Dianne Totten, a weaver for over 40 years and teacher for 30, creates one-of-a-kind garments often using “crimp cloth,” a technique she developed. Her expertise in sewing complements her passion for weaving. She teaches at John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina and nationally and internationally for guilds and conferences, including Convergence. Her award-winning work has appeared in Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Handwoven, Weavers, Complex Weavers Journal, Catherine Ellis’ book, Woven Shibori, Revised and Updated, Convergence fashion shows, and Vavmagasinet. Vav chose her crimp jacket as “Best in Show” in its category at the Swedish National Convention Fashion Show.
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Katherine Buenger is a jewelry and textile artist from Minnesota. Her work encompasses many fiber-related artforms, including weaving, spinning, ply-splitting and braiding with Sami tin thread. Katherine is also an experienced instructor teaching at The Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Midwest Weavers Conference, White Bear Center for the arts, Marine Mills Folk School, and American Kumihimo Society, among others. Her work has been on the cover of the Bead & Button Magazine. Katherine holds a degree in studio arts from Macalester College. St. Paul, MN.
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Teresa Edmisten is a retired architect, geek, maker and a relatively new weaver having stumbled into weaving in late 2016. Her first floor loom, a 32-shaft Megado, was purchased in 2018. This year she acquired a TC2 and now spends her time exploring the connections between painting, technology and weaving. She’s the CW web master and, as a member of CWOO, manages and implements the Weaver’s Handshake, CW’s online learning platform.
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Wendy joined Complex Weavers quite soon after learning to weave, and later became 1st VP and then President. In 2009 she took over the iconic Handweavers Studio in London and developed its teaching with weekly classes, a workshop program, and a two-year Diploma for which she was Course Director. A major focus in her personal weaving is exploring ways of creating collapse, pleat and bump effects. As though weaving is not exciting enough anyway, she is addicted to seeing what happens when the loom-state cloth hits the water, and sharing that with the Dimensional Texture Study Group which she co-leads.
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Jennifer Moore holds an MFA in Fibers and specializes in exploring mathematical patterns and musical structures in doubleweave wall hangings. She has exhibited throughout the world, receiving numerous awards for her work. Jennifer travels extensively to teach workshops in doubleweave, color, and geometric design. She was invited to teach doubleweave to indigenous Quechua weavers in Peru in 2013, where they are once again excelling in this technique that had been discontinued after the Spanish conquest. She is the author of The Weaver’s Studio: Doubleweave, Doubleweave: Revised and Expanded, several doubleweave videos and online courses, and numerous articles.
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Laura Viada employs many different weaving techniques to create visually complex artworks using the simple elements of basic geometric form and the interaction of color. Her work explores the way the human eyes and brain perceive and interpret color, and how they blend colors through a process known as optical mixing. For over 25 years, Laura has been an active member of the Texas weaving community. Laura is a member of Archway Gallery in Houston, Texas, and serves on the gallery’s Board of Directors.
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Cynthia Newman received a BFA from Oregon State University and studied textile design at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, Scotland. She was an apprentice for Barbara Weissman, working as a production weaver, pattern designer and seamstress. She received a Master level Certificate of Excellence in weaving, with a specialized study in satin blocks. She worked as a Look Development Textile Designer for LAIKA studios, has designed patterns for Lunatic Fringe Yarns, including their Master Weaver Series, and has had several articles published in Handwoven magazine.
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A multi-shaft weaver for 40+ years, Patricia Martin works and teaches in her studio on the Central Coast of California. She earned her bachelor’s degree in color reproduction and an MFA in fiber, as well as a COE in dyeing (Level 1). She is a member of the CW Sixteens Study Group and, before that, the Beyond Garments Study Group. Patricia focuses on weave structures and design in fiber for sculptures in the art world, along with teaching newer weavers on a weekly basis.
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