Color Lab and Deflected Doubleweave,
a Three-Day Workshop with Natalie Drummond
Day 1: Color Lab
On Day 1, we will focus on weaving value and hue selection and how to work with
multiple painted warps in 4 or 8 shaft deflected doubleweave patterns. I share my approach
with color for blocks as well as color placement within the same block of the draft I am
teaching. Participants are asked to share yarns they are considering using following initial
instruction.
Learn how to customize your weaving project by adding and building color into your prewarped looms following value and color studies of dyed warps.
Day 2 & 3: Deflected Doubleweave
On day 2, we review basic Deflected Doubleweave structure and behavior after sampling.
How do weavers address those wonky selvedges? Learn the basics of the “shuttle
diving technique” for 4 to 8 shafts. Mixing fibers for optimal deflection and/or
differential shrinkage are explored for draft(s) I am currently teaching as they play
an important part in the draft you are weaving. Simple treadling designs are
introduced in each sample so participants can determine how the block structure of
this weave can be organized to produce their own woven project - a scarf or runner
with remaining warp following sampling. Explore different washing and finishing methods to determine appropriate deflection/differential shrinkage. Day 3 will begin with a collaborative discussion of workshop samples prior to weaving the remaining warp.
Natalie Drummond bio
Natalie Drummond is an educator and fiber artisan living in Fremont, Indiana. Born and raised in Virginia, she developed a love of science, teaching, and fiber. Her earlier work focused on sewing and needlefelting and she was trained as a Singer Sewing Machine Manager while living in Ann Arbor in 1992. She later learned to weave from a Fort Wayne Weaver’s Guild instructor. Fine Arts instruction in Craftmanship and Design from Purdue (Fort Wayne) University followed in 2015. Continual learning in weaving expanded from classes at the John C Campbell Folk School, The Mannings, Red Stone Glen, Island Fiberwork Retreats, Midwest, MAFA, and Convergence conferences.
Natalie has pursued weaving with a passion. She has served as President of Fort Wayne Weavers Guild and has served as Vice President of Programming. She also maintains memberships with the Fredericksburg Weavers and Spinners Guild, Michigan League of Handweavers, Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association and a Professional Membership with the Handweavers Guild of America. Natalie was awarded a MAFA Fellowship in 2019 and has been studying Deflected Doubleweave intensively. She has also taken additional classes with felters: Janna Mattsson, Judith Dios, Joan Berner and Moy MacKay and enjoys felting 2-D landscapes using parts of her handwovens.
Her work can be found daily at the Orchard Gallery of Fine Arts in Fort Wayne and she was the featured artist in October 2019 and 2021. Weaving can be found in Handwoven Magazine Nov/Dec 2021. (Photo Image below by Matt Graves Courtesy of Long Thread Media.) Her handwovens have also been exhibited in Georgia: Color: Classic to Contempo
Tuition
$220 for current JHW members
$250 for nonmembers (price include membership to JHW)
Deposit due at the time of sign up:$100
Final payments will be due on March 1, 2025
Registration period forJHW members will close January 31, 2025
