August 29, week 1

J’s office hours (Teaching Assistant): Wednesdays 2-4pm (Sewing Lab or Studio A)

quiz 1: Fabric of Civilization
demo: using ball winder to make a cake, double plying yarn, using niddy noddy to wind a hank, figure 8 ties, relax the yarn in water, dry and wind into a ball or yarn butterfly (instructions, how to videos and visual glossary)
Weaving Presentation (mp4 file can be found here)
overview: weaving samples, online resources for the weaving assignment Technical Weaving Resource
look at plain weave on rigid heddle loom
distribute materials and  tools for Basic Hand Sewing sample (due September 5)
email Natalya 2-3 meaningful songs by September 5

Homework for September 3

1. watch assigned Weavers Throughout Time and Place (part 1), quiz
Ancient Andean Textiles, 30 minutes
The Last Supper, ca. 1524–6 (design), ca. 1525–28 (woven), Bernard van Orley and Pieter de Pannemaker, 2.5 minutes
The Unicorn Tapestries, 9.5 minutes
Grayson Perry’s The Vanity of Small Differences, 10 minutes

2. identify meaningful songs (due September 5), email 2-3 songs to Natalya

3. wind spun yarn into ball using ball winder, double ply the yarn, relax the yarn, wind into butterfly or ball (all how to videos are here under Assignments: Technical Learning Samples)

4. prepare two hanks/skeins (1/2 of the commercial hank each) with 8 figure eight ties (in other words, take one commercial hank and split it into two); this is an opportunity to use the umbrella swift, and niddy noddy (all how to videos are here under Assignments: Technical Learning Samples)

5. Basic Hand Sewing Samples (due September 5)  (all instructional videos can be found here)