This workshop is an introduction to the fundamentals of weaving on a 4-shaft floor loom. Learn how to read a weaving draft, dress the loom, and weave. Each participant will weave his or her own woolen trivet.

This workshop will be two, 3-hour sessions and one, 1-hour session. The fee for this workshop, to pay for materials and the instructor, is $100.00 per individual. This fee covers all three days of instruction for the workshop. If you are not an Innovation Studio member, an additional fee of $20 is added to your workshop fee. There is a minimum of four participants to hold this workshop and a max of ten participants. Please bring CHECKS to the workshop made out to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. WE CANNOT ACCEPT CASH OR CREDIT AT THIS TIME.

Dates & Times:
2/15/16, 5-8pm
2/17/16, 5-8pm
2/24/16, 6-7pm
Please note that by signing up for the 2/15/16 date, you have committed to all dates of this workshop.

Sign up for this event at http://innovationstudio-manager.unl.edu/events/199/.

The Instructor for NIS’s weaving workshop is Camille Hawbaker, an award-winning artist and teacher working in fiber arts and printmaking. She received her MFA from UNL in 2014, and taught woven and non-woven textiles as a visiting lecturer in UNL’s Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design in 2015.