Chimayo Weaving
With Emily Trujillo
Using Chimayo techniques you’ve hopefully learned in previous classes, come learn how to design a simple shape of your choosing using previously learned techniques.
I will help take a simple shape of your choice and help you create it using techniques you’ve learned previously. Modification may be necessary since there are many techniques to Chimayo weaving, and mastery is key to creating anything the mind imagines. Skill level will play into the shape that you create.
- Skill level All
- Age appropriate 12+ (minors must have a parent on site)
- Students should bring Weft yarn (3 to 4 colors, wool or your preference, worsted/thinner weight), a warped 2 shaft/harness loom (rigid heddle with single heddle warped for up/down shots, or multi-shaft with 2 shafts warped) that can preferably hold a weft faced weave, scissors, and any weaving accessories, Note taking materials. Bag lunch, drinks, snacks for yourself.
Instructor
Emily TrujilloEmily Trujillo is an award winning eighth generation Rio Grande/Chimayo weaver from Chimayo, New Mexico, who specializes in the techniques and logic of Chimayo weaving. Her parents and mentors are internationally recognized weavers Irvin and Lisa Trujillo, who started teaching her when she was only five. While her technique and design training is very traditional, she blends her love for music, media, and her own modern experiences into her one-of-a-kind contemporary pieces that are still rooted in the traditional styles. She has been published nationally in magazines such as American Craft Magazine, the New Mexican, The Albuquerque Journal, and many more, and even in international magazines such as Hali Magazine and Cover Magazine.Currently, Emily teaches six different Chimayo weaving programs in and out of New Mexico, lectures on history internationally, and creates programs for preservation, all in and out of New Mexico. All of her work is an effort to preserve her family’s dying 400 year old family weaving tradition while also following her own path. She currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her two cats, two Rio Grande walking looms, and an unreasonable amount of energy. Her life’s mission is to share her passion for her family tradition and culture in hopes that will touch others and bring an appreciation for her family tradition to the world, including new demographics through new ways, such as fashion design.
