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Potomac Fiber Arts Guild

 

 

 

 

Instructors and Teachers

 

2D Design | 3D Fiber | Basketry | Beading | Crochet | Dyeing | Embroidery | Felting | Fiber Sculpture
Fundamentals | Jewelry | Knitting | Metal Work | Millinery | Needlepoint | Paper
Prayer Shawl | Quilting | Silk | Spinning | Surface Design | Wearable Art | Weaving

 

2D Design

Patricia Kessler
Description: AR103, 3 credits: Formal class on introduction to art elements and design principles
Location: Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus
Contact: ppkessler@gmail.com
Website: patriciapowellkessler.blogspot.com
reformschoolart.blogspot.com

 

3D Fiber

Julie B. Booth
Description: Wrapped wire doll, animals. Padded wire armature, wrapped fabric
Location: The Art League School, Alexandria, VA

Description: Fiber Sculpture Workshop: sculpture built around padded wire armature, applique
Location: G Street Fabrics, Rockville and Falls Church locations
Contact: threadborn@aol.com
Website: www.threadborn.com

 

Maria Simonsson
Description: 5 hour workshop-participants make a bird sculpture; 5 hour workshop-participants make a simple fiber vessel
Location: metro DC and beyond
Contact: mariasimonsson@mac.com
Website: www.simonssonart.com

 

Basketry

Barbara Weber
Description: 1.) Basketry, beginning to advanced. 2.) Weaving with Paper. 3.) Silk Fusion Over Paper Baskets.
Location: Lorton, VA
Contact: barbweber1@verizon.net

 

Beading

Carolyn Atwater
Description: Bead weaving
Location: Springfield & Alexandria, VA
Contact: cwovenexp@mindspring.com

 

Joanne Strehle Bast
Description: Off-loom beadwork stitching of jewelry & non-jewelry items
Location: Anywhere
Contact: jbast@jbast.com
Website: www.jbast.com

 

Marilyn Harrington
Description: On and off loom weaving using beads
Contact: weavingivory@verizon.net

 

Crochet

Soozie Brendler
Description: Bead Crochet Jewelry, Crochet - beginner - advanced - finishing
Location: Instructor or student home or another mutually agreeable location.
Contact: soozie.brendler@gmail.com

 

Margaret Fisher
Contact: margaret@fisher-designs.com
Website: www.fisher-designs.com

 

Marilyn Harrington
Description: Beginning to advanced
Contact: weavingivory@verizon.net

 

Nimi Rao
Description: Private or group classes in beginning to advance levels
Location: Rockville or mutually agreeable location
Contact: nimirao@aol.com

 

Susan Shildmyer
Description: Beginning to master level
Location: Northern Virginia, Maryland, eastern panhandle West Virginia
Contact: seshildmyer@aol.com

 

Dyeing

Candace Edgerley
Description: Immersion, low-water immersion
Contact: edgerley@hotmail.com

 

Ann Graham
Description: Cotton, hemp, silk, wool
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Contact: eriphina@gmail.com
Website: www.eriphina.com
Blog: Talking Door Studio

 

Shirley T. Waxman
Description: Hand painting on silk, silk dyes
Location: G Street Fabrics
Contact: shirleywaxman@verizon.net
Website: www.shirleywaxman.com

 

Embroidery

Soozie Brendler
Description: Embroidery/Crewel
Location: Instructor or student home or another mutually agreeable location.
Contact: soozie.brendler@gmail.com

 

Shirley T. Waxman
Description: Yemenite embroidery: hand embroidery, history and folklore
Location: G Street Fabrics
Contact: shirleywaxman@verizon.net
Website: www.shirleywaxman.com

 

Felting

Soozie Brendler
Location: Instructor or student home or another mutually agreeable location.
Contact: soozie.brendler@gmail.com

 

Nan Crawford
Description: Beginning felting for children, beginning and advanced felting for adults
Location: Central and northern Virginia
Contact: feltingfrenzy@earthlink.net
Website: www.feltingfrenzy.com

 

Margo Duke
Description: Beginning to Advanced Machine-needle Wet Felting
Location: Mt. Airy
Contact: hermajestymargo@aol.com
Website: hermajestymargo.com, hermajestymargo.blogspot.com

