Bio Linda Hartshorn has created hundreds of yards of beautiful handwoven textiles in the twenty-some years she has been spinning, weaving, and dyeing. Her specialty is incorporating unique dyework into her handwoven fabrics. She teaches weaving at The Ink People Center for the Arts in Eureka, California, sells and exhibits her work, and travels to teach weaving and dyeing. Winner of the 2007 Victor Thomas Jacoby Award for weavers, spinners, and dyers Artist's Statement In weaving I have discovered the threads that connect us to other weavers, to other places and other times. For me weaving is an essential part of being human. I try to express this in my work, which is influenced by many textile traditions but is still very much my own. I use natural fibers, a diversity of weave structures, and hand dyeing, including the extensive use of plant and mineral dyes, to create artistry in fiber. Textile Resume Positions and Affiliations Manager of the Fiber Arts Studio, Ink People Center for the Arts Judge of Handwoven Natural Fibers, Humboldt County Fair President of the Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild Programs Chair, Conference of Northern California Handweavers 2009 Publicist and assistant for the Natural Fiber Fair Member of Handweavers Guild of America, Complex Weavers, Mendocino Art Center, and Humboldt Arts Council Weaving Classes At The Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA 2011 Shadow Weave 2010 Overshot Weaving 2008 Shadow Weave 2007 Ikat Weaving 2006 Overshot Weaving 2005 Shibori Weaving and Dyeing 2004 Painted Warp Weaving 2003 Rug Weaving 2002-pressent Beginning and Intermediate Weaving (every fall and winter) Workshops 2011 Natural Dyeing, Indigo, and Silk Painging Workshops, Association of Northwest Weaving Guilds Conference (ANWG), Salem, OR 2011 Natural Colors to Dye For Workshop, Treadles to Threads Guild, Oakland, CA 2011 Inkle Weaving, Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival, Canby, OR 2011 Indigo Dyeing Workshop, Redwood Empire Guild, Petaluma, CA 2011 Painted Warp for Weavers, Natural Colors to Dye For, Natural Fiber Fair, Arcata, CA 2010 From Rags to Rugs, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA 2009 Natural Dye Workshop, NorthCoast Knittery 2009 Silk Painting, Hands On Craft, Arcata, CA 2009 Indigo: How Can You Resist? workshop, Woven Shibori, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA 2008-2010 Natural Dye Workshop, Indigo Workshop, Portable Loom Weaving (annually), Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival, Canby, OR 2008-2009 Natural Dye workshop at The Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA 2008 Tapestry Weaving, Easy Backstrap Weaving, California Wool and Fiber Festival, Boonville, CA 2007-present Indigo Shibori Workshop, (annually) Sproule Studios, Fortuna, CA 2006-2010 Easy Backstrap Weaving/Tapestry Weaving, Natural Fiber Fair, Redway, CA 2006-2008 Natural Dye, Indigo Workshop at Lambtown USA Festival,Dixon, CA 2004-present Natural Dye, Indigo, Spindle Spinning and Portable Loom Workshops at Northern California Women’s Herbal Symposium, Laytonville, CA 2000-2010 Natural Dye Workshop (annually), Natural Fiber Fair, Redway, CA Lectures and Programs 2011 "Natural Dyes and Handwoven Textiles," Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild (HHSG) 2011 "Natural Dyes and Handwoven Textiles," Diablo Weavers Guild 2011 "Indigo: The Natural Way to Get the Blues," Redwood Empire Guild 2010 "Natural Dyes and Handwoven Textiles," Tamalpais Weavers Guild 2007 "Oaxacan Textiles," HHSG 2006 "Woven Shibori," HHSG 2005 "Textile Travel in Peru," HHSG 2005 "Handweaving," Redwood Empire Quilters Guild (REQG) 2001 "Wool Combing," HHSG 2000 "Indigo Dyeing," HHSG Exhibits and Art Shows 2011 "Flags and Fibers" group show, The Ink People Center for the Arts 2010 Members' Miniatures art show, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA 2010 Coverlets: Handwoven, Handspun, Hand Dyed: exhibit at the Natural Fiber Fair 2007 "Textiles of Peru" exhibit at the Natural Fiber Fair 2007 "Arts Alive!" group show, Ramone's Bakery in Eureka 2007 "Four Weavers: Expressions in Fiber" group show, The Ink People 2005 "Ways of Natural Dye" exhibit at the Natural Fiber Fair, Redway, CA 2005 "Artist’s Challenge" group show, The Ink People 2001 "Fiber Arts Show" Highland Arts Center, Weaverville, CA, group show 2001 "2001: A Fiber Odyssey" group show, The Ink People Center for the Arts Awards and Honors 2008 "Shibori Diamond Jacket" featured in Convergence Fashion Show 2008 Gold Cash Award, Conference of Northern California Handweavers ($150) 2007 Victor Thomas Jacoby Award for Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers ($3,500 cash award) 2006 Project Grants to Artists, Humboldt Area Foundation (HAF) 2006 HHSG Guild Scholarship 2004 Textile Arts Grant, HAF and REQG 2004 Mattole Valley Community Award 2002 Textile Arts Grant, HAF and REQG 2001 HHSG Guild Scholarship 2000 Textile Arts Grant, HAF and REQG