
Episode 108: The Aesthetic Simplicity of Hand Stitching of with Judy Martin
Judy is a full-time professional textile artist in Ontario, Canada. She uses dye, thread, and cloth as primary materials to produce works through stitching these materials by hand. The process is time-consuming, but the healing meditation inherent in the method gives her the vitality to fulfill her large scale projects.
Episode 140: Exploring Tapestry Weaving with Rebecca Mezoff
On this week's episode, Sarah speaks with Rebecca Mezoff. Rebecca is a contemporary tapestry weaver in Fort Collins, Colorado, and a tapestry weaving teacher, both in person and online.
Episode 115: A Design House Based in Weaverville, NC with Grace and Amalia of Echoview Fiber Mill
Echoview is a sustainable spinning mill, knitting operation, and design house based in Weaverville, NC.
Episode 99: Revitalizing the American Textile Industry with Leigh Anne Hilbert of The Carolina Textile District
Leigh Anne Hilbert is the Network Coordinator for the Carolina Textile District, an enterprise of The Industrial Commons.Leigh also opened The Drygoods Studios, a community driven mixed-use studio space in the heart of West Asheville, where she sells her canvas and leather bags and accessories.
Episode 92: Raising Navajo-Churro Heritage Breeds 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.
Episode 88: Reconnecting with Weaving Through Identity with Mariela Motilla
Mariela Motilla is 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.
Meet the 2024 WEAVE Residency Artists
We are pleased to announce the four artists selected to participate in the WEAVE residency program for 2024: Shannon Sea Novaa, Edi Dai, Donelle Wedderburn, and Aliana Grace Bailey.
Episode 98: Navajo Rug Weaving Restoration with Penelope Starr in Tucson Arizona
Penelope repairs damaged Navajo rugs by reweaving them in order to restore their original pattern. Navajo rugs are textiles produced by the second most populous of all native indigenous groups in the United States, the Navajo people.
Episode 91: Ochre Earth Pigments with Heidi Gustafson 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.
Episode 89: Weaving And Foraging For Natural Dye in Detroit with Kayla Powers
Kayla Powers is the creator 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.
Episode 87: Indigenous Fiber and Craft Making in Cusco Peru with Aula Artesana
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.
Meet the 2023 WEAVE Residency Artists
We are pleased to announce the four artists selected to participate in the WEAVE residency program for 2023!
The WEAVE Residency Begins: Meet the First Four Artists
We are pleased to announce the artist's selected for our WEAVE Artist Residency cycle in 2022. Melvenea Hodges, Kesiena Onosigho, Sobia Ahmad, and adé Oh.
Episode 119: The Warmth of Weaving on the Scottish East Coast with Yarrow Magdalena
Yarrow Magdalena lives a soft, slow life in Scotland and creates rituals and ceremonies for the big and small milestones in life.
Episode 118: An Array of Fiber Making Mediums with Tammi Williams of Yarn & Whiskey
Tammi is a fiber artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her fiber practice incorporates an array of fiber making mediums from weaving and knitting to sewing and construction using beautifully patterned and colorful fabrics and materials that are inspired by African patterns, prints, and textiles.
Episode 113: Saori Weaving and Divination with Lisa Shobhana Mason
Lisa is a Saori weaver, designer, instructor, intuitive, and astrologer.
Episode 110: Custom Stitches Of All Kinds With Michelle Brooks Of The Stitchering Shop
Michelle creates custom textile art pieces using a variety of fiber techniques such as tufting, embroidery stitching and weaving.
Episode 97: Weaving in South Philadelphia with Melonie Cavallaro Wallace of Fibre Studio
Melonie Cavallaro Wallace is a fine artist and weaver. Melonie studied Fine Art and Art History in Italy where she discovered her passion for classic oil painting, world culture and combining global textures, form, and color.
Episode 90: Exploring From Farm to Fabric with Nica Rabinowitz of Fiberhouse Collective
Fiberhouse is a collective that partners with farmers, artists, designers, fiber folks, and scientists to explore from farm to fabric and then back to farm.
Episode 84: Creating The Fiber Circle Studio with Alisha Reyes
Alisha Reyes is the founder of the Fiber Circle Studio, a fiber studio located in the beautiful wine country of Northern California.
Episode 101: Weaving through Lupus and MS with Lynn Battle in Birmingham Alabama
Lynn Battle is an incredibly talented self-taught weaver who began weaving to help offset her symptoms after being diagnosed with Lupus and MS.
Episode 95: Interdisciplinary Craft Making and Agriculture with Catherine Cross Tsintzos
Catherine is an Interdisciplinary-Multidisciplinary Artist with a focus on environmental and social issues, traditional fine craft and sustainability.
Listener Appreciation Episode !
This week is a special mailbag episode featuring emails and comments from listeners who’ve written to us. This podcast has steadily grown and this is our way of showing gratitude for your very kind words. The team at GistYarn is so thankful for your support!
Episode 93: Commercial Scale Local Wool Carding and Spinning with Mary Jeanne Packer of Battenkill Fibers
Mary Jeanne Packer is the 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.
Episode 122: Indigo Growing and Natural Dyeing in Central Baltimore With Kenya Miles
Kenya is a textile artist, farmer, and the alchemist behind the Traveling Miles Studio.
Episode 121: Natural Fibers Sculpture and Gendered Iconography With Sydni Gause
ydni Gause, an interdisciplinary artist and Adjunct Professor in Sculpture at Alfred University.Sydni works with an array of materials that she uses in her sculpture, installation, and fiber-based practice.She uses her work as a means to respond to issues between power structures and gender inequality.
Episode 120: Deconstructing Fiber Making with Kendall Schauder
Kendall talks about her “How to Grow Denim Project” where she works with salvaged raw cotton and indigo in order to document the steps required to create a 40-yard bolt of denim.
Episode 100: Designing Weaving and Knitting Patterns with Angela Tong
Angela Tong is a designer of knitting & weaving patterns, a pottery maker and a Mirrix Looms brand ambassador.
Episode 96: Quilting and Natural Dye Cultivating in Oakland with Kristin Arzt of Scrambles Quilts
Kristin is a quilter, natural dye grower and artist instructor residing in Oakland, California. She fuses yoga and wellness with her fiber practice and I'm excited to have her on the podcast this week to talk about her experience working in the beautiful natural fiber hub, Northern California.
Episode 94: An Exploration of the Vanishing American Wool Industry with Clara Parkes
In our conversation, we talk about her most recent publication “Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool.” A tale of her year-long exploration traveling to farms and mills across America in order to transform a 676-pound bale of fleece into commercial yarn.
Episode 131: Letters from Our Community
Our team put together a really special episode for you to ring out this year, sharing some of our favorite customer stories that came into our email inbox this year.