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WGRI CHALLENGE 2020-2021
COORDINATORS: SALLY RIANHARD AND MARGARET MOONE “BERTHA GRAY HAYES IN 2021” The WGRI Challenge for this year is to weave a Bertha Gray Hayes draft from “Weaving Designs by Bertha Gray Hayes Miniature Overshot Patterns.” Your draft will be chosen...
A NOTE FROM HEATHER MYER
Isn’t it amazing the things one can learn stuck at home?! So, here’s my latest. I recently wove a small rag rug using leftover bits of 8/4 cotton rug warp. I estimated how much I had of each color. I had a vision of stripes in a certain balance of widths. Well, that...
ANNOUNCE THE FORMATION OF THE RHODE ISLAND WEAVING CENTER (RIWC)
We are excited to announce the formation of The Rhode Island Weaving Center (RIWC), a non-profit educational center dedicated to handweaving. After years of long waitlists and an elevated interest in handweaving, Norma Smayda of the Saunderstown Weaving School and a...
HGA CONVERGENCE 2020
MASTER SEAMSTRESS MANON PELLETIER AND WEAVER INGE DAM WIN SECOND PRIZE IN FASHION AT CONVERGENCE 2020 Commercial silk accent fabric, China silk piping and lining Weaving by: Inge Dam, Hand dyed silk with tablet woven accents Sewing by: Manon...
HGA PUBLISHES LACE ARTICLE BY MANON PELLETIER
WGRI’s Manon Pelletier’s article on Leavers lace has been published in the Summer 2020 edition of Spindle, Shuttle & Dyepot, the journal of the Handweavers Guild of America (HGA). Manon has researched Leavers lace production in Rhode Island and...
IN MEMORIAM DAVID R. WESTCOTT
Mr. David R. Westcott, AICP, 66, of North Providence passed away peacefully in his home on April 13, 2020 after a long battle with cancer. Dave was president of WGRI 2012 to 2014. Born in Providence, he was the son of Harry Steven Westcott and Jane (Reynolds)...
SPIDER SILK
THE JUNE & JULY ISSUE OF 1843, STORIES OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WORLD, PUBLISHED BY THE ECONOMIST, FEATURES A STORY ON SPIDER SILK On March 11, 2020, a group of 20 WGRI members went to the Rhode Island School of Design for a private tour of The Art and Design of Spider...
WGRI SALLY DUBOIS WEAVING AWARD
Sally (Sara) DuBois began weaving in 1977, in a class taught by Norma Smayda at the South County Museum. She has been a Weavers Guild of Rhode Island member ever since. Trained at the Rhode Island School of Design in industrial design and mechanical...
IN MEMORIAM SALLY DUBOIS
Sara (Shaw) DuBois was 95 when she passed away on February 11th. Sally grew up in Webster, MA with five siblings and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 1946. She met her late husband, James E. DuBois, in Providence and raised her two children there....
ARTISTS ACCEPTED INTO SMALL EXPRESSIONS
Reported in Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot: Spring 2020 WGRI member, Kate Barber’s work: Fractal. Free machine embroidery. Linen, cotton, Pellon, acrylic paint, thread.