Kevin Head will give a talk on colour theory and how it relates to working with materials. The talk will be a broad overview on colour theory and colour perception along with its fine art application. This will be followed by a discussion/question period that will give the group a chance to focus on aspects most interesting to them.

Kevin Head works as an artist’s colour technician, making paint for artists. He is the principle paintmaker at KROMA ARTIST’S COLOURS on Granville Island.

The meeting is on Thursday, October 21 at 12 pm. The meetings will be held at Aberthau Cultural Centre, 4397 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6R 1K4.

In the summer of 2009 a group of Canadian and Korean artists participated
in a Hanji Festival. Hanji is paper in Korean. It was held on Granville
Island for a week and included an Exhibit and Fashion Show. Many
volunteers in the textile arts community participated.  Ros Aylmer and
Dorothy Cross will present a presentation on the Exhibit and Fashion Show,
a reminder of this wonderful collaboration.

Next meeting of the Weavers Guild is Thurs Sept 16 at 7:30 PM. The meetings will be held at Aberthau Cultural Centre, 4397 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6R 1K4.

The June meeting will be held on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm. This Guild Members meeting will be the annual pot luck and social evening. Please bring an item for the supper table, preferably “finger food”. Also, bring your own plate, cutlery, etc. and of course, your own mug for tea or coffee.

The program for the June meeting will be an extended show and tell. Everyone who attended a workshop last week at Capilano University tis encouraged to come and share their experiences with the Guild. It was a wonderful week and am sure there will be lots of new finished projects to be enjoyed.

NOTE ABOUT THE GUILD LIBRARY: There is no break during this particular meeting, so the guild library will be open only from 6:30 pm to 7:20 pm. Please arrive at the meeting early to get your summer reading! Books and journals that are borrowed at the June meeting are not due until September.

Next year we begin a a new schedule: day meetings at noon in October, December, February, April and June, and night meetings at 7:30 PM in September, November, January, March, and May.

The meeting will be held at Aberthau Cultural Centre, 4397 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6R 1K4.

Thursday, February 18, 2010 from 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Aberthau Cultural Centre

Like a wine tasting, we will have a chance to see and touch a number of different fibres and yarns made with them, many perhaps familiar and some that may be new. The accompanying slides will acquaint us with the animals and plants that produce these fibres and the processes necessary to get them into a useful form.

GVWSG Meeting with a presentation on 18th Century Bobbin Lace by Ivan Sayers

When: Thu, Apr 16, 2009 7:30 PM – Thu, Apr 16, 2009 9:30 PM

Where: Aberthau Cultural Centre, 4397 West 2nd Ave, Vancouver

Ivan Sayers will talk about the woven laces of the eighteenth century, demonstrate how they were made and show us many examples from his extensive collection.

Weaving Waves of Color: May 28-31, 2009 Post-Conference June 1-3, 2009

Please join the Spokane Handweavers’ Guild for an entertaining and enlightening educational fibre/fiber experience at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. The Conference will commence with a Gallery Tour and early opening of the Vendors Hall for Conference Registrants. The seminars and workshops offer diverse opportunities to study with talented instructors and artists. Plan to participate! Enter your work in 2009’s Juried Show, Open Show, and Fashion Show. On-line Weaving Waves of Color: May 28-31, 2009 Post-Conference June 1-3, 2009 Please join the Spokane Handweavers’ Guild for an entertaining and enlightening educational fibre/fiber experience at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. The Conference will commence with a Gallery Tour and early opening of the Vendors Hall for Conference Registrants. The seminars and workshops offer diverse opportunities to study with talented instructors and artists. Plan to participate! Enter your work in 2009’s Juried Show, Open Show, and Fashion Show. On-line registration opens January 1, 2009. Please check www.anwg2009.org for the latest news, corrections (“to err is human” . . .) and additions. The Conference Booklet can also be downloaded from www.northwestweavers.org. The 2009 Conference DVD (replete with photos, supply lists, and maps) will be mailed to all ANWG Guilds along with Conference Booklets.

Alison Addicks
President, ANWG
addicks@centurytel.net
Chair, ANWG 2009

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For our December program, we are doing a potluck evening and gift exchange. Gifts should be hand-made. Even though a hand-made gift is priceless, no more than $10 should be spent on it. We meet at 7:30 pm on December 18, 2008.

Date: November 20, 2008 at 12 noon

Speaker: Penny Le Couteur

Title: The Evolution of Colour: How Dye Molecules Changed the World

Description: Did you know that the dye alizarin (Turkey Red) was probably responsible for Alexander the Great’s 320 B.C. defeat of the Persian Army, that a German dye company (Bayer) was the first to recognize the possibility of commercial pharmaceuticals and that the rare and expensive Tyrian Purple dye is chemically very, very similar to the widespread and widely used
dye, indigo? This presentation discusses the surprising influences of natural and synthetic dyes on our culture, our history and our lives as seen through the eyes of a chemist.