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Textiles B Summer Session 5

TEXTILES – SUMMER SESSION 5
July 14-26, 2024 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Samantha Bittman
The Woven Pattern

Students in this workshop will explore hand-weaving with a focus on pattern and creating weave drafts. We will begin with the basics of drafting using pencil and paper and then use these drafts to set up looms and weave. Woven patterns will be expanded through experimentation with different treadling sequences, tie-ups, improvisation, and color. As the workshop progresses, we will work with computer software that will function as a gateway to understanding how to read and manipulate patterns from drafting books. Beginning students will learn to wind their warps and set up their looms from scratch. More experienced weavers will have an opportunity for in-depth investigation of weave structures and the option of weaving on an 8-harness loom. All levels. This workshop takes place in a second-floor walk-up studio that has partial access by a stair lift.

NOTE: Students in this workshop should bring a laptop computer if they can. If you are enrolled and cannot bring a computer, please contact Nadia Massoud at studio_operations@penland.org.

Studio artist, founder of Catskill Weaving School (NY); teaching: Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Haystack (ME), Ox-Bow (MI); residencies: Josef and Anni Albers Foundation (CT), Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program (NYC), Skowhegan (ME); recent solo exhibitions: Ronchini (London), Andrew Rafacz  (Chicago), Morgan Lehman (NYC), Greenpoint Terminal Gallery (NYC).  

samanthabittman.com | @samantha_bittman
January 15 – Regular enrollment opens

Samantha Bittman, Untitled, acrylic on handwoven textile, 20 x 16 inches
Samantha Bittman, Untitled, acrylic on handwoven textile, 20 x 16 inches