Spinning
fiber into yarn or thread is one of the oldest of human
technologies. The exhibition From Skilled Hands The
Art, Craft and Technology of Fiber, will provide an
historical context for the modern version of this activity,
and display raw materials such as cotton and wool, spun
skeins colored with natural and modern dyes, tools and
other mechanisms used to spin such as handspindles and
spinning wheels as well as looms used to weave the cloth.
Finally, guild members will be exhibiting many of their
finished pieces, demonstrating not only the age-old
process from beginning to end, but also the enormous
potential that textiles hold as an exquisite art form.
