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Professional Weaver Podcast
Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 55

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51 : John Paul Morabito
Season 2 · Episode 21
dimanche 18 juillet 2021 • Duration 01:03:31
This week we are speaking with John Paul Morabito of Chicago, Illinois.
John Paul is a transdisciplinary weaver who engages the medium of tapestry reimagined in the ditigial age. Their work outputs woven forms, moving images, and relational actions to imagine queer grace. Their work has been exhibited internationally, including but not limited to the Zhejiang (zhuh-zhong) Art Museum in China, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Projects in New York and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas. They also have work in collections like the Textile Resource Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. They have presented papers at the College Art Association Conference and the Textile Society of America Symposium, published essays with Art China, the China Academy of Art Textile Reader 2, and the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice. Morabito holds a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where they currently serve on the faculty as an Assistant Professor, Adjunct of Fiber and Material Studies.
We hope you enjoy our conversation with John Paul as cover how they discovered weaving early in their life, queer identity and creation through textiles, the future of weaving and more.
Find John Paul Online : Website | Instagram
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Sponsored by : Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Read full show notes and resources at : https://professionalweaversociety.com/podcast
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Music by Rawhead The Wreckloose : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/
Rawhead the Wreckloose's new album 'Cold Bill' : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/album/cold-bill
Intro Music : Guesthouse
50 : Erin Riley on becoming a weaver, establishing her artistic voice, how she fits into the weaving community and more!
Season 2 · Episode 20
dimanche 11 juillet 2021 • Duration 01:11:59
This week we are speaking with Erin Riley from Brooklyn, NY.
Erin is a tapestry weaver who has dedicated her time and life to creating tapestries that portray different aspects of culture that are either overlooked or are difficult to confront. Since receiving her MFA from the Tyler School of Art she has done many solo and group exhibitions all over the country and the world and has received many awards. Her work often focuses on the darker side of our culture. A few of the subjects she has covered have been nude figures from pornography or selfies, drug paraphernalia, and mental illness. The tapestries she creates has evolved over time to showcase her skills as a weaver, but also her eye as a dedicated artist.
We hope you enjoy our conversation as we talk to Erin about how she became a weaver, discovering and establishing her artistic voice, and how she feels she fits into the weaving community.
Find Erin Online : Website | Instagram
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Join the Discord : https://professionalweaversociety.org/join-the-discord/
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Sponsored by : Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Read full show notes and resources at : https://professionalweaversociety.com/podcast
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Support the Podcast : Become A Patron (Shop on Amazon)
Music by Rawhead The Wreckloose : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/
Rawhead the Wreckloose's new album 'Cold Bill' : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/album/cold-bill
Intro Music : Guesthouse
S2E11 : Janet Phillips on becoming a weaver, teaching woven design, the importance of sampling to understand structure, and more
Season 2 · Episode 11
dimanche 4 avril 2021 • Duration 54:53
This week we are talking with Janet Phillips from England. Janet has been designing and weaving for over 40 years after studying Industrial Textile Design at the Scottish College of Textiles, graduating with a First Class Honors Degree. Color and texture are still the foundations that keep her weaving. She dyes most of the yarns she uses and she is continually experimenting and sampling to find new weaves and textures.
Janet also has a deep commitment to teaching others to be creative with their weavings. She has authored two books, Designing Woven Fabrics and Exploring Woven Fabrics, which encourage weavers to really understand how a woven fabric is constructed guiding the weaver to develop their own designs and structures.
Enjoy our conversation with Janet as we talk about how she became a weaver, teaching woven design, and the importance of sampling to understand woven structures.
Find Janet online : Website | Instagram | Buy Books Direct | Buy Books from LSLR
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Sponsored by : Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Read full show notes and resources at : https://professionalweaversociety.com/podcast
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Music by Rawhead The Wreckloose : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/
Rawhead the Wreckloose's new album 'Cold Bill' : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/album/cold-bill
Intro Music : Guesthouse
40 : Rachel Snack on finding weaving, starting Weaver House, her new podcast, and more!
Season 2 · Episode 10
dimanche 28 mars 2021 • Duration 01:17:09
This week we are speaking with Rachel Snack of Weaver House Co from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Weaver House is a project that Rachel created as an intuitive response to returning home after living in Peru, and the continual longing to be at the loom. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art in Fiber and Material Studies from the The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her Master of Science in Textile Design from Philadelphia University. She can normally be found in the studio or nearby in the woods, always inspired and constantly creating.
Weaver House is a yarn shop, textile studio, and weaving school located in Philadelphia. The goal of the space is to create heirloom textiles in homage to craft tradition, and the dialect between maker and loom. Creating a space where the woven practice is grounded in the idea of growing a tangible language, to regain tactility and a hand-making consciousness within the home and in relation to the body. Though the school is currently closed due to the ongoing pandemic, Rachel is finding new ways to inspire communal collaboration and weaving education.
