Liz Moncrief, ANWG Education Director, is now scheduling a monthly movie night to be staged on the Zoom platform. The ‘movies’ are not full features of course but snippets (some long some short) which highlight our shared interests in weaving, spinning, fiber plants/animals/tools and as many other categories as we can come up with. She currently has 30+ links in her list for our lineup and will try to mix it up each month so that all members will find something of interest.
Movie Bites will run from 6:30 pm – 8:00 Pacific Time Zone, which accommodates most ANWG members. Grab your popcorn, weaving, knitting, spinning and join us. We’re hoping it’ll be a fun new venture.
Topic: March ANWG Movie Bites
Time: Mar 19, 2025 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98733178071?pwd=uDtQpJCPIYDstZcrcWV3nKoTVjjxxT.1
Meeting ID: 987 3317 8071
Passcode: 463647
For our March 19 event, Liz is planning a talk by Patrice George tracing the history of digital weaving technology, from IBM’s first software patent in 1970 for Janice Lourie’s Textile Graphics System, through the adaption of digital textile technology by industrial mills, handloom, and power loom manufacturers, textile education, and artists’ explorations. The transition from slow design to advanced applications for woven textiles today will be discussed and illustrated.
Liz hopes that you’ll join us even if you may not consider yourself an advanced weaver or in the category of ‘complex’ weaving since the the explanations outlined have so many applications in history and design evolution including our everyday weaving projects.
Please remember that we are now on a 6:30-8:00 pm schedule to accommodate the majority of our members.
For questions or suggestions please contact Liz Moncrief, ANWG Education Chair.
Past Screenings
March 19, 2025: Patrice George presentation titled “From the PC to the TC: A VERY Short History of Digital Design for Woven Textiles”, tracing the history of digital weaving technology. https://youtu.be/6go9aR7pvDE?si=ceRHAcHP__6fLZWF
February 19, 2025: Textile Magicians. Available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0bd0txXzB8
January 22, 2025: Mastercrafts, a BBC series on crafts in the modern age. Video is in 4 parts on Youtube:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHjvzOEbWd8
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It0ZU4MG9Jg
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHg1WdG4ClU
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LulSgwzuTuc