Workshop fee - $100 Deposit - $50, due at time of sign up.

Friday and Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Maximum number of participants - 20

Skill level - Advanced Beginner through Advanced Experience

Presenter: Deb Essen

This class explores weaving with supplemental warps without needing a second back beam. We discuss how supplemental warps work, designing for textiles using supplemental warps, learning how to set up your loom for supplemental warps, and weave samples in class. We warp the looms during class - warping is actually the biggest part of the learning curve for doing the supplemental warps without a second back beam. Attendees get pre-class instructions before the class for prepping warps and other tidbits Deb Essen lives, weaves, and runs her business dje handwovens in the Bitterroot Valley, nestled in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana. In 2004, Deb achieved the Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving-Level 1 through the Handweaver’s Guild of America. In 2011 she was inducted to the Montana Circle of American Masters in Folk and Traditional Art. Her book, Easy Weaving With Supplemental Warps, was published originally by Interweave Press in 2016. In 2022, the book was re-released as an expanded revised edition, with more projects and weave structures, by Schiffer Publishing. She has recorded five weaving videos, available through Long Thread Media, ranging from supplemental warps to profile drafting and has written multiple feature articles for Handwoven and Little Looms magazines. Deb is passionate about teaching about the wonders of weaving and teaches at shops, guilds, regional and national conferences and festivals.