Handwoven Scarves, Shawls
and Accessories
I believe that what you wear can lift you spirits and improve
your outlook, so I am proud to be able to create art that is
both decorative and functional.  After a dozen years of
experimenting with color, fibers, and structure, I’ve
narrowed my focus to weaving contemporary scarves and
shawls, combining an age-old craft with current tools. Using
all natural yarns, silks, cotton, rayon, and wools, I dye using
color fast environmentally friendly pigments before
warping the looms. I have one eight-harness and two
sixteen- harness looms that allow me to weave intricate
structures and patterns that compliment my color schemes.
These looms are all hand and foot powered, just as looms of
the past. I use a computer to draft my unique complex
designs to create contemporary scarves and shawls for
today’s consumer. These are not your Granny’s shawls!
Recipe for Silk Scarves
       -
makes 6 -

1. Order silk yarn from
France.

2. Wind up the warp -
244 yarns at 14 yards
each.

3. Dye yarn: Lay all 244
yarns on a table and apply
various colors of dye with
a brush to get a nice
variegated look, or bundle
a group of yarns and
immerse in one color of
dye to achieve a solid
color stripe - Repeat with
4 more bundles and 4
more colors. Let set for
24 hours.

4. Rinse out excess dye
and air-dry warp yarns -
About 24 hours.

5. Warp Loom, weave
scarves - allow 5 days for
this step.

6. Remove the scarves
from the loom, wash and
line dry. Allow 12-24
hours.

7. Press and tag scarves.

8. Find happy homes for
each scarf.
A Silk Scarf in progress:  Jill at the AVL Compu-Dobby
The Egret Blvd. Studio.  2 AVL Dobby Looms
JILL HUNTER

ARTISTIC FOCUS
Specializing in hand-woven, hand-dyed silk
scarves, shawls, and fashion accessories

EDUCATION
University of Minnesota,   B.S. Design

WORKSHOPS/TRAINING
1993  Swedish Weaving  Malin Sealander
1994  Weaving in Silks, Virginia West
1997  Boundweave, Vicki Tandy
1998  Theo Mormon, Heather Winslow
1999  Twills, Bonnie Inouye
2008 ComplexWeavers, Bonnie Inouye

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Weaver’s Guild Minnesota 2006--

Handweavers Guild of America


AWARDS RECEIVED
Hon. Mention,
2005 Laumeier Contemporary
Art Fair, St. Louis, MO
Award of Excellence, 2004, 2005 Art & Air,  
Webster Groves, MO:
Best of Category, 2002, Art on the Square
Belleville IL,  
Award of Excellence, 2002, Park Point Art
Fair, Duluth, MN
Award of Excellence, 2001 Midwest Salute to
the Masters, Fairview Heights, IL
 
Award of Excellence in 3D Design
, 2001
Laumeier Contemporary Art Fair, St. Louis, MO
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