63: A New Perspective on Weaving with Deb Brandon

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63: A New Perspective on Weaving with Deb Brandon

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May 13, 2019

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Deb Brandon is a textile artist, writer, math professor, and brain injury survivor. She is also a board member of WARP Weave a Real Peace, and most recently is the author of Threads Around the World, a collection of essays and photographs sharing textile traditions from communities around the world. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-63

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May 13, 2019

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The weave podcast, a project of Gist Yarn, brings together a community of fiber artists and people who love weaving, farmers and mill owners, textile artists and loom manufacturers, to tell the stories of the threads that bind us together.

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63: A New Perspective on Weaving with Deb Brandon

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