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  • September 2020

  • Sat 26

    Threads of life: Exploring Chinese Knotting (video-conference on Zoom)

    September 26, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 2:40 pm
    Zoom - link sent to members in advance

    Part of traditional culture going back well over a thousand years, Chinese knotting, now a decorative art, is said to have originated from a means of communicating ideas that pre-dates writing.  Member Eona Bell, who also administers our Textile Traditions...
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  • October 2020

  • Sat 31

    Guild meeting and talk: Northern Lights – Sámi Band Weaving

    October 31, 2020 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
    Arbury Community Centre Campkin Road, Cambridge

    In this talk Susan Foulkes takes us to the Frozen North with an introduction to Sámi history and their band weaving tradition. Their woven band designs are colourful expressions of a delight in the beauty of small things and their...
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  • November 2020

  • Sat 28

    Guild meeting and talk: In the path of Ix Chel -Textile Traditions from Guatemala

    November 28, 2020 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
    Zoom - link sent to members in advance

    Guatemala is known for the vibrant colours of its textiles, influenced by its diversity of landscapes, its flora and fauna, and its Mayan historic heritage. Travel to the heart of fascinating textile traditions, gods, myths and legends with our TTSG...
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  • January 2021

  • Sat 30

    AGM and ‘Fancy That’ textile Quiz

    January 30, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • February 2021

  • Sat 27

    Must Farm: the Bronze Age Settlement and its Textiles

    February 27, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    A talk with Dr Mark Knight, Senior Project Officer, Cambridge Archaeological Unit

  • March 2021

  • Sat 27

    SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FABRICS – Guild online speaker meeting

    March 27, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    We are very lucky to be having Amanda Johnston, Curator of The Sustainable Angle, organisers of the Future Fabrics Expo, talking to us on Saturday 27th March on Zoom, usual time (2pm).  Future Fabrics Expo celebrates its 10thanniversary this year.  Amanda...
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  • April 2021

  • Sat 24

    A Japanese Journey through Colour & Texture

    April 24, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    With weaver Momoka Gomi (re-arranged from 2020)

  • May 2021

  • Sat 29

    Out of Africa: discovering African textiles

    May 29, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    With John Gillow (re-arranged from 2020)

  • June 2021

  • Sat 26

    A Forgotten Country: Textiles of Laos

    June 26, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    With Jennifer Hughes (re-arranged from 2020)

  • September 2021

  • Sat 25

    Colours of Scotland: dyeing traditions

    September 25, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    With Carole Keepax (re-arranged from 2020)

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