Studio letters

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You are invited to follow along my weaving journey. Over the next few months I’ll be designing, dyeing, and weaving to prepare for my next collection release, sharing progress and inspirations along the way. Sign up to receive studio letters by email with behind the scenes details about my process and upcoming updates.

Empty white room with an open window, a blue cabinet, a potted plant on the windowsill, a wooden weaving loom, a table with yarn, a purple potted orchid on a wooden stand, a colorful rug, and other furniture.
President of The Guild of Canadian Weavers
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President of The Guild of Canadian Weavers

The Guild of Canadian Weavers was established in 1947. The main objective was to raise technical, mechanical and artistic standards of hand weaving among Canadian weavers. Today these values are still maintained, but for me it is so much more. The GCW is a place for weavers of every generation to join together and thread the past with the future through the stories we share and the cloth we weave.

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