Nervous about color? Take heart.
Color Courage for Weavers will turn you from hesitant color novice into a confident designer. This FREE mini-course gives you a preview!
Color in weaving can be complicated. Downright capricious, in fact. Sometimes a beautiful palette of yarns will weave into a gorgeous project, and sometimes they’ll weave into mud. The exact same colors!
Mistakes would waste precious time and materials.
So you might feel nervous about choosing colors.
You might limit yourself to familiar palettes or to project recipes, for fear of messing up. Or you might feel so frustrated that you call yourself a “color idiot".
But you don’t need artistic talent to design beautiful work.
You just need to understand how color works.
Color Courage for Weavers will help you understand color, so you can confidently design gorgeous cloth in the hues you love.
Check out this FREE mini-course for a taster of Color Courage for Weavers!
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Learn the essentials of color in these "taster" lessons from Color Courage for Weavers!
What's in this FREE "taster" course?
(There's much, much more in Color Courage for Weavers!)
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Welcome!
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Welcome
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Navigating through the course
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What is design?
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Introduction: Thoughts about design
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The essential properties of color: Hue, value, saturation
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Introduction: Hue
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Introduction: Value
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Value: Light vs. Dark
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Understanding how colors interact in weaving
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How colors interact in weaving
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Introduction: Color mixing in weaving
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Designing with Color
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The four traits that give your project its unique look and feel
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Designing Your Project
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Designing your project
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Project worksheet
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Feedback
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What was your experience in this class? How can I improve this course?
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Meet the Teacher
Hi! I’m Tien Chiu,
- Award-winning weaver
- Writer for Handwoven and other weaving magazines
- Teacher at HGA Convergence and at many regional conferences
- Juror for fiber arts shows
- Author of Master Your Craft, a book about the creative process in craft
- Vice President of the Board at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
My specialty is color in weaving.
I've spent years studying color theory. I've woven hundreds of swatches and dyed thousands of yarn samples to understand how color theory applies to weaving.
I've distilled what I've learned into a few simple principles anyone can learn.
I'll help you confidently design gorgeous cloth in the hues you love!
What people are saying about Color Courage for Weavers:
“Weavers face very specific color challenges that are not addressed in more general fiber arts classes. Tien breaks down color theory into the areas weavers really need to know. She offers solid advice for how to improve upon color choices and create pieces that make your heart sing.”
Liz Gipson - former Managing Editor of Handwoven, Yarnworker School of Weaving“Tien’s class explores the way colours work in a way that makes sense. Her approach combines not just the science of colour but also how colour choice can set a mood, how the distance at which a textile is being viewed is important, how to scale up a design and how the impact of value will affect the cloth. She discusses how weave structures can influence how colours work together and the ratio of each colour matters.
This class is the class I wish I’d been able to take when I first started weaving. I’ve learned a lot by viewing it now. ”
Laura Fry - GCW Master Weaver, author of The Intentional Weaver and Magic in the Water“Tien Chiu’s Color Courage for Weavers provides an excellent review of color theory. Tien then takes these concepts and applies them to weaving patterned cloth.
Her explanations of how concepts such as simultaneous contrast apply to a woven piece of cloth are clear and helpful. She also discusses traits that contribute to the feel of a design and applies color concepts to help you figure out why a design may or may not convey your intended feeling.
Mastering color theory while choosing colors for woven designs is a challenging proposition, and Tien makes the subject clear and approachable.
I think the workshop version of this course is a great way to work through the concepts with help from Tien herself.”
Rebecca Mezoff, master tapestry artist, online teacher at tapestryweaving.com“Concrete and inspirational color theory that will help all levels of weavers translate their ideas into creative designs. This class will entice students to try new color combinations and explore with confidence.”
Katzy Luhring, Lunatic Fringe YarnsMini-Course reviews
Mini-Course introduces color in weaving
Marsha Cleaveland
This quick intro provides the student with an overview of the longer course. The format includes video, text, woven examples, and a downloadable PDF. For those completely new to color theory, the course introduces basic concepts. But the focus ...
Read MoreThis quick intro provides the student with an overview of the longer course. The format includes video, text, woven examples, and a downloadable PDF. For those completely new to color theory, the course introduces basic concepts. But the focus is always on applying those concepts to woven cloth, and the course introduces the essential techniques to consider and pitfalls to avoid. Highly recommended for all weavers.
Read LessPerfect balance between theory and practical application.
Francine Jacobson
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