In Bloom by Christine Miller.Christine Miller is our guest this week. She designs and teaches a wide variety of needlework techniques from embroidery to felting, dyeing, crochet, and sewing. These days, her focus is on weaving, but not regular weaving. Christine’s weaving uses “cloth” fibers and wire to create a fabric that opens many doors to design and sculpture. Christine has also played a major role in the drive to return the arts to our education system, basically changing STEM to STEAM. In addition to talking about her fiber arts work, we have an in-depth discussion about the importance of including arts in education. We’re confident our conversation will get your wheels spinning.–Beth and Gary
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Emergence by Christine Miller.Here are some links:
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One of the panels of Jenifer’s Temari calendar ball.Another Wednesday has arrived and Gary and Jenifer have gathered to talk about our WIPGO efforts, carrying threads, dyeing, stitching samplers on white linen, hanks of NPI silk at Sassy Jacks, and several other things that entered our minds during the conversation. Join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour when we enjoy the samplers stitched by Shelly Miland. We start at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel.–Jenifer and Gary
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One of Jude Kingshott’s creations.Mixed-media artist Jude Kingshott is this week’s guest. Jude combines embroidery, eco-printing, and dyeing to create beautiful books and other eye-catching pieces of art. She also makes quilts though she “is not a quilter.” Jude has traveled a fascinating path from her start with a group of expatriate ladies in Egypt to today’s mastery of mixed-media art, all driven by a never-ending drive to answer the question “What if?” We trust you will enjoy the show and encourage you to visit Jude’s website.–Beth and Gary
This book by Jude Kingshott is titled In My Garden.You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podbay, and Podbean. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.
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One of the fun aspects of starting a new project is selecting the ground cloth. There are so many options available to stitchers and one of the more creative providers is this week’s guest, Stephanie Bishop of Fabrics by Stephanie. This week’s show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and Avlea Mediterranean Folk Embroidery. In our conversation, we learn how Stephanie got started with the art of dyeing fabric, get a sense of what’s involved in creating ground cloth, gain some insight into the struggles providers are experiencing getting materials during the pandemic, and find out where some of her fabric names originated. We hope you enjoy learning about the world of ground-cloth dyeing.–Beth and Gary
Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.Please support our sponsor, Avlea Mediterranean Folk Embroidery.
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The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel is a must read.
Virginia Postrel joins us this week. She is author of the book “The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World.” This is a must-read book that will put a 180-deg. turn on your perspective of the role of fiber, thread, and cloth in the history of civilization. Virginia demonstrates, in a very enjoyable read, that fibers, which we tend to take for granted as we use them in our art/hobby activities, have been at the very core of the development of art, industry, and economics, essentially since humans appeared on this planet. We also learned some interesting things about weaving and dyeing. Virginia is a fascinating person who has built a career for herself sharing her perspective through columns, magazine articles, and several books. We’re confident you’ll enjoy the conversation we had with her and encourage you to pick up a copy of “The Fabric of Civilization.” It will get your wheels spinning.–Beth and Gary
Learn about this cuneiform tablet in Virginia’s book.
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