Conference 2012
The Crocus Country Fibre Arts Guild (formerly Nanton Spinners and Weavers Guild) will be hosting the HWSDA Provincial Conference in 2012.
The Conference will be held in High River, Alberta, May 25, 26 and 27, 2012 with Pre-Conference workshops: May 22-25, 2012.
Keynote Speakers: Michele Whipplinger (Saturday) and Chris Switzer (Sunday)
Early Bird Registration for HWSDA Members: February 15 - March 10, 2012
Registration opens to non-members: March 11, 2012
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2012
Download the Conference Registration Package
Packages will also be mailed out
Conference 2012 - Colour Conspiracy Guild Challenge
Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language defines conspiracy as “to combine secretly, especially for evil purposes”, but defines conspire as “to cooperate towards an end”.
Crocus Country Fibre Arts Guild challenges all other guilds attending the 2012 HWSDA Conference in May of 2012 to conspire (but not in an evil way) to use colour in everyday useful items with the end goal of donating these items to a women’s shelter.
Many of these women, either with children or not, leave their domestic situations with nothing except the clothes on their backs. They will need household items to start their new lives, and what better than to have beautiful, handmade pieces that are ‘one of a kind’, made with care and experience in every thread.
After the judging of the guild displays-and the awarding of prizes- items may be taken home again to be donated to your own local shelters, or donated to Rowan House, a new shelter in High River that is slated for opening in May 2012.
Conference organizers are hoping that this challenge will capture your hearts and imaginations, and that each guild will conspire together to produce these much needed articles.
Sneak a Peek - Pre-Conference 2012
Conference 2012 Committee is thrilled to announce that Michele Wipplinger, of Seattle, Washington, and founder of Earthues, A Natural Dye Company will be presenting a five day pre-conference course that she calls The Colour Institute. This is an in-depth study of colour including colour perception, aesthics, dynamics, theory and use. “Working from diverse historic and cultural sources, this class moves through classical concepts of colour to ideas of contemporary artistic and designer practice. The workshop will conclude with insight into the world of colour forecasting and the development of colour trends.”
“Michele Wipplinger is an author, educator, photographer and master dyer and designer with over thirty years experience in natural dyes…. Michele lectures worldwide and has developed products and con-sulted on color for Aveda, Origins, Martha Stewart Living, Espirit, Terra Verde and the Nature Con-servancy. She is a chairholder and served on the Board of Directors for Color Marketing Group. Michele received an award from the United Nations for her environmental stewardship on the development of an ecological natural dye process for the American textile industry.”
To learn more about Michele, visit her website at http://www.earthues.com/home
For continuing updates on the conference, visit http://www.crocuscountryfibreartsguild.ca/ or www.hwsda.org
