Welcome!
All workshops are now open for registration
I am building a new basketry and fibercraft school in Chicago called The Weaving Workshop
(scroll to the bottom of the page to see the space and read about The Weaving Workshop).
In each workshop, all materials are included in the registration fee and participants can bring materials and finished work home.
If you have questions please feel free to email Dee, at info@studioherron.com
Spring and Summer workshops will be posted in February.
The Weaving Workshop
While I create a new website for the school, I have already begun in-person workshops and programming in the brick-and-mortar storefront space that has served as my studio for 2yrs, located in Chicago’s Marshall Square Neighborhood.
*A note on the name "The Weaving Workshop"
From 1919 to 1933, a now legendary school for art and design in Germany called The Bauhaus produced some of the most brilliant artists, designers, craftspeople, and architects of the last century. However, women faced discrimination when seeking to enroll, especially in architecture, ceramics, or painting programs. As a result, a department was established called the Weaving Workshop, which focused on textile studies and provided “a more suitable space” for women to pursue their art education. The Weaving Workshop became known for its innovative and technical work in weaving and textiles, Anni Albers, Gunta Stolz, and Otti Berger, to name a few, were some of the women who established textiles and weaving at the Bauhaus as a serious craft both for industry and artistic expression. This department and the remarkable women who contributed to its legacy serve as the inspiration for my school of the same name.
