Are you ready to explore weaving with wire?
Take the weaving skills you already have to a new level and discover exciting new possibilities!
The shine and feel of this material is seductive!
Join the #wireasfiber community!
Learn how to tame this lively material and weave some magic!
What is this woven metal fabric like? What can you do with this fabric?
Weaving with Wire is an endless adventure! The woven metal fabric you create has many, many applications. It is both strong and delicate, and can create fluid lines. Ultimately, it is an expression of YOUR creativity; a material as unique as you are! The sky is the limit for what you can create with it.
What will you learn?
- How to change the warp from fiber to wire. The skills you already have in weaving including making a warp, beaming, and tying it to the loom, are the same in this process. You are just changing the warp from a fiber to wire.
- In order to teach you how to work with wire, a lively material, the Foundation Project is your first wire weaving experience, creating a warp that is 3 yards long ranging from 3/8" to 1" wide.
- You already have the weaving skills to weave with wire, the materials are just different. Weaving with wire is much like other weaving projects.
Imagine what you might create with your new woven metal cloth - material as unique as you are! What can you do with this magical material?
- Create jewelry and other body adornments.
- Use the material in traditional basketry techniques for innovative expressions.
- Build 3D and 2D bas-relief sculptures.
- Include in mixed media artworks.
Included with the course:
- A comprehensive workbook that includes written instructions to support the video content
- You gain permanent access to the course information
- Christine supports your explorations before, during, and after you take the course for questions and sharing.
- Obtain approved access to the private Facebook Weaving with Wire community.
"In Weaving with Wire, Christine generously shares her considerable expertise for this unique material. She provides techniques to minimize the challenges of working with wire on the loom, along with methods for sculpting metal fabric and inspiration through a review of her own award-winning work and that of fellow woven-metal artists. Christine has a talent for teaching that creates a relaxed, encouraging, and engaging atmosphere for exploring the medium."
Angela Schneider, Project Manager, Handwoven Magazine
Weaving with Wire Courses & Zoom Workshops
Find out more about the Self Paced Weaving with Wire Course, the 3 day Weaving with Wire Zoom Workshops, and an opportunity to sign up for coaching about your artistic direction with Christine. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Weaving with Wire path you are interested in.
Digital Downloads
Christine has created digital downloads to support your growth as an artist and creative spirit. Blending her visual arts education with her life long fiber experience, she can support your explorations and help you become more confident in your artistic path. Click HERE to go to the Digital Download area of the Fiber Studio.
Fiber Art Lessons
Fiber arts are an important part of any arts curriculum. Students love the calming, meditative nature of creating with yarn, thread, and cloth. Christine shares fiber lessons that are FREE for instructors and students alike. The lessons, though adaptable for K12 levels, are also perfect spring boards for the experienced artist for more sophisticated applications. Click HERE to go to the Digital Download area of the Fiber Studio.
Weaving with Wire Courses & Zoom Workshops
Find out more about Weaving with Wire! There is a self-paced course or a 3 day Zoom workshop experience with a cap of 10 students per workshop you can choose from. Click on each course below to get more details, and thanks for your interest in Weaving with Wire!
NOTE: At this time, this course & workshop is for 4-8 harness table or floor looms only. It is not intended for a true beginner; the participant needs to have a basic understanding of the warping and weaving process.
Questions? email me christinekmillerfiberartist@gmail.com
For rigid heddle and small loom weavers - HANG TIGHT! I am working on a course for putting wire on the rigid heddle. The best way to keep in touch for the update is to subscribe to my school and I will send out a notice when that course is ready! Thanks for your patience & understanding!
Weaving with Wire: Creating Woven Metal Fabric Book Now Available!
I'm so proud of the book I wrote after 30 years of exploration!
Here's what Donna Kaplan, Christine's teacher, has to say about her new book:
"What a pleasure to read and explore Christine Miller’s new Book Weaving With Wire! This book is more than just an exploration of creating woven metal fabric. It is an introduction to the thought process of artistic expression. It is clear that Christine Miller, in addition to her artistic weaving career is also a teacher, a guide and an advisor not only in the technical aspects of weaving with wire. She is also a guide to inspire the weaver along their own personal journey of creating art in a thoughtful way with intent and purpose. "
Robyn Spady's review:
Weaving with Wire is the book the weaving community has needed for a long time. Other textile publications on working with wire have been broad in the techniques and only touched on weaving or were limited in scope. This book is a workshop all by itself!
Read below to get even more information about ordering my book!
A book was born from 30 years of exploration!
By using a wire warp and fiber weft on a four or more harness loom, intermediate- to advanced-level weavers can create a woven metal fabric that is strong, malleable, and sculptural.
Expert weaver Christine K. Miller has been weaving with wire for 30 years, and her online and in-person workshops are highly sought after. She's the only weaver teaching this amazing technique.
Learn about
the materials and supplies needed for this metal fiber technique
- planning your project
- preparing and beaming the warp
- and choosing the weft
Christine then takes readers step by step through a "Foundation Project," a basic woven wire fabric serving as the basis for creating their own metal fabric crafts.
Readers can be inspired by Christine's work and what she has made with woven wire—baskets, jewelry, sculptures, and more—with detailed information on how she made them. They can then re-create these pieces or use them as a foundation to craft their own metal fabric creations.
In addition, Christine includes a fascinating chapter on using the principles of art and design to let the reader's imagination soar when crafting with woven wire fabric.
Size: 8.5in x 11.0in | Pages:192 | 250+ color images and illustrations
Binding: Hardback
Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764366932
Digital Downloads
These digital downloads will support you growing artistically! Deepen your thinking and questioning practices with this 46 page workbook. Use the Studio Habits of Mind to Become the Artist You Want to Be.
FREE Fiber Art Lessons
These lessons are suited for students in elementary school through high school. They are also great jumping off points for the beginning or seasoned fiber artist for individual artistic expression.
