Weaver, Spinner, and Dabbler

Janis Johnson

Gathering of the Guilds is coming soon, and I’ll be participating in a guild booth for Portland Handweavers Guild with dish towels and blank greeting cards. I hope to spend lots of time in the lobby demonstrating weaving and spinning.

Janis weaving on a century-old manual Jacquard loom in Florence, Italy in 2014

I’ve always enjoyed making things and over the years have learned a little bit about a lot of crafts.  I worried that I was just a dilettante in the art world until realizing that my hobby is learning to make things and that’s OK.