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Mihoko and Nathaniel with SAORI founder Misao Jo
SAORI Worcester News 7-28-10
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The SAORI Bridges of Elm Park will spread its double rainbow of 66 SAORI Banners August 25-29! Here's a FLYER for your friends and refrigerator! See our page on Social Web too! We intend to recruit sponsors to take possession of every single banner as a thank-you for donating to the SAORI Scholarship Fund for low-income children & families in our inner-city neighborhood! Interested in being a sponsor? = Contact Us! (Note: this is an Art in the Park-related event, aiming to draw more attention to the Aug.-Oct. sculpture installation throughout Elm Park, presented by the Worcester Arts Council and funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Commission.) Worcester Local First, of which we are Members, is now a Sponsor of this project!
- Please VOLUNTEER to MONITOR the SAORI Bridges of Elm Park exhibit! It's part of our agreement with the City of Worcester to provide round-the-clock monitoring to avert fire or vandalism. As part of a TEAM, take a 6-hour day shift or a 4-hour night shift. All you have to do is watch - that should do it! We'll send you all instructions! For more details and to volunteer, Contact Us!
- Start your SAORI improvisational weaving Basic Course, or enjoy
a Trial Class, anytime! First, check Schedule
& Events for class time options, then Services
& Fees for tuition costs. To register, print and fill out your CLASS
REGISTRATION FORM & mail it to 18 Winslow St., Worcester, MA 01609 with your
$20 deposit check or money order made out to Saori Worcester.
- 2nd Annual Art in the Parking Lot event coming to Highland Street (our old neighborhood, & we stick with our old friends!) Sunday, August 8, 11am-3pm! Free! Food, live music, booths by street businesses & organizations (including trying your hand at SAORI weaving). More info: email info@highlandstreetevents.org (Note: this is an Art in the Park-related event, aiming to draw more attention to the Aug.-Oct. sculpture installation throughout Elm Park, presented by the Worcester Arts Council and funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Commission.)
- 3rd Annual Creative Laundry Day in Elm Park on Friday, August 13th, 9am-3pm! (Rain date: 8-20-2010) SAORI Worcester teams up with Artist Susan Champeny , the Worcester Art Museum , & new partner the Worcester Center for Crafts so you can do weaving, tie-dyeing, print-making, and poetry & let it all hang out on the "laundry lines" stretched between laundry-detergent-bottlle totem poles, trees, and lampposts! Here's our 2010 Flyer for your friends & fridge! Also see these Photos from 2009! (Note: this is an Art in the Park-related event, aiming to draw more attention to the Aug.-Oct. sculpture installation throughout Elm Park, presented by the Worcester Arts Council and funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Commission.)
- We have a few LOOMS still in stock from our last Japan order : one Piccolo Loom and a few SX60 (portable) Looms! Prices for these looms are as quoted on our January Price List, but we can't guarantee these prices if you wait until our next order. Your $250 deposit now will reserve your in-stock loom for you, with 30 days (negotiable!) to pay the balance. Now is the time!
- Can you imagine OCTOBER? Well, do your best, because you won't want to miss the Sat., Oct. 23, 12-4pm revival of Sheep to Shawl, Llama to Pajama at Green Hill Farm in Worcester's Green Hill Park! SAORI Worcester will team up with The City of Worcester and area fiber artists to show you how we make clothing and other useful items from animal hair without hurting the animals! We'll be shearing (just a haircut!) a llama that you can get friendly with! We'll be showing you hands-on carding, spinning, dyeing, weaving, knitting, and rug-hooking! We'll have games and contests with cool prizes, not to mention our amazing theme song and all the other animals at Green Hill Farm! It's all FREE and we'll have cocoa for you too! Watch this page for more info on this blockbuster family event! Right now just get it on your calendar!
- Whole lotta SAORI on Facebook! If you have an account (easy and free to set up at www.facebook.org), just type in any of the following names to hook up with the group of your choice: Saori Weaving (started by Alice Webb), Saori Worcester (started by Mihoko), and, for you "beliefs and causes" folks, try "Saori Bridges of Elm Park" (started by Nat). There are probably other groups on Facebook too - we'll get them onto our Links page as we are able!
- Read the article by Claire Moynahan on the website of the College of the Holy Cross, one of our Saori Worcester Partnership Sites, about Saori at the college and in the students' volunteer work at the Worcester Boys and Girls Club, another of our Saori Worcester Partnership Sites!
- Check out our PHOTO GALLERY with pictures from the Saori 40th anniversary conference in Japan and our 3rd Saori Japan Tour!
- For information on our Saori Worcester Partnership Site program for institutions and organizations, see our Services and our Documents pages. For a list of current partners, see Links page.
- We offer low-cost Consulting Services to non-profits, schools, government, & business, including: arts integration with academics, teaching partnerships, building community among people with & without disabilities, stress reduction and team-building in organizations, and, well, if you don't see it on our Services and Fees page, just tell us what you need!
- By popular demand, we're restoring this link to Nat Needle singing the Saori Blues
- New! You can now purchase these books below from this website using Paypal! Just click on the Add to cart logo on the bottom of each book image below to buy one or more copies. Our Paypal Shopping Page is now a work-in-progress. You can purchase just a few items now, but there will be more and more to come. Please check back often!
"SAORI, Self -discovery through Free Weaving" by Misao Jo and Kenzo Jo
This book contains a biography of the founder Misao Jo, directions for the use of Saori looms, weaving techniques, and some clothing patterns . If you are too far away from a Saori studio to learn from a teacher, this book could help you to get started! From this book you can understand Saori philosophy deeply, and you'll get a different perspective on weaving.
This might change your perspective on life, too!
"SAORI, PHOTO REPORT Vol. V, 2004"
These banners on the cover pages were displayed on the National Folk Art Museum in Osaka for several months. This book is in full color, with many pictures of Saori weavers modeling their creations. These images will definitely inspire your imagination.
"SAORI, Shitate no hon"
This book contains more than 50 patterns for making clothing. It's in Japanese, but you can read the numbers (in centimeters), and the clear design sketches are easy to figure out. Since we have a lot of demand for this book even though it's in Japanese, we make it available for anyone who likes to make clothing from hand-woven fabric. But watch out for the "Japanese size" numbers! You will have to adjust those numbers for your body!
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