Episode 19: Weaving Traditions
Welcome to episode 19 of WeaveCast. This episode we’re talking about weaving traditions, both cultural and personal. We’ll hear from Viridiana Chavez in Oxaca, Mexico talk about Zapotec weaving traditions. Sigrid Piroch tells us about Annie Albers and the Bauhaus movemont, and shares her experiences with Sloviakian textile traditions. Rebekkah of Bowerbird Knits tells how weaving on a bead loom connected her to the tradition of man-made art. In the ending essay, we’ll discuss personal weaving traditions, and why sometimes, it’s good to break them.
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- WeaveCast Fundraising Auction
- Lone Star Loom Room (aka Nordic Studio)
- Mexican Weaving Retreat
- Allegheny River Textile ARTS Studio
- The Magic of Handweaving
by Sigrid Piroch
- Complex Weavers
- Bowerbird Knits (Rebekkah's Blog)
- Quirky Nomads (Sage's Podcast)
Musical Guests
- "Oca la Mujer" by Karisma de Montes
- "Czardas" by Blue Jar
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posted by Syne Mitchell at 10:44 PM
11 Comments:
Every podcast gets better than the last. I love this episode especially the interview with Sigrid. I have taken two different workshops from her and left with more knowledge than I had before. Very good instructor!! I wrote a short review on her book on my blog and have to agree the photos are wonderful.
I always look forward to your podcasts and wish you the best of luck with your upcoming surgery.
Syne- I don't weave- (yet) but listen to every show;)
Know you had surgery yesterday- praying for your recovery....
Fabulous podcast. I particularly liked Rebekkah's essay. Especially the 'sad' inference that art materials are only for children! I once took a warped table loom to an Environmental show hoping to encourage and inspire others to weave. Parents encouraged their childen to have a go but no adults attempted it! These problems don't stop here. When I go to the doctor I'm never offered one of the jelly beans in the big full glass jar - despite very yukky examinations. Syne - hope you are able to munch on lots of jelly beans soon.
I LOVE your podcast! I would like to hear from you more often than once a month.
All my best wishes for your health!
Greetings from Switzerland
Helga
www.helgaswebstube.ch
Wonderful information on the Slovak history. My great-grandparents are Slovakian and I never knew about this part of my heritage.
Thanks so much!
I can't find the link to the survey! I have listened to each and every single one of the episodes. I would ask to leave it as is but: Do it more often. Cover techniques and I know! types of fiber and yarns!
bspinner:
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I'm delighted that you enjoyed the interview with Sigrid. She was a fun and very knowledgable guest. Thank you also for your kind words about my recovery.
Tracey:
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"Not a a weaver (yet)" Cute! Be warned, if you keep listening you may get addicted to weaving, it's happened to others... ;> Thanks you so much for your kind thoughts and prayers.
Kaz:
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Thanks for the great comment about Rebekkah's essay, I'll make sure to pass that along to her. I agree, it's a good thing when adults keep their sense of play. :>
Helga:
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Thank you so much for the eat comment and well-wishes. A get-well post from Switzerland, what a cool thing!
Teri:
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I'm so pleased that this past episode helped you reconnect with your Slovak heritage. What I thought was really interesting was the dynamic and non-repetious nature of the weaving. If you listen closly to the song Czardas, it has a lot of those same attributes. I liked how the textiles and music reflected a common asthetic sense.
Laritza:
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Hmm, can't find the survey link? It should show up as the first hyperlink on the show notes, WeaveCast Listener Survey. Or you can use this url: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=rcQURqEWcnkCrCkwWGJgEg_3d_3d
Surgery Update
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The procedure went well, the surgeon said "It couldn't have gone any better." Every day I'm a bit stronger, the face a bit less swollen. The hardest part for me is resting. I'm not a "sit down and take it easy" type person. But my sweetie stock-piled some great DVDs and I'm trying to be good and rest. :> Lots of gratitude to my husband (for DVDs and other heroic acts of support) my mother (for flying out from WI to help out the first few days) and Kai (for being very gentle with Mommy and her owie), and to all the great people over the world who've sent me encouraging emails. Ya'll are awesome!
P.S. And a big thank you to Laura Fry for helping me rebuild and warp a loom with a "therapeutic" weaving project."
hello Syne
very pleased to hear the surgery went well and the recovery is well on its way .take care and warm and healing thoughts go out to you.
wendy
Oh! Oh! Oh! The John C. Campbell Folk School! How excited am I to hear about a place I know and love! I learned how to weave in that same studio, both a floor loom class with Ruth Truett and an inkle class with Pam Howard. I also learned how to spin there with Martha Owen. I can't wait to hear more about your experience. It's truly an amazing place. You should come back for Winter Dance Week one of these days. :-)
Right now I live in an apartment with room only for an inkle loom (and an Ashford Inklette, at that) but there's a bigger loom in my future. Thanks for such a great podcast, and hope you feel better soon.
I have caught up with all the podcasts and now dont know what I will do except listening to them from the begining
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