Membership:
Our membership/fiscal year starts in January. Dues per individual
are $10 US, $20 other countries. The current issue of the newsletter will
be sent upon joining. Individual membership includes access to our interactive
members-only website.
Guild membership is available
at the above rates. Upon joining in January, one copy of the newsletter will
be sent four times a year for use in the guild's library. Late memberships
will start with the current issue and receive any subsequent issues throughout
the membership term. Guild membership does not include access to our interactive
members-only website.
Guilds must agree to abide by our copyright policy:
All content (unless otherwise noted) of the
quarterly Natural Fibers Group newsletter, From the Ground Up,
is copyrighted and may not be reproduced, reprinted or published in any form
without first obtaining permission from the Natural Fibers Group AND individual
authors. The information in the newsletter is intended for personal private
use only. It is not intended for redistribution in other newsletters, publications,
hand-outs, classes, or websites, unless specific permission is given.
Some
topics in the Vol. 4 Issue 1, Winter 2007 issue:
American Bulrush class with Peggy Wilcox AMB
2006 (by Carol Miller)
Nancy DeVries' Eclectic Collection (by Lynn Hoyt)
Gourds!!! (by Leigh Adams)
Open Pine Needle Basket Workshop (by Pamela Zimmerman)
Straw Embellishment in Other Fibers (tutorial by Charmayne Cecal)
Now Gathering: Spotlight on Hibiscus Bark
Loose Ends, & More
Everyone
is welcome, from beginners through experienced. Individual members are invited
to participate in our "members only" interactive web site, which
has become a good resource for naturals discussion, information, exchanges,
etc. To become a member, click on "Membership" above.
(Prospective
members can print out a Membership form, fill
out and mail in. If you would like a membership form sent to you by mail,
please request one from the president,
Lynn Hoyt. )
Meetings
are
generally held once a month on the first Monday alternating with first Thursday,
in Washington, NC, 6:00pm. Our Monday location is the Blind
Center, 3rd and Harvey Sts., Washington, NC. Our Thursday location is
the Beaufort County Arts Council,
2nd and Gladden Sts., Washington, NC. Current meeting information can be found
on the home page of this website.
New
members who want to attend, please email or call to confirm date and time.
Sometimes we cancel a regular meeting because of a closely scheduled plant
gathering expedition or other basketry event. We are quite willing to change
a meeting date (if possible) to accomodate members from around the country
who are visiting or passing through and who would like to attend. Just contact
Lynn , and we will try and work
something out.
A
How-to Newsletter
Newsletters
should contain information useful enough that readers will want to keep them
for reference. The Natural Fibers Group newsletter, "From the Ground Up",
contains tutorials, tips, and discoveries about natural materials and their
use in basketry and art. It not only chronicles the activities of the group,
and individual member experiences, but shares the how-tos of the fibers we are
working with. I'm committed to the idea of making our newsletter instructive
as well as newsy.
We
were delighted when basketmakers from around the country wanted to join our
guild just to receive the newsletter! We thought the "naturals void"
was local, but turned out there's a real thirst for information about naturals
everywhere. It seems there are others who are interested in the tradition of
creating woven forms from gathered plants. That's why we'll strive to make the
articles beneficial and interesting for both our local and national members.
The feedback on the newsletter has been excellent, and the word is spreading!
From
the Ground Up is published and mailed to members four times a year.
Sample
or back issues of the newsletters are available at $5.00 each for US non-members,
$2.50 each for current US members. E-mail
for availability, ordering information and rates for other countries.
January begins the new membership period.
Writers, share your
knowledge...Get the word out about your art form, organization and/or business,
and receive a copy of the newsletter
We are always looking for interesting tutorials and educational articles related
to naturals. You don't have to be a member to submit an article. We will include
a short bio or a small ad, if desired, directly following your article. If your
article is accepted we will also send you a copy of the newsletter it appears
in. Please email first, and lets discuss what you have in mind.
2005
Vol 2, Issue 3
*A
Note from the President: Workshops and Meetings in 2006!
*Dogbane,
Apocynum cannabinum, Indian Hemp, by Vicky Nickelson
*The
Convention Experience! by Carol Miller
*Now
Gathering (info about plants to collect in winter)
*Bleaching:
A Trick and a Word of Caution, by Pamela Zimmerman
*NFG
Displays, group activities, member awards, more..
2005
Vol 2, Issue 2
*A
Note from the President: Water Weavers, Gourds and Grants *Cherokee
Report, by Karen Douglass *How
to Fashion a Curved Needle *Woven
Lighted Christmas Tree, by Pamela Zimmerman *Amazing
Tough Yucca: a Renewable Fiber Plant *Natural
Materials Gathering Record Form, by Donna Kallner *Making
Cordage, by Nancy Gildersleeve *Collecting
Long Leaf Pine Needles, by Lynn Hoyt *more...
2005
Vol 2, Issue 1, Spring Anniversary Issue
*A
Note from the President: Our First Anniversary! (and why my garden Looks Like
a Jungle) *Charmayne
Cesal's discovery in a mother's day arrangement!
*Willow for Coiled Baskets, by Donna Kallner
*Guild Activities *Got
Kudzu (revisited), by Cassandra Jones *Now
Gathering (what to collect now..some familiar and some different) *Southeast
Natural Fiber Happenings: Spring, 2005, by Nancy Gildersleeve *Weavin'
Prickly: Greenbrier, by Pamela Zimmerman *More..
2005 Vol 1, Issue 4
*
A Note from
the President: NCBA Convention Notes *
Member, Martha Younkin's Fiber Explorations from her Prairie Restoration Project *
NFG Happenings- The Great Vine Gathering, random weaves, gourd outing, exhibits.. *
Weaving with Naturals at the Folk School, by Barbara McGeachy *
Basket Plant Rescue! *
Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium), by Martha Younkin *
Now Gathering *More....
2004 Vol 1, Issue 3
*
A Note from the President: Events, Activities, and Awards Abound *
Got Kudzu? *
Now Gathering *
My Experience Growing Sweet Grass (Hierochloe Odorata), by Carol Miller *
Deutzia! *
A Notable Find by a New Basketmaker, a new fiber discovery from the garden *
Breaking News *
Two Kudzu tutorials by Nancy Basket *
More..
2004 Vol 1, Issue 2
*
A Note from the President: Growing a Guild *
Now Gathering- some plants to gather now and into the fall *
Random Weave Garden Basket, a tutorial by Pamela Zimmerman *
Book News *
Gathering 101- Have you been collecting yet? by Kay Harradine (reprinted with
permission) *
Longleaf Pine Trees, by Lynn Hoyt *
NFG Kudzu Workshop information *
More..
2004 Vol 1, Issue 1, Premier Issue
*
A Note from the President: First Meeting a Success! *
Now Gathering (selected naturals of the season and how to gather, process, store) *
Discovering Hibiscus Bark Fiber (how to harvest, process and use Hibiscus fiber)
*
More Information on Cordage *
Dogs Discover Fiber! ( even my dogs are into naturals- what a find!) *
Book Review by P. Zimmerman, Baskets from Nature's Bounty, (Elizabeth
Jensen) *
Natural Fibers Group Calendar 2004-2005, some fibers to collect, group activities
*
News Article by Jonathan Clayborne, Washington Daily News: New Guild is a
Natural
