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Beginning Tapestry with Kathleen Dickey

  • San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles 520 South 1st Street San Jose, CA, 95113 (map)

Please join us for a day of learning and creating. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of tapestry, using simple frame looms. Tapestry is an ancient, simple technique that inspires contemplation. It can be functional, as in rugs, decorative, or both! Prewarped looms, tools, and tapestry yarns will be provided. You will leave the class with a small loom with your samples on it, plus a handout with resources.

Kathleen Dickey has been a weaver for five decades. She brings her training as a field biologist and love of patterns in nature to her looms. She is also inspired by her dreams, by the work of many people who have gone before, craftspeople, artists, scientists, and by fellow dreamers. Her focus these days is to interpret memories and patterns from the natural world through tapestries.