 

Renate Maile-Moskowitz
Description: Felt Art, Felt pedagogy, Felting for Museums, teaching artists, children of all ages and levels
Location: Arlington and Rockville
Contact: renatemm@verizon.net

 

Fiber Sculpture

Maria Simonsson
Description: One day or multiday workshops in 3-D fiber construction
Location: Anywhere
Contact: mariasimonsson@mac.com
Website: www.simonssonart.com

 

Fundamentals

Renate Maile-Moskowitz
Description: Fiber Fundamentals-starting with all fibers: cotton, wool, silk, flax, milkweed and exploring the properties and potential to create
Location: Arlington and Rockville
Contact: renatemm@verizon.net

 

Jewelry

Marla Rudnick
Description: Woven or knitted metal
Location: Instructor or student home
Contact: marlasrud@netscape.net

 

Knitting

Jeanne Bohlen
Description: Knitting
Location: Bethesda, MD
Contact: toomuch@jeannebcreations.com

 

Soozie Brendler
Description: Knitting - beginner - advanced - finishing
Location: Instructor or student home or another mutually agreeable location.
Contact: soozie.brendler@gmail.com

 

Margaret Fisher
Contact: margaret@fisher-designs.com
Website: www.fisher-designs.com

 

Marilyn Harrington
Description: Beginning to advanced
Contact: weavingivory@verizon.net

 

Debra M. Lee
Description: Workshops and weekly classes for all levels
Location: MD, DC, Northern VA
Contact: debra@debramlee.com
Website: www.debramlee.com

 

Nimi Rao
Description: Private or group classes in beginning to advance levels
Location: Rockville or mutually agreeable location
Contact: nimirao@aol.com

 

Marla Rudnick
Description: Metal knitting: learn how to make stunning metal jewelry using fiber technique
Location: Instructor or student home
Contact: marlasrud@netscape.net

 

Claudia Segal
Description: Beginner to advanced classes; weekly drop-in meeting with other knitters
Location: NW Montgomery County
Contact: weaveonstudio@me.com
Website: www.lotsaknots.net   Blog: weaveonstudio.blogspot.com

 

Susan Shildmyer
Description: Beginning to master level; speciality is colorwork and couture
Location: Northern Virginia, Maryland, eastern panhandle West Virginia
Contact: seshildmyer@aol.com

 

Metal Work

Marla Rudnick
Description: Learn how to make stunning metal jewelry using fiber techniques
Location: Instructor or student home
Contact: marlasrud@netscape.net

 

Needlepoint

Soozie Brendler
Description: Embroidery/Crewel
Location: Instructor or student home or another mutually agreeable location.
Contact: soozie.brendler@gmail.com

 

Millinery

Kate Brown Pernia
Description: Hat making from fabric, straw, felt, wire, etc.
Location: Arlington, Fairfax
Contact: Kate@hatsbykatrinka.com
Website: www.hatsbykatrinka.com

 

Paper

Silvia Souza
Description: "felted" paper
Location: Leesburg, VA
Contact: silviasouza@comcast.net

 

Prayer Shawl

Shirley T. Waxman
Description: Includes embrodery, construction, history
Location: Home, Potomac, MD
Contact: shirleywaxman@verizon.net
Website: www.shirleywaxman.com

 

Quilting

Eileen Doughty
Description: General techniques and landscape design
Location: Vienna, VA
Contact: artist@DoughtyDesigns.com
Website: www.DoughtyDesigns.com

 

Ann Graham
Description: Piecing, patchwork, design
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Contact: eriphina@gmail.com
Website: www.eriphina.com
Blog: Talking Door Studio

 

Ann Holmes
Description: "No Sewing Until You Quilt It"
Location: class of 20 students at your location
Contact: annholmesstudios@gmail.com
Website: www.annholmesstudios.com

 

Lynda Poole Prioleau
Description: Art quilting, machine, embellishment, fiber structures
Location: Northern VA, DC, and MD
Contact: matlynddsqn@aol.com

 

