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Wednesday Summer Series Workshops:

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Books and Monographs:  

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Dues:  

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IN PERSON WORKSHOP
Date: April 8, 2026
Instructor: David Fraser
 
Workshop Description: Ply-split braiding involves using a tool to part the plies of one fiber cord and to pull a second cord through the gap created, repeating the process many times. Men in Rajasthan, India, have long made decorated camel girths with ply-split braiding, whereas fiber artists around the world have taken up the technique to make a wide range of constructions. This 2-hour workshop will introduce the three major styles of ply-split braiding. Participants will learn to construct a plaid-decorated strap in one of those styles, plain oblique twining.
 
Supplies: Bring to class: Pencil/Pen and paper for note-taking, scissors,1”wide masking/painter tape, clothespins
Attendee Limit: 12
 
Instructor Bio: David Fraser learned ply-split braiding in 2006 under the tutelage of Peter Collingwood, the late British weaver, teacher and writer. Fraser has focused on sculptural aspects of plain-oblique twining, working largely in waxed linen. He is the author of Ply-split Braided Baskets: Exploring Sculpture in Plain Oblique Twining (Schiffer Publishing, 2014) and “The mathematics of design in plain oblique twining”, which appeared in 2022 in volume 49 of The Textile Museum Journal, an issue with special focus on mathematics of textiles. His work is in the permanent collection of the Racine Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Textile Museum.

Introduction to Ply Split Braiding

$30.00Price

  • In-person workshop at the April meeting.  

    10am - 12 noon

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