Loom and Shuttle History

1. Origin of Guild - Loom & Shuttle Guild was formed in May 1948 by Kay Geary and her students from Adult Education classes in Oakland and SF schools. There were 56 charger members. By 1950 the guild had grown to over 90 members and at one point had a high of 130 members. The guild's first project was to prepare entries for the 1948 State Fair in Sacramento.

2. Joined CNCH - L&S Guild and members were part of CNCH from the start and co-hosted the 3rd annual conference, held at the Richmond Art Center in 1955. Our own Helen Pope co-chaired that conference.

3. Success Story - we have had many authors and teachers represented among our members past and present,including Barbara Arthur, Bren Ahearn, Mary Black, Sally Forelli, Marlene Golden, Susie Hodges, M.E. Laughlin, Janet McNinch, Kathy Murphy, Barbara Nitzberg, Peggy Osterkamp, Patty Townsend and Lillian Whipple.

4. Other items of interest - The Special Sample Service was conceived and begun by Helen Pope for the 1979 CNCH conference in San Mateo, co-hosted by L&S guild. The samples, used as unique table decorations at the luncheon, were especially designed for the conference by an international selection of Textile Artists and constructed by Northern California weavers. Designers included Glen Black, Candace Crockett, Lydia Van Gelder, Jack Larsen, Theo Moorman, Else Regensteiner and Kay Sekimachi.

From a 1970 L&S bulletin: "While Loom and Shuttle counts many noted weavers among its members, it has remained a learning guild, providing numerous workshops in various weaving techniques and maintaining an excellent weaving library for its members." This still remains true.

CNCH 2009

The Liaison Meeting was held on September 27. There will be a report on CNCH 2009 at our meeting.
Scholarships are available and the deadline for applying is November 1. Visit CNCH. The information is under "Documents to Download". Application forms will also be available at the meeting.
Also the June issue of CiNCH Notes, is on-line.

CNCH 2008

Photos of the guild members pieces will be included in the history book, which will be available at meetings. Some photos are here

CiNCH Notes

In order to decrease expense CNCH will distribute their newsletter electronically on their web site. The latest newsletter can be found at: CNCH
For those without computers, ask a friend who has one to print you a copy or send a request and a SASE to Kathy Murphy,check your roster for her address.

Wear Your Loom & Shuttle Membership

There's now a line of Loom & Shuttle products via CafePress. Follow the link below to the new Loom and Shuttle Line.

e-mail Bulletin and Bulletin Deadline

With the price of postage increasing, the bulletin will be sent by e-mail to everyone who has an e-mail address starting with February 07. It will be sent in a PDF format. Those of you who do not have Acrobat Reader can download it for free from here :

Note on Notices

Notices, articles and announcements are always welcome for inclusion in the bulletin. Submissions must be in by the 20th of the month preceding the meeting (or anytime before that). E-mail is preferred, but snail mail, phone or carrier pigeon is fine, too. Contact Kathy Murphy via email at loomandshuttlenews-AT-sbcglobal-dot-net, 415-664-7349 or check the roster for snail mail address.

This site was updated October 1, 2008

(note from editor: in an effort to cut down on everyone's spam I've turned email addresses into words not links. To send an email replace the AT with @ and dot with .)

For questions or comments about this page please contact Kate via email at kate-AT-artcycles-dot-com

July 1998 by Kate Dopheide and Loom & Shuttle Guild

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