Always a work in progress.
places to study
- Asheville BookWorks, Asheville, NC
- Cloth Fiber Workshop, Asheville, NC
- John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
- Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
- Textile Arts Resource Guide, online tutorials and information
book and paper arts
- Art Farm
- Barnacle Goose Paperworks
- Carriage House Paper
- Catherine Nash’s Resources for Papermaking
- Daniel Essig
- Eden Workshops
- Gin’s Place
- Hand Papermaking
- My Handbound Books
- Talas - Book conservation supplies
- TJ Bookarts
weaving
- Greensboro Weavers Guild Our local guild.
- Ruthe Stowe’s Weaving Resources Ruthe has been collecting fiber links for weavers since 1996!
- Sarah Swett’s Tapestries I saw Jane’s Picnic II at Convergence one summer. They just about had to cart me away on a stretcher. Hint: After you open up a photo, move your mouse around to interesting details and click.
- Archie Brennan and Susan Martin Maffei’s Tapestries - Both weavers are incredible, but Archie Brennan has been a special influence on my work. I took a workshop from him at a Convergence in the 90s.
- Handweavers Guild of America’s home on the Web.
- Interweave Press Publisher of Handwoven and other magazines and books on fiber arts.
- All Fiber Arts
- All Fiber Arts Discussion Forum
- Weavecast: A podcast for handweavers
- WeaveZine - wonderful articles and FREE!
- The Yarn Circle - the fiber folks from John C. Campbell Folk School operate this amazing store in Murphy, North Carolina.
basketry
- Basketmakers.org
- Frank’s Cane and Rush Supply
- H.H. Perkins - Where I get my natural bulrush.
- Natural Fibers Group - Almost enough to make me want to move down east again.
- North Carolina Basketmakers Association
- Wicker Woman
small looms
- Inkleweaving.com Great comprehensive site. The one that made me forget about building an inkle web site of my own.
- Inkle/Tablet Exchange 2000 and other nifty weaving stuff– site by Lili Goczal.
- NativeTech: Finger Weaving ~ Belts, Sashes & Garters
- Toli’s inexpensive inkle/cardweaving loom design Instructions for building a two sided inkle loom.
beadwork
- Eclectic Etc. Beads and Jewelry Supplies My favorite site for ordering in small quantities.
- Bead and Button Magazine Wow!
- Bead-Patterns.com You can download free beading graph paper on this site, among other things.
- Beadwrangler An old web site, but has some very interesting information!
- Manidoominens: Sacred Seeds–Native American Beadwork Very good Native American information!
- The Bead Site Center for Bead Research
online yarn stores
greensboro, north carolina fiber resources
- John Neal, Bookseller Calligraphy and bookbinding supplies
- Spinner’s Ridge. Basketry, spinning and weaving supplies, workshops and classes
