The Portland Handweavers Guild (PHG) has promoted excellence in handweaving, spinning and other fiber arts for over 60 years. Whatever your fiber interests, we hope that our programs will challenge you with new ideas and new directions to explore.
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PHG’s Semi-Annual Sale is Coming Up in May
Sale: Gathering of the Guilds is this weekend: May 4-6, 2012
PHG is sharing exhibit hall C at the Convention Center with five other guilds called the Gathering of the Guilds which includes Creative Metal Arts Guild, Guild of Oregon Woodworkers, Oregon Glass Guild, Northwest Fine Woodworkers Showcase, Portland Bead Society & Portland Handweavers Guild.
PHG’s sale is called Handwovens Plus, and will showcase weaving, spinning, dyeing, felting, basketry, braiding (kumihimo), and wearables made from these fiber arts. The sale features work by regional artists with unique and handcrafted items. There will be demos, daily fashion shows and a children's table with hands on activities.
OPB Will Air Episode VIII of Craft in America: Threads
Premiering in May is episode 8 of the series Craft in America titled Threads. It will feature the needle arts, including weaving, textiles and quilting. Faith Ringgold, Randall Darwall, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, and Terese Agnew– nationally acclaimed fiber artists--are included in this episode.
"Through their own words, craft artists reveal what makes their work – and the lives they lead – unique."
