For those who are interested, I thought I'd post the list of GCW Master Weavers and their monograph topics. The GCW now requires that a copy of the research topic/monograph be lodged with the GCW library, so some of the more recent ones are available for study to guild members via library loan - including both my monograph and the resulting book Magic in the Water.
MASTER WEAVER LIST
1955 Mary Black: Tartans
Mary Sandin: Linen and the Linen Weaves
1958 Nell Steedsman: Two Frame Weaving
1959 (?) Grace McDowell: Box Loom Weaving
1973 Adrienne Whitelaw: Ceinture Fleche
1975 Mary Andrews: Fundamentals of Weaving
1977 Sandra Feenstra: Double Weaves
Dini Moes: The Use of Color in Handweaving
1979 Judith Rygiel: Stitched Double Weave
1981 Eileen Shannon: A Workshop Study of Point Twill
1985 Jane Evans: Tied Latvian Weave
1986 Linda Heinrich: A Comprehensive Study of Flax and Linen
Noreen Rustad: Beiderwand
1989 Anke Keizer-Bles: Exploring the Moorman Technique for Clothing
Margaret Berg: A Study of 8-Shaft Multiple Tabby Weaves and Twills
1990 Sandra Fearon: Shadow Weave Design
1991 Patricia Corbett: Color and Texture Variation in Knotted Pile
Gaye Hansen: Twice Warped - Twelve Techniques for the Second Warp Beam
Kay Reiber: Summer and Winter: A System for All Seasons
Frances Timbers: The Handkerchief
1992 Valerie DePorto: Design Dynamics of Multishaft Swedish Lace
1993 June Bell: Finnweave
Mabel Verigin: The Forgotten Weaves
1994 Margaret Hahn: Opphamta
1995 Christine Hill: Wool: Fleece, Fibre and Fabric
Evelyn Oldroyd: The Wonder of Weaving Silk
1997 Laura Fry: Transformations: Fulling Handwoven Fabrics
1998 Carol Oberg: Brain-based Learning in the Weaving Studio - Process of Regeneration
2001 Ruth Jarvis: Ramie
2003 Helene Ruel: La Magie de l’Ikat (The Magic of Ikat)
The GCW translates all their bulletins into French, and Helene Ruel submitted her tests in French. So far one American has submitted and received her Master Level. You don't have to be Canadian to submit, just be a member of the guild.
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Read your list and saw names I haven't thought of for a long time! I met Eileen Shannon at a Peace Country S&W Guild event many years ago. And Margaret Berg is a friend of my family from many, many years back, when her husband Roy was with the University of Alberta and involving my rancher dad in his research projects.
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