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Louise Nuttle
Primary Medium Fiber/Textile
Description of Work I am a weaver, spinner, hand-dyer, and felt-maker. I own a studio in Johnson City where I constantly experiment with color and texture using a variety of weaving and felting techniques.
Chapter Northeast
Company/Business Nuttle Fiber Art & Design
Email louisenuttle@gmail.com
Website Http://www.nuttlefiberart.com
Artist Statement
I love the process of transforming raw natural fiber into cloth and cloth into art.
My passion for fiber arts emerged after I purchased three alpacas in 2007. Determined to learn how to process their fiber into functional fabric, I learned how to hand-spin and taught myself to weave. In 2010 I co-founded “Only the Finest†with two other local alpaca farms and created a line of Tennessee-grown and milled alpaca yarns and fibers that I use in my own work and also sell at regional fiber festivals in in select yarn shops. I added hand-dyeing and felting to my fiber repertoire.
After leaving my "9-to-5" in 2018, I launched Nuttle Fiber Art & Design and established my weaving studio at Skillville, a mixed-media makers space in downtown Johnson City, TN. Here I devote my time to my own ongoing fiber art education while also striving to provide opportunities for others to learn about weaving, spinning, and felt-making through individual instruction and small classes.
I am a member of The Knotty Ladies, the Overmountain Weavers’ Guild, the Handweavers Guild of American, and Local Cloth, a non-profit organization based in Asheville, NC, dedicated to supporting and sustaining the fiber and textile arts economy of the Blue Ridge Mountains region. You can find me on Facebook @nuttlefiberart and Instagram @louise_nuttle.
I love the process of transforming raw natural fiber into cloth and cloth into art.
My passion for fiber arts emerged after I purchased three alpacas in 2007. Determined to learn how to process their fiber into functional fabric, I learned how to hand-spin and taught myself to weave. In 2010 I co-founded “Only the Finest†with two other local alpaca farms and created a line of Tennessee-grown and milled alpaca yarns and fibers that I use in my own work and also sell at regional fiber festivals in in select yarn shops. I added hand-dyeing and felting to my fiber repertoire.
After leaving my "9-to-5" in 2018, I launched Nuttle Fiber Art & Design and established my weaving studio at Skillville, a mixed-media makers space in downtown Johnson City, TN. Here I devote my time to my own ongoing fiber art education while also striving to provide opportunities for others to learn about weaving, spinning, and felt-making through individual instruction and small classes.
I am a member of The Knotty Ladies, the Overmountain Weavers’ Guild, the Handweavers Guild of American, and Local Cloth, a non-profit organization based in Asheville, NC, dedicated to supporting and sustaining the fiber and textile arts economy of the Blue Ridge Mountains region. You can find me on Facebook @nuttlefiberart and Instagram @louise_nuttle.
Artist Details
- Craft Teaching
- rigid heddle weaving, frame loom weaving, continuous-strand weaving, wet felting
- Retail Artworks
- Demonstrates Craft/Artwork
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