Creating a Connected Textile Community
WARP Members Only Program.Deb Brandon is a weaver, respected textile artist and enthusiast, and writer. She’s been an active member of WARP (Weave a Real Peace), including serving as a board member as well as writing the long-running “Textile Techniques from Around the World” column for the WARP newsletter.
EN FRANÇAIS Marie-France Gosselin est une Canadienne d’origine française, originaire d’Amos (au nord du Québec). Elle est passionnée par les fibres, le vin et les voyages (pas nécessairement dans cet ordre).
Marie-France Gosselin is French-Canadian, originally from Amos (north in the Province of Quebec). She has a passion for fibres, wine, and travelling (not necessarily in that order).
Yasmine Dabbous is a visual culture artist based in Beirut, Lebanon whose work has been exhibited at galleries on three continents.
EN ESPAÑOL Jessica Elena Aquino es una artista multidisciplinaria chicana de primera generación de Santa Ana, California, cuya práctica abarca la fibra, la escultura y el grabado. Reimagina objetos encontrados, fotografías familiares y artefactos culturales, como las hojas de maíz, en reliquias y recuerdos personales, explorando temas de migración, memoria y conexión con la tierra.
Jessica Elena Aquino is a first-generation Chicanx multidisciplinary artist from Santa Ana, CA, whose practice spans fiber, sculpture, and printmaking. She reimagines found objects, family photographs, and cultural artifacts—such as cornhusks—into personal relics and mementos, exploring themes of migration,
memory, and connection to the land.
Amy Thompson received her B.Sc. from BYU in archaeology and a minor in botany where she also volunteered and worked at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures. Here she discovered that textiles could be a focus of study as she worked with the many collections in the museum. Her current research focuses on fiber, textile testing and sustainability, and creative scholarship.
EN ESPAÑOL Kate Colwell, miembro de WARP desde hace 10 años, fabrica textiles desde su más tierna infancia y ha estado involucrada en el cuidado de la salud durante casi el mismo tiempo. Actualmente jubilada de varias carreras en el área de la salud, Kate se alegra de que la pandemia esté llegando a su fin para poder retomar sus planes de viajar más.