Nadine Sanders
Chehalis, Washington

Nadine teaches because she has been in the company of excellent teachers herself. Joyce Harter is her mentor and co-author of Weaving that Sings: Variations on the Theo Moorman Technique. Nadine also interned with the bold tapestry weaver Mary Zicafoose. These two women have helped to shape her journey. Her formal education in fiber arts was at the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts in Portland, Oregon. Nadine teaches workshops and gives programs throughout the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and the Midwest. She strives to touch each participant’s sense of creativity by incorporating all the senses in her presentations. One of her methods is through the use of music. She teaches private music lessons and sings with the women’s vocal trio, Straw Into Gold. The rhythm inherently linked to weaving and singing is the touchstone of Nadine’s creative energy.

Double Warp Overlay Rugs: zip up your rugs with flowing designs. Versatile Theo Moorman techniques combined with a Collingwood 3 end block weave give two distinctly different sides to a rug. It's easier than spinning straw into gold! Double weave threading of two sizes of rug warp in linen or cotton give unlimited design potential. A 6H loom will be set up for sample weaving to show this weave structure presented in the book Weaving That Sings. Examples in slides and weavings along with song will help explain and inspire.

Supplies: Notebook, pencil, or other sketching tool.
Fee: None
Level: Intermediate-advanced.

Are you tired of sitting at seminars and falling asleep as soon as the lights go out for a slide viewing? Do you always play your favorite CD or radio station as you weave? Rhythm inherently links the process of weaving and music. You can close your eyes but keep your ears open at this seminar, which will sing its way through a history of weaving music. Participants must be willing to learn several simple rounds and chants to get revived from conference madness with the energy of sung harmonies.

Supplies: Ears to listen; voices to sing; love of music and weaving; if you are a musician, bring your portable instrument.
Fee: $1.00
Level: All.

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S316 A RUMPELSTILTSKIN ADVENTURE
Sunday Morning Mini-Session, 9:00 – 11:30

A Repeat—See S118

S416 BEYOND PLAID: FIBER ARTISTS IN SCOTLAND
Sunday Afternoon Mini-Session, 2:00 – 4:30

This seminar will introduce you to fiber artists in Scotland using their rich, cultural heritage and influence to produce work: plaid and beyond. We’ll travel from the southern Borders region, as far north as the Orkney Islands and to the tweed stronghold of the Isle of Lewis and Harris on this slide journey. You will also see and touch actual samples of the fine articles produced by hand weavers, spinners, natural dyers, knitters, and felters while being inspired by music from the highlands to the islands. The end of the program will allow you to experience an old weaving tradition that is rarely practiced anymore. Everyone will get to thump and rub as we “waulk” yardage to traditional “waulking” music and munch on shortbread.

Supplies: Notebook; pen; any designs or Scottish themes that have influenced your weaving.
Fee: $1.00
Level: All.

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