With 30 years of weaving with wire experience, Christine can support you taking your weaving to the next level.
Zoom Workshop Review
The wire weaving workshop is about much more than weaving with wire. In many ways, it is a class on creativity and finding inspiration in your surroundings and your materials from an artist who is generous with her knowledge and shares it enthusiastically. I wasn’t sure what to expect with a Zoom class, but the pacing was spot on with great handouts and videos. Throughout the three days, Christine stayed with the group answering questions, offering advice, and encouraging all of us.
-Susan E. Horton
Editor, Handwoven
Sign up to Weave with Wire!
Are you interested in learning something new?
Are you wired for weaving with wire?
Are you ready to take your weaving practice to a new, exciting level?
This video will give you an overview of what you can expect to create in this online course and Zoom workshop. It shows some of the ways you can use woven metal fabric in your artistic expressions.
What this course includes...
This 3 Day Zoom Workshop includes all of the information you will need to weave with wire in a virtual workshop environment on a multi-shaft table or floor loom. The Zoom workshop will have a cap of 10 participants. Zoom workshops that will take place over a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. They are calendar scheduled and have specific dates - check dates carefully of Zoom workshops when selecting what you want to sign up for!
This 3 Day Zoom Workshop will provide you with time to work on your own – a general schedule of events is shown in the downloadable PDF handout – Workshop Supplies and Materials List. The course includes video instructional modules that will teach you how to:
- Prepare a 3 yard wire warp
- Beam and tie the warp onto a loom
- Consider choosing wefts, how to wind bobbins, and weaving the wire
- Decide about various weave structures and setts
- Work with the woven metal fabric for:
- Sculptural forms
- Jewelry
- Vessels & basketry
- 2D bas-relief wall hangings
- Mixed media use
- Navigate the course with a 33 page workbook that includes written instructions to support the video content
- Gain permanent access to the course information
- Connect with Christine before, during, and after you take the course for questions and sharing.
- Obtain approved access to the private Facebook Weaving with Wire community comprised only of workshop participants.
NOTE: This workshop is designed for 4-8 shaft table & floor looms only. It is not intended for a true beginner; the participant needs to have a basic understanding of the warping and weaving process.
Christine is working on a course of Weaving with Wire on rigid heddle and small looms. If you are a rigid heddle weaver, subscribe to my Fiber Studio School and she will send out updates when that information is ready.
You can see examples of Christine's woven metal work below. What direction do you want to take with your own woven metal fabric? Christine will support your creative ideas to bring them to reality!
Sculptural Forms
The woven metal fabric is ideal for creating sculptural forms. The fabric is strong but flexible and can be fashioned into an unending variety of three dimensional shapes.
Jewelry
There are many shapes you can create for jewelry applications with the woven metal fabric. Lightweight and flexible, it is an exciting fashion accessory!
Vessels & Basketry
The woven metal fabric can be created in a range of widths (from 3/8" to several inches wide). The resulting fabric can be used for traditional basketry techniques and other vessel forms.
A Student's review of the Zoom Workshop
"What a fabulous weekend. I want to thank you for the time and effort you put into the Weaving with Wire workshop. I came away feeling inspired, excited, and confident that I could do it again on my own. I had never participated in a zoom workshop before but I found the actual format to be easy to work within and lively enough to feel like I had been a participant not just a viewer. There was enough time to accomplish the goals in each daily segment and your availability around the class time and by e-mail later on was very useful. The workbook materials will be very useful and I expect they’ll be dog-eared and well loved before long. Thanks again." - Judy D.
