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

  ANWG 2009 Registration Booklet (1.1 MiB)

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.