Design Tricks

Taught by Barbara J. Walker

Program Overview

This user-friendly discussion of color theories, proportion, and coordination of design elements will encourage you to go beyond the recipe and develop your own personal weaving style.

About the Artist

Barbara J. Walker’s last art class was in eighth grade. She thought she was going to be a national park ranger for a career, and she was for three summers—one in Rocky Mountain National Park and two in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But the creative gene from her grandmother took hold instead.

Now Barbara is passionate about weaving, ply-splitting, fiber interlacements of all sorts, and collaborative work. She has exhibited her work internationally, holds Handweavers Guild of America’s Master Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving, and has conducted ply-splitting and weaving workshops in the US, England, Canada, and Japan. She is an enthusiastic educator and has had numerous articles published in major fiber publications. She published Supplementary Warp Patterning: Turned Drafts, Embellishments & Motifs in 2016 and Ply-Splitting from Drawdowns: Interpreting Weave Structures in Ply-Split Braiding in 2012.

Barbara still has her Smokey Bear hat, though, so you never know…

Artist’s Website: Barbara J. Walker

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