Handweavers of Bucks County
Gallery of Fiber Artists
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The Handweavers of Bucks County is fortunate to have many accomplished weavers, knitters and fiber artists among its members, many who work professionally or who blog about their fiber arts progress. If you are seeking handwovens or fiber art, take a look at the guild members “Learn More” links below, and support our local weavers. Please contact the weaver directly.
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Marilynn Cowgill has been weaving for more than 30 years. Her interest in fibers goes back to when she was in 4-H and learned to sew and knit. Weaving was a natural progression! Although she started weaving larger sizes of fibers, her current interest is fine yarns, like silk, linen and wool. Colors are a passion; every piece is a new investigation of colors! She likes to learn about different structures, but her favorites are double weave and overshot. She weaves with a Scandinavian sensibility; hence her studio name is “knitting-weaving” in Swedish.
She received the Master Artisan award from the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen in 2019
Liz Heine
Liz is an accomplished and prolific handweaver, spinner & dyer. Her weaving interests include woven Shibori, Deflected Doubleweave, and weaving with a special fan reed called Ondulé. Her impressive studio is outfitted with numerous looms, warping mills and yarns. Liz recently participated in HGA’s 2020 Spinning and Weaving Week with a Threads Talk called How to Pivot to a Virtual Guild Sale. Liz has an online shop and currently has a showroom (appointment only) at the historic Fleck Knitwear building in Plainfield NJ.
Amy M. Turner
Amy is a lifetime resident of Bucks County, PA. She was raised in an artistic family in Lahaska, and now resides in Doylestown, PA.
Amy has been weaving for over forty-five years and has a home studio with two spinning wheels, many looms, and a vast collection of tools and fibers. She enjoys hand spinning and hand dyeing fiber and yarns, and when possible, incorporates them into her handwoven pieces. Recently, she has been having fun making scarves with hand painted warps, tapestry inlays and glass beads. Most of her work is one of a kind.
Amy has been a featured artist in the Bucks County Town and Country magazine and is a certified Master Artisan in the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. She is a Juried member of the Bucks County Chapter.
Hedy Lyles
Hedy's primary areas of interest are weaving complex original designs with vibrant colors. She has worked with fiber and fabric in many forms her entire life and found her niche when she started weaving about 20 years ago. She has lived in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Colorado and Montana and studied with and been influenced by many artists in the fiber community across the country and southwest Canada. She expresses herself creating complex designs and is inspired by colors that are vibrant and alive. Her original designs are constantly changing. Each piece is One Of A Kind.
Master Artisan, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, April, 2019
Deborah Holcomb
Deborah has been exploring a diverse assortment of artistic processes for a long time. For much of that time, she focused primarily on the tools and materials of weaving and spinning. This led to a study of color interactions, initially in the context of the fiber arts. More recently, she has been exploring the role of color in art in more general terms. Her blog describes her meandering journal of discovery.
Duelling Rabbits
Duelling Rabbits specializes in the reinterpretation of old European and American folk patterns for decorative household objects such as cushions, table linens, and small accessories. The studio's focus is on time-honored methods, simple materials, and fanciful designs. All the magic happens on traditional Swedish looms, including a pattern-shaft drawloom.
(Amy Blair, Handweaver)