Holidays at Fiber Company

Fiber Company is a working studio with five fiber artists: Olivia Camden Mackie and her silks plus new jewelry creations, Carolyn Glazener creating handwoven throws, pillows and scarves, Kay Tuttle and her colorful scarves, Jane Doub with jackets, scarves and more and Kathryn Gauldin weaving wraps, scarves and prints on fabric.

Fiber Company also presents over 60 local artists in the studio with new gift items for the holidays! Among these are new felted ornaments, shaggy scarves, pendants, new journals with hand-printed covers, new jewelry and much more. We invite you to stop in and have a look!

Fiber Company has been established in the Downtown WS Art District for over 25 years. When we started at this location, this part of WS was rather barren and not many shops were open. Johnny's Shoe Shop and Earline's Hair Salon, Miller's Variety, artists in Ron and Tamara Propst's building and a few others but many buildings were empty. Times have changed! We have filled buildings, more variety in shops, restaurants and so many more reasons to visit Trade, Liberty and Sixth Streets. We hope that everyone will support this ongoing effort to keep the Art District alive and a great place to shop, visit and hang out!

Please #ShopLocal and support the downtown art district. Our shops are part of a work-in-progress with artists, small business owners, galleries, women-owned businesses and a variety of unique shops.

Happy Holidays !!!! and Thanks for your patronage!

WEAVERS!!!

Loom for Sale
Many of you have stopped in to see how we produce fabrics, embellish, weave on floor looms. Our partner, Dee Conner, is selling her LeClerc Counterbalance loom. Asking price is a firm $700.
This loom needs no repairs, has had new tex heddles put on all four harnesses, has a great tie up (if you've bought these looms before you know that can be a snag!!!) and is ready to weave.

Please give us a call and stop by if you are interested!
Pictures to follow

Year of the Orchid Horse

For the My Little Pony fans, that could be a great combination!

The Chinese Year of the Wood Horse is rumored to bring prosperity, creativity and quite a few positive things. And we are all about positive things!

This year, Pantone has determined 2014 to be Orchid the color of the year. One of our favorite plants, orchid is a soft purple that can be a great accent for most folks. It is a passionate color and mixing that with the perfect combination of fiber and spin is a lovely contribution to spring, summer and fall, depending on the other colors on the pallet.

At Fiber Company, it is not unusual to see us clustered around a button, a garment, throw, stack of yarn and color samples working to assemble the perfect color combination for this piece of fabric. We often go outside to find full-spectrum light to help assemble color combinations. The changes in season, indoor lighting vs. outside lights and the relationship of warm and cool colors is very important when designing a piece of fabric.

Different people are attracted to different colors depending on their personality types. Dyes that we use change with different yarn spins and types of yarn: bamboo, wool, cotton and silk. Color is a complex

and for us neverending subject of interest for us!

Many of our favorite fabrics are full of texture. Our fabrics are soft, drapable and often combines and layered. We enjoy creating fabrics, combining them and trying new color combinations. After all, when you are involved with such a process oriented fine craft as handweaving, dyeing and painting make it the way you want it to be!!!! When you come in to visit ask us to share the "Weaver's Handshake" .... we always look forward to sharing that one!