Weaving on Rigid Heddle Loom
Adult Class | Registration opens 2/3/2026 10:00 AM MST
This class is set up to provide instruction to people who have never woven before. You will learn how to set up the loom, basic weaves and how to design with yarn to create pattern, texture and color effects. Once the basics are mastered you will have time to create your own scarf and perhaps a tote bag. For people with experience and want to take their practice on the loom to a new level, I will also be teaching the japanese dye technique of Shibori where the tie dye binders are woven into the fabric.
- Scissors
Measuring tape
Any yarn that you want to work with, though some yarn is provided for your experimentation
David van Buskirk
As a weaver, I am always in collaboration with a loom. It is as important to me as the materials my hands work with. The looms can be as complicated as an industrial jacquard or as simple as a weighted warp, a loom invented in the stone age. Whether complex or simple, weaving requires a mechanism to create warp and weft, the structure on which my art is made.
The warp and weft create a rigorous grid for me to work with. This grid provides the structure for exploring color, pattern and texture. This is exacting but often intuitive. There occurs a playful cooperation between the elements of rigor and organic spontaneity in my work. These contradictory elements collaborate to create works of beauty, decoration and meaning.