{"id":333,"date":"2010-08-31T22:03:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T18:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/?p=333"},"modified":"2010-09-01T22:10:42","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T18:10:42","slug":"last-weaving-day-of-chilkat-weaving-class-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/last-weaving-day-of-chilkat-weaving-class-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilkat Weaving Class #2 – Part III"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Killerwhale Chilkat apron in progress by Shgen George<\/p><\/div>\n

The last day of this Summer’s Chilkat weaving classes ended a couple of days ago – I’ve heard many of the students have Chilkat weaving withdrawal!\u00a0 (This is a very good thing!)\u00a0 We had a beautiful feast this last day.\u00a0 The sun was out, the sky was blue and the food, right down to the pumpkin pie, was fabulous.\u00a0 That’s the best part about Chilkat weaving classes:\u00a0 the excellent food!<\/p>\n

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The best part about Chilkat weaving classes: the food and the weavers who made the food!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The weavers before the feast<\/p><\/div>\n

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Many thanks to Atricia Makaily for organizing both classes!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Charlene Baker drove down from Pelly Crossing, YukonTerritory to attend this class<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fausto Paulo stands one last time to share a funny insight with his fellow weavers<\/p><\/div>\n

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Debra O'Gara is still chuckling over Fausto's humor; she's also happy to finally learn Chilkat<\/p><\/div>\n

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Assistant student teacher, Lily Hudson reminds Crystal Rogers to "do her braids."<\/p><\/div>\n

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Davina Barrill "puts up" the ends of her braids in the back side<\/p><\/div>\n

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Debra O'Gara admiring Jessica Isturis' fine weaving<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fausto Paulo is turning the bottom corners of his weaving; he is almost finished!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gail Dabaluz is beginning to shape her Chilkat circle within the box<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jackie Kookesh is shaping the Chilkat eye and eyelid<\/p><\/div>\n

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When Leandra Makaily concetrates on her Chilkat weaving, she concentrates real hard - when she isn't in a concentrating mood, she doesn't weave - it is a good thing to understand this about Chilkat weaving<\/p><\/div>\n

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Marsha Hotch is pleased with her Chilkat circle<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pam Credo-Hayes is weaving the borders for a pair of leggings<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gail Dabaluz is inspecting Pam's Chilkat border on how the "Jennie Thlunaut" corners are woven; like what is that little specific trick!?<\/p><\/div>\n

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With his tapestry needle, Ricky Tagaban is putting up all his Chilkat weft yarn ends in the backside of his completed Chilkat hat; as in the "olden days" it's a process he would like a slave to do - look how he is pretending to be happy about it!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Look closely at the backside of Ricky's Chilkat hat; those are all the ends that Ricky is putting up - imagine how what it is like doing a full-size Chilkat robe! - Now, do you really want to be a Chilkat weaver, or just have somebody else weave something for you!? - that is the question we are all wondering...can you take it!?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Chilkat kids - the children of Chilkat weavers<\/p><\/div>\n

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Clarissa Rizal demonstrates the Chilkat interlocking technique to Charlene Baker<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nobody's weaving...where's everybody? We're busy sharing the Chilkat feast!<\/p><\/div>\n

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When we are finished weaving for the day, no matter what size your loom and its project, we always cover our loom and tuck them in for the night<\/p><\/div>\n

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Some of the looms are covered with a pillow case which is simultaneously used as a carry bag<\/p><\/div>\n

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Some loom covers are clean and pretty dishtowels or bath towels<\/p><\/div>\n

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Some loom covers are cloth gifts from Japan via a Chilkat weaver Shgen Geore, who just recently returned to Juneau from a year of teaching in Japan<\/p><\/div>\n

Golly!\u00a0 what is the big deal about showing the covered Chilkat looms, huh?\u00a0 How come? – Well, why not!?<\/p>\n

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The Chilkat "after-feast!"<\/p><\/div>\n

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SEARHC's exquisite board room with skylights and plush chairs, where I've spent the last 6 weeks teaching Chilkat weaving to 25 committed students - whew! what a way to spend the Summer! What a treat!<\/p><\/div>\n

Most everyone did not complete their weaving – that’s normal for beginners.\u00a0 Many of the students are experiencing Chilkat weaving withdrawal symptoms.\u00a0 That’s real good and real normal.\u00a0 There’s talk of getting together once a week starting on Sunday, September 5th.\u00a0 There’s also talk about doing a Ravenstail weaving class this Fall too.\u00a0 We’ll see.\u00a0 We’ll keep everyone posted.<\/p>\n

During the teaching of these two Chilkat classes, for the entire 6 weeks, my fingers have been itching to weave – when teaching others to weave, we go from loom to loom; there’s a rhythm like duck, duck, goose, goose game.\u00a0 We’re just teaching, we’re not weaving our own thing,…it’s hard to just teach and not have moments to weave our own thing during class.\u00a0 It’s hard to control ourselves to not just sit at the student’s loom and just weave their project altogether!\u00a0 Chilkat weavers must have lots of self-control!\u00a0 If we are not born with it, the self-control eventually develops over time because Chilkat weaving and teaching the weaving forms you into things you did not know could exist in you!<\/p>\n

Are you sure you want to continue learning and weaving Chilkat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last day of this Summer’s Chilkat weaving classes ended a couple of days ago – I’ve heard many of the students have Chilkat weaving withdrawal!\u00a0 (This is a very good thing!)\u00a0 We had a beautiful feast this last day.\u00a0 The sun was out, the sky was blue and the food, right down to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,50],"tags":[36,34],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes-retreats-apprentices","category-tlingit-cultural-events","tag-jennie-thlunaut","tag-lily-hudson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}