We hope you enjoy our conversation with Rachel as we talk about finding weaving, starting Weaver House, her new podcast, and more!
Find Rachel Online : Website | Weaver House | Instagram | Material Culture Podcast
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Sponsored by : Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Read full show notes and resources at : https://professionalweaversociety.com/podcast
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Music by Rawhead The Wreckloose : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/
Rawhead the Wreckloose's new album 'Cold Bill' : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/album/cold-bill
Intro Music : Guesthouse
39 : Our Origin Story & Questions Answered! As told at the HGA's Careers in Textiles Symposium
Season 2 · Episode 9
dimanche 21 mars 2021 • Duration 01:02:14
We have been keeping ourselves busy these past couple weeks, working with clients, getting stuff done at the spinning mill, and giving presentations about what we do.
This week we wanted to continue the conversation about how we got to where we are and take the opportunity to answer some questions along the way. We are sharing the audio from our presentation at the Careers in Textiles Symposium that was hosted by the Handweavers Guild of America this past Friday.
In case you missed it and the other fabulous talks from other industry leaders, check out the website weavespindye.org/cit to watch the videos of the presentations. It was an honor to be selected to speak along side of some amazing designers and business people in the textile field.
If you are an aspiring professional weaver, please feel free to reach out to us with your questions. And like always, if we don’t have the answer, we will get you in touch with somebody who does.
We will be back with our regularly scheduled programming next week, so stay tuned, and stay curious.
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Sponsored by : Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Read full show notes and resources at : https://professionalweaversociety.com/podcast
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Support the Podcast : Become A Patron (Shop on Amazon)
Music by Rawhead The Wreckloose : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/
Rawhead the Wreckloose's new album 'Cold Bill' : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/album/cold-bill
Intro Music : Guesthouse
38 : Crystal Gregory on the different ways of learning and teaching weavings, how much there is still left to learn, and creating artwork using woven fabric
Season 2 · Episode 8
dimanche 14 mars 2021 • Duration 01:19:58
Register for the HGA's Careers in Textiles Symposium : http://weavespindye.org/cit/
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This week we are speaking with Crystal Gregory in Kentucky. Crystal Gregory is a sculptor whose work investigates between textile and architecture. If the nature of architecture is fixed and permanent then the opposite would be a textile, collapsible and movable. Both mediums define space, create shelter, and allow privacy. A textile, however, has the advantage of flexibility. It is a semi two dimensional plane that has the ability to fold, drape, move and change to its surroundings. It is pliable.
Gregory received her BFA from the University of Oregon and her MFA from the School of the Art Insitute of Chicago from the Fiber and Material Studies Department. She has received many awards and her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally including the Rockwell Museum of Art, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Projects, the Hunterdon Art Museum and at Black and White Project Space. She has had her work featured in Hyperallergic, Surface Design Journal, Art Critical and Peripheral Vision Press. She is an Assistant Profession within the School of Arts and Visual Studies at the University of Kentucky and currently shows with Tappan Collective in Los Angeles, California as well as Momentum Gallery in North Carolina.
We hope you enjoy our conversation with Crystal as we talk about different ways of learning and teaching weavings, how much there is still left to learn, and creating artwork using woven fabric.
Find Crystal Online : Website | Instagram
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Sponsored by : Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Read full show notes and resources at : https://professionalweaversociety.com/podcast
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Music by Rawhead The Wreckloose : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/
Rawhead the Wreckloose's new album 'Cold Bill' : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/album/cold-bill
Intro Music : Guesthouse
37 : Peggy Osterkamp on Finding Weaving, the Joy of Play & Sampling, Making Woven Art, Teaching, & more
Season 2 · Episode 7
dimanche 7 mars 2021 • Duration 01:15:04
This week we are talking with Peggy Osterkamp. Peggy is the author of the New Guide to weaving series, Weaving for Beginners – An Illustrated Guide, and has a prolific blog available to share tips, stories of her travels, and artistic discoveries. She has found great joy in sharing her love of handweaving with students near and far and has a wealth of knowledge to bestow upon them.
Personally, I have been following Peggy’s blog since I was in college and first learning how to weave. To this day I still find her artwork inspiring. The experiments with materials, structures and presentations are a testament to how she finds play whenever she sits and works at the loom. And her ability to clearly explain the techniques and methods she uses is a must for any weaver who wishes to reconnect with their weaving skills on a different level.
We hope you enjoy our conversation as we talk about how she became a weaver, the joys of sampling, and what the process was like putting her knowledge in book and blog form.
