Mission Statement

The Mendocino Coast Handweavers' Guild is an informal group open to anyone interested in textiles and the fiber arts in general. Meetings are open to the public. Membership is $25 and the membership year runs from September to May. Meetings are usually the fourth Wednesday of the month at the Mendocino Art Center. Pre-meeting socialization at 9:30am, business at 10am and programs at 11am.

Current Board Members

Diana Corbin - President
Jill McCaughna - Vice President
Marie Head / Judy Fisher - Secretary
NormaLee Andres - Treasurer/Webmaster
Printha Worthen - Newsletter Editor
Laine Escola - Programs
Eleanor Adams - CNCH Rep
Richard Kilday - Historian

Two more Guest House Museum Rag Rugs

Today, Nov 13th, the next rag rugs were cut off the loom. Diana and Karen wove up the last few inches on Saturday and voila !!!

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Islandcrest Alplacas selling raw fleece $25/bag

Raw Fiber Clearance Sale

October 2011

I’d like to introduce our farm. We are Islandcrest Alpacas from Camano Island, WA, where we raise a small group of 30 huacaya alpacas. We have an abundance of fleece stored from the past 2-3 years of shearing the animals, and we need to make room.

These [...]

2012 is looming up ….

CNCH 2012 CNCH 2012 booklets and information will be available at the September guild meeting. If you don’t want to wait, check it out at www.cnch.org, Oakland 2012. There are great classes scheduled, a large marketplace so we can all add to our stashes and a venue near restaurants and BART. Be sure to mark [...]

Maiz Tapestries at American Tapestry Alliance website

 

Jackie Wollenberg alerts us to the American Tapestry Alliance gallery of the Maiz Tapestries that she curated and several of the pieces are from MCHG member artists. Much of the work was started at tapestry workshops with Jean Pierre Larochette and Yael Lurie in Mexico.

"Corn Oblique" – Jackie Wollenberg

Jackie also invites [...]

Ukiah Guild Info

American Craft Week – Ukiah

In connection with American Craft week (October 7-16), Art Center Ukiah will present a show in October 2011 in our gallery at 203 S. State Street in Ukiah preliminarily titled “Fiber: Contemporary Art – Traditional Techniques”. The show will be up from the beginning of October [...]