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Weaving Projects! Directed Open Studio with Margaret Dugger
8-Week Workshop
Date: Tuesdays, September 9 – November 4 , 2025
Note: no class meeting on Tuesday September 30. Weavers will be welcome to come in that evening and work independently if they wish.
Time: 6pm-9pm
Description: Expand your weaving skills!
In this series, students will have the opportunity to design and weave individualized projects on one of Contemporary Craft’s looms. We will dive deeper into the specifics of planning a woven project, including reading—or adapting—a weaving pattern draft, selecting yarn, measuring and estimating material needs, and finishing techniques. In short, we will explore ways to think through the question “what will the cloth do?” before we begin working at the loom or even have yarn in hand.
This class series is for weavers with some experience but who need a little assistnace in designing and figuring out how to make the cloth of their dreams! Ideally, weavers will have completed Weaving 1 at CC or who have some other experience with weaving. Not to worry! It is expected that weavers will need assistance preparing and measuring yarn and dressing the loom!
Tuition: $295 (does not include materials)
Materials: Weavers provide their own material. Some yarns are available for purchase from the studio.
Location: Contemporary Craft, TImmons Studios (5688 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201). Note, this workshop will take place in the Fibers Loft, which is on the second floor of the building.
There are 2 entrances to the Timmons Studios.
• One entrance is facing Butler Street. To access the Fibers Loft from the Butler Street facing entrance, there are a total of 32 stairs to ascend.
• One entrance is facing 57th Street. This entrance is accessible by ramp, with no stairs to ascend. There is a lift inside the building to access the second floor.
If there are accessibility accommodations we can provide, or if there is anything you would like us to know before you arrive, please feel free to call Jamie Boyle at 412-465-1639 or email jboyle@contemporarycraft.org.
Cancellations and Refunds: Workshop cancellations are decided three business days before the start date. If workshops must be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, the entire class fee will be refunded through Eventbrite, or you may leave your workshop fee in your Contemporary Craft account for future workshops.
Refund Policy: Student refund requests must be made at least three business days before a class begins. There will be a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given without three-business days notice. Processing of refunds takes approximately three weeks.
About the Artist
Margaret Dugger is an artist currently based in Pittsburgh, PA. Originally trained as an artisan handweaver, she now creates weavings that reflect on the quiet moments of our daily lives. Using the processes of addition, removal, and transformation, Margaret explores concepts of interconnection, the sacred within the mundane, and historical practices brought into the contemporary. She engages with the ancient traditions of textile work and art making, using cloth and thread as her medium.Since pursuing her bachelor’s degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her work has branched out into new mediums including paper, sculpture, and book arts.
Weavers having fun tying up treadles on the loom!
A view of looms in the Fleischner Family Fibers Loft! Come weave with us!
