Weave a Real Peace Pop-Up

FREE EVENT

Join us on Friday, August 21 for our second annual Weave a Real Peace Pop-Up Event!

Weave A Real Peace (WARP) is a catalyst for improving the quality of life of textile artisans worldwide. Founded in 1992, WARP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with members from across the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Their newsletter is published quarterly telling of textile cooperatives (weaving, spinning, dyeing, basketry, sewing, felting, and more) and other member projects from around the world. WARP hosts an annual meeting in a place rich in regional textile resources or history, as well as monthly Zoom programs about global textile communities.

During the pop-up, join us during extended hours to:

• Listen to presentations on textiles and folk art.
• Shop for global handcrafted textiles and gifts from Threads Afar Textiles + Travel, Hoon Arts, and Yarnworker.
• Learn about the non-profit Weave a Real Peace from Board Member Liz Gipson.

Schedule:

Friday, August 21

1pm: Norma Schafer, Threads Afar

3pm: Rikki Quintana, HoonArts

5pm: Liz Gipson, YarnworkerU and Weave a Real Peace Board Member

Saturday, August 22

1pm: Norma Schafer, Threads Afar

3pm: Rikki Quintana, HoonArts

Featuring:

Threads Afar Textiles + Travel

Threads Afar offers small group workshop tours to meet artisans in parts of the world where fiber, natural dyes and folk art prevail. Coming up is Guatemala, Japan, and Laos. Curated by Norma Schafer, Indigenous clothing collections and other handmade goods from Mexico, Guatemala, Japan, and India will be available at Fiber Arts on 4th.

Yarnworker

Liz Gipson founded Yarnworker out of her love for the rigid heddle loom and teaching others to use it. Yarnworker is a space to discover all that the rigid heddle loom has to offer, including helpful FAQs, resource lists, terms to know, blog posts, YouTube videos, an online school, and Yarnworker’s monthly newsletter.

From books and patterns, to online classes and weave-alongs, Yarnworker offers learning tools that help you build your know-how to weave the cloth you want.

HoonArts

HoonArts is a purveyor of fine handcrafted offerings from Central Asia that serve as a bridge to empower their artisan partners, span the cultural divide and build a shared future together. Their handcrafted goods from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan include fashion items and accessories (tops, jackets, vests, bags, scarves, and earrings) and some home goods (pillow covers, table runners, wall hangings, bed covers). The featured techniques include Suzani embroidery (Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), Ikat weaving (Uzbekistan), hand-dyed silks (Uzbekistan), felting on silk (Kyrgyzstan), and handmade silver earrings (Kyrgyzstan).