Brenda Gibson

Brenda Gibson is a largely self-taught weaver who has become deeply absorbed into weaving since retiring from her professional financial career. Early on in her weaving life when she was trying to push the boundaries of an eight-shaft table loom, she discovered the magic of double two-tie threadings and continued to exploit these once she had 32 shafts at her disposal. She is a keen member of two CW Study Groups: the Sixteens and Double Weave.

She regularly teaches weaving classes to a wide range of levels and has given workshops on double cloth, Fiberworks-PCW weaving software, ply-split braiding and spinning.

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Satin into Light

302 Tuesday AM

This session will start with a recap of the basic principles of satin and in particular shaded satins covered in the 2018 seminar ‘Satin out of the shadows’. The design potential for shaded satins will be explored much further, giving detailed step-by-step guidance on creating a variety of complex lift plans, based on flowing design lines rather than blocks, using a combination of Fiberworks and Photoshop.

This will be a PowerPoint presentation, but with live demonstrations using Fiberworks and Photoshop software for drafts. I will also be showing physical samples I have woven using a variety of satin techniques.

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