Learn from Great Arts Teachers

Deborah Robson is a fiber generalist who specializes in spinning, knitting, and weaving, although she experiments with all aspects of textiles. She is the fiber author of The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook and of The Field Guide to Fleece, in collaboration with livestock expert Carol Ekarius. For fourteen years she worked at Interweave Press, editing both books and Spin-Off magazine.

Making art all my life, I began working as a professional artist in my home town, the Wildwoods, NJ, painting murals for local businesses and set backgrounds for high school plays, as well as teaching private and group art lessons.

During my federal career, I maintained a small business in weaving, dyeing and loom rehabilitation and presented guild programs and workshops in those subjects. Moving to Washington State and retirement offered me the opportunity to teach workshops for larger venues, in addition to local guilds.

I grew up near Chattanooga, TN, nailing boards together from an early age in my grandfather’s woodshop. An ample supply of Legos kept me curious about how the universe was assembled. The love of patterns and design brought me to college pursuing a Mechanical Engineering degree and a fledgling beard. My student years ended, my beard was full and corporate life was disappointing.

Emolyn learned to knit at a young age without patterns which led her to also spin and dye yarn and wool. She has developed a line of handknits and yarns, and designs knitwear inspired by the yarn. She manages her business, The Roving Knitter, teaches people of all ages to knit and shows her work at craft shows and exhibits.

Hayden Greyson (Bachelor of Science Degree in Teaching Music, All Grades from NYU) has years of experience innovatively teaching music in both the public school system and via private lessons. In 2022, he was the Writer/Puppeteer for Erwin & Oatmeal (Musical, Educational Puppet Show) from which one of his original songs called “No Big Deal” was a semi-finalist in the 2022…

Cecilia Ho of Greenville, SC, was born into a family of designers in Hong Kong. Since 2013, Cecilia relocated to South Carolina from Canada, and has taught thousands of students through one-one-one private & group felting workshops. Currently, Cecilia is a South Carolina Verified Teaching Artist running week-long fiber arts integration programs for k4-12th grade students across SC.

“I see quilts as transcriptions of the world around us – in my work I am inspired by the functional elegance of Victorian architecture, from iron grates to grand facades, as well as the natural beauty of creation. In my designs, I want to enable you to bring this beauty and elegance to your own home to create a sense of welcome and hospitality for the people you love.” Margaret…

J. Warren Berry currently lives near Raleigh, NC and has been a teacher and photographer for over 20 years. His training as a teacher was at Elon University. As a photographer, he trained under the nationally known photographer Don McGowan. Currently, he teaches virtually, in-person private lessons, and at folk schools teaching how to use both DSLR cameras and iPhones.

Mathilde Yakymets-Lind is a fiber artist and folklorist who spins wool from heritage sheep and weaves historical textiles. They lived in Estonia for nearly four years and did hands-on research on Baltic wool crafts for their PhD in folklore, which they completed in 2023.