Find Peggy Online : Website | Instagram
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Sponsored by : Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Read full show notes and resources at : https://professionalweaversociety.com/podcast
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Sponsor the Podcast : Become A Sponsor
Support the Podcast : Become A Patron (Shop on Amazon)
Music by Rawhead The Wreckloose : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/
Rawhead the Wreckloose's new album 'Cold Bill' : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/album/cold-bill
Intro Music : Guesthouse
36 : Anne Low on weaving on frame looms, studying and learning old techniques, and dividing time between art and utilitarian weaving.
Season 2 · Episode 6
dimanche 28 février 2021 • Duration 01:15:22
This week we are talking with Anne Low from Canada. Anne Low is a multi-disciplinary artist who uses sculpture, installation, textiles and printmaking to explore the relationship of historical contexts of contemporary functional objects and themes that occur, such as the domestic and the decorative. Her works highly focus on the physicality of an object and utilize her historic knowledge of weaving and various methodologies.
She has been featured in many group exhibitions, held selected solo exhibitions, and was nominated for the Sobey Art Award in 2019 (Canada’s largest award for young Canadian artists). Her work is subtle and sublime, showcasing fine craftsmanship in the light of installation art.
We hope you enjoy our conversation with Anne as we talk about weaving on frame looms, studying and learning old techniques, and dividing time between art and utilitarian weaving.
Find Anne Online : Instagram
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Sponsored by : Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Read full show notes and resources at : https://professionalweaverpodcast.com
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Music by Rawhead The Wreckloose : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/
Rawhead the Wreckloose's new album 'Cold Bill' : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/album/cold-bill
Intro Music : Guesthouse
35 : Lucy MacDonald on her weaving education, starting her own studio, what goes into her complex designs, and more!
Season 2 · Episode 5
dimanche 21 février 2021 • Duration 01:07:37
This week we are talking with Lucy MacDonald of Arra Textiles from Scotland. Arra Textiles is named after Lucy’s great grandmother, Arra MacDonald, born and brought up on Orkney, she passed down her love of textiles to Lucy. After graduating with a degree in textile design at university, Lucy worked for a range of different companies before deciding to invest in a loom and start her own business.
Her work is inspired by the ever changing sea scapes that are near and far from her home and studio. The desire to travel always pulls her in directions of different coastlines from the archipelagos of Finland, the southern coast of Australia, or the beautiful coastlines in Scotland. Each year she produces a small collection of bespoke scarves which are woven using hand-dyed locally sourced yarn. While creating, she strives to produce as little waste material as possible by using every last bit of material and reselling any yarn cone ends. The majority of the yarn she uses is sourced in Britain, maintaining the traceability factor in her work.
With her zero-waste production policy and emphasis on traditional craftsmanship, she can be sure that her work will become timeless heirlooms to be enjoyed for generations to come, before biodegrading naturally at the end of its’ lifespan.
We hope that you enjoy our conversation with Lucy as we talk about her education, what it was like starting up her own studio, and what goes into her complex woven designs.
Find Lucy Online : Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest
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Sponsored by : Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Read full show notes and resources at : http://proweaverpod.com/episode-35
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Music by Rawhead The Wreckloose : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/
Rawhead the Wreckloose's new album 'Cold Bill' : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/album/cold-bill
Intro music : Guesthouse
34 : Comfortcloth in 2020
Season 2 · Episode 4
dimanche 14 février 2021 • Duration 01:04:24
We heard you, and this week we are talking about… ourselves!
We were recently asked to give a presentation about what we do and we thought this would be a good opportunity to share it with you. We talk about how we were ramping up our business before the pandemic, how we pivoted, and how we are working on growing our business and our weaving skills today. 2020 was a doozy for all of us, but somehow we managed to not only survive, but our business started to thrive.
It was a fun presentation that we are using as our jumping off point for our upcoming talk at the “Careers in Textiles Symposium” hosted by the Handweavers Guild of America. This is a two-day online symposium, spotlighting leading professional and industry trendsetters, sharing their experiences and providing insights on the diverse and changing landscape of textiles and fiber art. The symposium is open to all, but is geared toward young professionals, recent graduates and students. We will be speaking on Friday, March 19th at 4 pm.
We are passionate about connecting the new generation of textile designers, artists, and creators with people who have been in different facets of the industry to create a mentorship bond to help everyone grow. We know we wouldn’t be where we are now without the guidance and support of others who have blazed the trail ahead of us. We hope that we can connect with future professionals and help guide them into finding or creating their own careers within the textile community.
So, enjoy the audio portion of this presentation, and if you are interested, there is a video of this prevention with the accompanying slides and media in the show notes.
We hope that you will tune in to join us and other amazing professionals during the “Careers in Textiles Symposium” taking place March 19th and 20th.
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Sponsored by : Comfortcloth Weaving LLC
Read full show notes and resources at : http://proweaverpod.com/episode-34
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Music by Rawhead The Wreckloose : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/
Rawhead the Wreckloose's new album 'Cold Bill' : https://rawheadthewreckloose.bandcamp.com/album/cold-bill
Intro music : Guesthouse