Please note that the Moon Rain Centre blog has moved to

http://moonraincentre.blogspot.com/

.

Moon Rain Centre is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to integrating creativity and harmony in the community through the creation, exhibition and teaching of tapestry weaving and textile arts. The name Moon Rain refers to the mystical connection between the moon, weaving and the cosmos. Located in the Gatineau Hills, in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, Moon Rain is known for its unique approach to creative tapestry weaving. The Vision of Moon Rain is to share the beauty and mystery of Weave
Showing posts with label moon rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moon rain. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Tapestry Workshops at Moon Rain Centre 2011

“During the process of designing and weaving each tapestry, I attune to ancient mysteries of the weaver’s path. The repetition of over and under, followed by under and over, meditatively connects me to Navajo, Mayan and Buddhist beliefs where weaving, or the union of warp, or tantra, with weft, or sutra, creates harmony.” Thoma Ewen, artistic director



Photography by Ken Ewen

Inspired by the natural environment, workshop participants explore and develop their own creativity, immersed in techniques and practices developed at Moon Rain Centre that demystify tapestry weaving, making it accessible to everyone.







Level One: workshops for beginners
July 23 & 24
August 6 & 7

This weekend workshop is an introduction to the art and craft of tapestry weaving. Basic techniques are explored and practiced on small frame looms. While learning to blend colours and build woven shapes and lines, participants create a small tapestry to take home.

$225 includes materials



Level Two: weaving tapestry
July 25 to 29
August 8 to 12

During this week workshop, the patterns of nature inspire woven tapestries, as each participant explores in depth the tapestry weaving process, developing and weaving a visual idea into a finished tapestry.

$475 includes materials prerequisite: Level One



Level Three: mentoring

Mentoring responds to the unique questions and concerns of individual advanced students. Emerging tapestry weavers are shown how to recognize and develop their own unique creative gifts, while learning to become active creative members of their own communities.

prerequisite: Level Two and portfolio



Level Four: weaving and culture

A workshop for teachers, arts educators and cultural facilitators

Weaving transmits the energy of Peace. It has a calming, harmonizing effect on people, especially on children, so is an excellent tool for today’s classrooms and community centers. This workshop teaches simple creative weaving skills and projects that are suitable for all ages, abilities, and cultural programming budgets. In this workshop participants learn how to turn the family ragbin into woven fabric art projects, how to make simple frame looms and weave on them, how to make cloth looms and more.

prerequisite: Level Two



workshop fees include all materials

camping and accommodation available on-site

For more information please contact Moon Rain Centre at

819 457 9711



Friday, December 11, 2009

The Living Tapestry Workbook is now available

.


The Living Tapestry Workbook is now available for order. Contact info@moonrain.ca or telephone 819 457 9711. Please check the Moon Rain website at www.moonrain.ca/TapestryWorkBook.html (PayPal available)
The Living Tapestry Workbook is an introductory guide to designing and weaving tapestry.
The step-by-step instructions simplify tapestry weaving, making it accessible and easy to do. The Workbook covers all the basics needed to get started and serves as a companion to further explorations in tapestry weaving.

The Living Tapestry Workbook introduces the philosophy of Canadian tapestry artist Thoma Ewen, and shares her technical insights and knowledge developed over 35 years of weaving and teaching tapestry. Ewen communicates the ancient indigenous understanding that weaving is a sacred path. She illustrates how tapestry’s vital contemporary role is to transmit beauty, harmony and Peace.


Monday, December 7, 2009

.
"When Thirteen Moons Entwine"
a textile arts event in the Outaouais
late summer/early fall 2010

integrating textile arts with the natural environment
and the mythology of the thirteen moons


"When Thirteen Moons Entwine" is a professional textile arts event, inspired by the legends of the thirteen moons of the natural lunar calendar. It is an outdoor laboratory that brings together established professional textile artists with young emerging artists in the creation of textile arts installations along a scenic walking path. This festive event includes exhibitions, workshops and artist's talks at Moon Rain Centre in the Gatineau Hills in the Outaouais region of West Quebec, and collaborates with major exhibition centres in the region to present textile arts exhibitions during the late summer and early fall of 2010.

