Hi Everyone,
I hope you will allow an important announcement about ply-splitting -- Please forward this to anyone who might be interested.
Erroll Pires, expert ply-splitter from Ahmedabad, India, will be coming to Portland in October. Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery is bringing Erroll to Portland for the opening of the ply-splitting exhibition on October 2, and he will probably stay for about three weeks. We also hoping to arrange a workshop at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, and he will be available to travel, particularly in the western US, for workshops and lectures.
I met Erroll at Spliterati in England in 2001 -- he is a delightful person, has been ply-splitting for almost 20 years, and has studied extensively with the girth makers. His slide talk at Spliterati was really inspiring. In our 2-day workshop there, we made a bag that was completely formed with twined linkings so it produces a stretchy ply-split fabric. I think some of you have seen the one I made. There is a photo of Erroll and of the bag on my website -- go to the Ply-Splitting Gallery and click on "My experiences and photos from Spliterati". Also two of his bags are shown under "Artists Exhibiting at Expanding the Girths".
You can also see some of Erroll's work, including his full-length dresses in the Ply-Splitting Gallery at <www.weavershand.com>. There is a photo of one of the dresses in the March/April issue of Fiberarts magazine, on page 54.
Please get in touch with me if you would like to arrange a workshop with Erroll. It's a great opportunity, and I hope you will be able to take advantage of it. You would only need to pay round-trip airfare from Portland, and you can arrange payment for instruction and other details directly with Erroll.
Take care, Linda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda Hendrickson, Portland, Oregon USA Tablet Weaving & Ply-Splitting Workshops, Books, & Supplies E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: www.lindahendrickson.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
