Weave – Details, episodes & analysis

In this week's episode, LaChaun speaks with adé Oh (they/themme/àjé) an afro surrealist, animist, and multimedia healing artist. Their creative fire is nourished by earth-based textile crafts, sound arts, experimental and abstract visual arts, nature writing, poetry, capoeira Angola, good food and healing herbs, river time, belly laughter, money, healthy relationships, and peaceful rest. They are a returning generation slow craft artisan and in 2014, made a lifelong commitment to cloth and tapestry weaving. In 2020, they founded dièdiè textile farm and production studio which is currently incubating on collective land Tierra Negra farms. They work with land and sky to grow and process plant-based fibers and dyes for the people. At Gist, we are lucky to support them as one of our artists in residence of 2022 and as a guest on the podcast this week. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-147

In this week's episode, LaChaun speaks with Sobia Ahmad, an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores how our deeply intimate struggles of belonging can inform larger conversations about migration, the tenuous notions of home, personal memory, and cultural porosity. While exploring her ancestral knowledge, Sobia reimagines craft rituals and intergenerational storytelling as acts of liberation. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-146

On this week's episode, LaChaun speaks with Christine Jablonski, the Director of Operations for Gist Yarn, and designer of Twofold, our upcoming subscription box for rigid heddle weavers. Her theme for this project is double weave. Over the course of a year, she will take you step by step through this exciting technique to weave four projects of setts, textures, and widths not available with single-heddle weaving. In addition to her duties at Gist, Christine has taught extensively and is also a weaver and exhibiting fiber artist. You can find her on Instagram as @soulspaceart. Twofold Subscription box sign-up: www.gistyarn.com/pages/twofold Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-twofold

Donna Hardy is an indigo grower and dyer located in Athens, Georgia. www.gistyarn.com/episode-54

Kate Sherratt is the Sales and Marketing Manager at Ashford Wheels and Looms, a much beloved spinning and weaving equipment manufacturer in New Zealand. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-53

Sally Fox 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. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-52

SHENEQUA is a Caribbean textile interdisciplinary artist and weaver. She received her Masters of Design in Fashion, Body, & Garment at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-51

This week we're replaying one of our favorite episodes, with fiber artist and weaver Consuelo Jimenez Underwood. In our conversation, we discuss Consuelo's dreams of becoming an artist as a child working in the fields, why she insisted on making a space for weaving as art in academia, her series of works commemorating the people who lose their lives crossing the highways near the border between Mexico and California, and so much more. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-15

Lauren and Kass Hernandez, Australian-born sisters of Filipino heritage, are the weaving duo behind Crossing Threads. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-50

Rebecca Burgess is the founder of Fibershed, which develops regional and regenerative fiber systems on behalf of independent working producers. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-49