"When Thirteen Moons Entwine" presents four related textile arts aspects:
installations, workshops, exhibitions and artist's talks

For more information please visit

www.moonrain.ca/MoonsEntwineEnglish.html

or

www.moonrain.ca/MoonsEntwineFrench.html



Call to artists

.
Moon Rain Centre announces
A Call to emerging and established textile/fibre artists for:
“When thirteen moons entwine”
an international textile arts event autumn 2010
integrating textiles, the environment and the mythologies of the
lunar calendar.
Artists are invited to propose outdoor textile/fibre art installations,
workshops and artist talks.
Deadline for submissions is January 15th 2010.

Information:
Moon Rain Centre
http://www.moonrain.ca/
info@moonrain.ca
819-457-9711

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Article in the Low Down Newspaper

.

This article appear in the Low Down newspaper on November 4 2009. The author is Phil Jenkins.
.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Fibre Quarterly Article

An article on the Big Weave Project, Moon Rain and fibre was published in the Fall 2009 edition of Fibre Quarterly. The following is the link to the article.

www.velvethighway.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_frontpage&itemid=1

The theme of this issue is Fibre revolution: Tapestry: before During Now & Next.

Be sure to check out this publication.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Misty morning at Moon Rain

.
The mist rolls across the fields at Moon Rain


Photography
Ken Ewen

Sunrise at Moon Rain

.
Just before another incredible sunrise at Moon Rain Centre


Photography
Ken Ewen

Friday, August 28, 2009

Moon Rain Centre Group Exhibition

.
Artists and members gathered at Moon Rain Centre last Thursday to select works for the upcoming group exhibition, Fibres Boreales / Northern Fibres, to be presented in St Andre Avelin`s Centre d`Action Culturel fom September 4th to 27th, 2009.
.
Thoma Ewen, Phyllis Wedding, Hope MacLean, Francoise Chartrand, Denise Coker














Francoise Chartrand, Denise Coker. Thoma Ewen, Hope MacLean, Krystyna Sadej and Phyllis Wedding are participating in the exhibition. Unfortunately, Krystyna was not available for the photos.
Photography Ken Ewen

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

FIBRES BORÉALES ~ NORTHERN FIBRES

.
une exposition en tapisseries haute-lisse et l’art de la fibre, créées par un groupe d’artistes membres du Centre Moon Rain
a group exhibition in tapestry and fibre arts by artists and members of Moon Rain Centre
du 6 au 27 septembre 2009 ~ September 6 to 27, 2009
.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Day Two Ends

Placing the cartoon The cartoon is set in place behind the warp
----------------------------------------
Marking the warp
A black marker is used to draw the design on the warp
----------------------------------------
Caroline & Thoma weave the heron's wingtip
The weaving is on!!


Photos by
Joanne de Nobriga

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Big Weave Day 1

Moon Rain and it's artistic director Thoma Ewen are so pleased and excited to be participating in The Big Weave, a coming together of artists and community to create a public art project which gives adults and children the opportunity to learn new skills and to participate in the creation of a unique community artwork.
This international project is located in Reading England and will take place during three weeks in July. Part of the beauty of the project will be derived from taking the project out into the community, teaching basic weaving techniques and providing the opportunity for all to weave.
Reading photographer Joanne de Nobriga joined us and took some amazing photos of the activity. Joanne will join us regularly during the three weeks of this project and has generously offered to document the event. Thank you Joanne.
Below are some of her photographs from day 1

Warping up

Diane and Caroline warping up The Big Weave Loom
------------------------------------------
Checking the tension
Thoma checks the tension of the warp on The Big Weave Loom
-----------------------------------------
The first shed
Thoma prepares the first shed on the loom
------------------------------------------
Down to work
Three weavers settle down at the loom
------------------------------------------
The first pick
The first pick of the project is laid in place
--------------------------------------------
The design
Going over the design
------------------------------------------

Check back to follow the progress of The Big Weave. Also please go to the Big Weave website at

http://www.thebigweave.org

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Moon Rain Featured on TFO

Broadcast on TFO's Panorama May 11 2006