Lois T. Smith
Description: 1.) Develop confidence while enjoying free motion quilting.   2.) Learn paper piecing while creating a New York Beauty block.
Location: Rockville, MD
Contact: LTSquilt@verizon.net

 

Silk

Renate Maile-Moskowitz
Description: "Silk, Sericulture and the Art of It," Growing, raising processing and creating art pieces from the understanding of the source and its properties
Location: Arlington and Rockville
Contact: renatemm@verizon.net

 

Spinning

Sally L. Jenkins
Description: Drop spindle or wheel; beginner & intermediate levels
Location: DC area
Contact: gldspindle@aol.com

 

Surface Design

Julie B. Booth
Description: Fabric painting, block printing, stenciling techniques
Location: G Street Fabrics, Rockville and Falls Church locations

Description: "Explaining Surface Design." 8 sessions. Fabric painting, printing, resist techniques, silk screen
Location: The Art League School, Alexandria, VA
Contact: threadborn@aol.com
Website: www.threadborn.com

 

Rae Cumbie
Description: Fabric collage
Location: Greater Baltimore/Washington area
Contact: rae.cumbie@gmail.com
Website: www.raecumbie.com
www.FitforArtPatterns.com

 

Candace Edgerley
Description: Blockprinting on fabric; fabric painting techniques
Contact: edgerley@hotmail.com

 

Ann Graham
Description: Fundamentals. silkscreening, resists (all), discharges
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Contact: eriphina@gmail.com
Website: www.eriphina.com
Blog: Talking Door Studio

 

Clara Graves
Description: Many techniques for painting on silk, beginner to intermediate
Location: Silver Spring
Contact: claragraves@claragraves.com
Website: www.claragraves.com

 

Patricia Kessler
Description: ADS 337: Wednesdays, Sept. 28 - Dec.7, 2pm - 4:30pm. For quilters.
Location: Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus
Contact: ppkessler@gmail.com
Website: patriciapowellkessler.blogspot.com
reformschoolart.blogspot.com

 

Susan Shildmyer
Description: Threadwork, trims, beading, embroidery techniques
Location: Northern Virginia, Maryland, eastern panhandle West Virginia
Contact: seshildmyer@aol.com

 

Silvia Souza
Description: Altered T-shirts for kids
Location: Leesburg, VA
Contact: silviasouza@comcast.net

 

Wearable Art

Rae Cumbie
Description: Garment construction, garment fit, pattern making
Location: Greater Baltimore/Washington area
Contact: rae.cumbie@gmail.com
Website: www.raecumbie.com
www.FitforArtPatterns.com

 

Nimi Rao
Description: Knitting, crochet
Location: Rockville or mutually agreeable location
Contact: nimirao@aol.com

 

Weaving

Carolyn Atwater
Description: Beginning to advanced
Location: Springfield & Alexandria, VA
Contact: cwovenexp@mindspring.com

 

Marilyn Harrington
Description:
1. Beginning and intermediate Floor Loom Weaving
2. Beginning Rigid Heddle Weaving
3. Triaxial Weaving: Off-Loom Weaving with 1 warp and 2 wefts.
Location: Northern VA, Lorton, Alexandria
Contact: weavingivory@verizon.net

 

Bonnie Inouye
Description: Design, weaving software, intermediate through very advanced. Workshops, programs, individual tutoring.
Location: Maryland, Metro DC
Contact: bonnieinouye@yahoo.com
Website: www.bonnieinouye.com

 

Anna Bird Mays
Description: Tapestry; basic classical tapestry techniques
Location: Arlington, VA
Contact: abmays@erols.com

 

Anne Sanderoff-Walker
Description: Beginning weaving on a shaft loom
Location: Gaithersburg, Rockville, Montgomery County
Contact: sanderoffwalker@comcast.net
Website: designerfabrications.com

 

Claudia Segal
Description: Rigid heddle weaving - the basics and beyond
Location: NW Montgomery County
Contact: weaveonstudio@me.com
Website: www.lotsaknots.net   Blog: weaveonstudio.blogspot.com

 

 

 

If you teach and would like to be included on this instructor list, please fill out the Instructor List Form and return it to the Membership Chairman at 8908 Woodward Rd, Marshall, VA 20115.

 


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