Fiber and Basketry

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Greg and Carla Filippelli/Cranberry Creek Studios Cynthia Potter/Purple Planet Studios
Lynette Miller/Flora Cloths Lynda Feldman/Studio 208
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Eileen Hallman/New World Textiles

New World Textiles designs and prepares Spinning Fibers for handspinners, Handweaving Yarns for handweavers, and offers cotton specific Spinning and Weaving Tools and Techniques for both. We teach Workshops to children and adults, including how to spin cotton on the Indian book charkha, to weave with handspun singles, and to design with yarn energy. Seminars and programs for guilds and other interested groups are also available.

Mary Nichols

Local fiber artist, Mary Nichols, hand spins her fine yarns and knits them into lace scarves and shawls. She uses various fibers and dyeing techniques to enhance the delicate lace patterns. She often knits with glass beads, incorporating them into her scarves, shawls and mini pendant bags. Mary is a member of the Southern Highlands Craft Guild. Visit her studio in east Asheville and watch her demonstrate spinning on a variety of spinning wheels.

lacymary@charter.net

Greg and Carla Filippelli/Cranberry Creek Studios

Greg and Carla Filippelli are the creators of an original weaving technique called Random Weave. Their fluid designs and shapes come in both functional baskets for tables and also custom designed Sculptural Wall Pieces. They delight in working with clients to create custom wall art that fit into any decor. Utilizing hand dyed reeds, wild vines and hand printed fabrics their random weave baskets are a wonderful alternative to flat wall art.

Carla and Greg also teach basketry workshops in public and private schools, craft schools and from their own studio nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains outside Asheville, NC. Call ahead to come by and see their work or schedule a basketry workshop with a group of friends.

Cranberry Creek Studios
70 Cedar Mountain Road.
Asheville, NC 28803
828-299-3246
cranberryc@bellsouth.net

Cynthia Potter / Purple Planet Studios

Woven Creations

Doubleweave Handbags: These doubleweave bags are great for a night out on the town. They can be worn long, or short by tying a knot in the strap.

Tri-Shawls
The shawls are done on triangular looms. I love working on these because I can start a project right away without having to warp or thread anything! The tri-loom uses one continuous weft weaving in and out. I usually use 2 yarns at a time so that the shawl comes out more substantial and I love mixing yarns. Working on tri-looms often produces a plaid effect, which can be nice, but I enjoy changing my yarns randomly to create a more blended result, or creating gradations. Shawls can be secured with a decorative pin, or sometimes I add buttons. The small ones keep your neck and tops of your shoulders warm, and they create a nice decorative look. Wear them around your waist too!

Lynette Miller / Flora Cloths

A floor cloth is a painted rug, and since colonial times they have been part of the American folk art tradition. Originally made from canvas sails, floor cloths were painted, varnished, and often covered early American floors. The tradition continues with FloraCloths - a durable, easy to clean, allergen-free, and fade resistant floor covering alternative - constructed from the finest materials now available.

Artist Lynette Miller has perfected her technique of contact printing real leaves from the WNC mountains and incorporating them into each design. The result is a finely crafted, one of a kind work of art that brings a bit of nature into your home or vacation retreat. They can be custom designed to any color scheme or size requirements.

"Although my professional background is in photography and printmaking, I've found that painting FloraCloths is not so much a departure from the work and ideas I have been exploring over the past 20 years photographically as it is a functional application of those ideas." Visit FloraCloths.com for more images and information.

www.floracloths.com

Lynda Feldman/Studio 208

At Studio 208, Lynda Feldman enjoys designing color-filled handwoven items that become part of the owner's life. The collection includes baby blankets, summer-weight (bamboo) and winter-weight (chenille) scarves, and cotton dishtowels. Stop by Studio 208 and enjoy seeing work in progress on each of two floor looms! Lynda13601@yahoo.com

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