Jane is an accomplished Canadian weaver and much beloved teacher who has taught many weavers over the decades of her career. She also hosts an online weaving guild which welcomes weavers all over the world into her class even if they aren't able to travel to Salt Spring Island in person to take a workshop.
Kacie Lyn Martinez is participatory fiber artist, facilitator, and systems designer. Kacie uses fiber arts to create spaces, tools, and technologies that honor our humanity.
Angela Laswell Smith i the founder and creative director of Purl and Loop. Purl and Loop specializes in making products to help weavers, including their wildly popular Swatch Maker 3-in-1, and a lot of other portable handheld looms and accessories.
Amada is the representative for the Tixinda Dreamweavers cooperative of dyers, spinners, and weavers located in Oaxaca, Mexico. Patrice Perillie is an immigration rights attorney who works with the Tixinda cooperative to create and sell their work.
Jen is an artist in Toronto, and a professional photographer turned weaver. She weaves intriguing sculptural pieces using a wide range of materials and her frame loom.
Val is an artist, weaver, and graphic designer in Pasadena, California. She creates a stunning range of woven art pieces, and also makes zipper pouches, tote bags, and other pieces from handwoven and hand-dyed materials.
Jayne is a very experienced weaver who lives in Maine. She has been active in starting and leading a number of weaving guilds, which is a topic I know many of you have been eager to hear about on the podcast.
Liz Gipson, founder of Yarnworker, a fantastic resource and teaching community for rigid heddle weavers. Liz is a former managing editor of Handwoven and Spin-Off magazines, she has made many guest appearances on HGTV, DIY, and PBS how-to craft programming, and has multiple DVDs from Interweave on rigid heddle weaving.
Susan shares about her journey to becoming Editor, her tips for submitting projects or article to Handwoven, what a week-in-the-life of working on Handwoven is like, her tips for weavers, and so much more.
Shogo is a Japanese textile artist based in Gothernberg, Sweden, and Lisa is a Swedish textile artist based in Stockholm. With Intertradition, they take inspiration from the Swedish weaving and pattern tradition and filter this through a Japanese traditional weaving technique, creating what they call intertraditional fabric.
Maryanne Moodie is a fiber artist and weaver in Melbourne, Australia. She uses vibrant, unexpected color combinations in her tapestries and wall hangings, and her work as been featured in New York Magazine, O Magazine, Interwoven, on Design Sponge, and many other places!
