About Linda

 LINDA HARTSHORN is a weaver and dyer, known for her unique dyework and lively use of color in her handwoven textiles. Linda weaves and dyes in her home on the redwood coast of northern California, and teaches weaving at the Ink People Center for the Arts in Eureka.  Linda taught workshops in her fun, supportive style all over the country for the last 20 years. She is now teaching in her home area and focusing on her own work. 

IN WEAVING I have discovered the threads that connect us to other people, to other places and other times. I believe weaving is an essential part of being human. I like to express this through 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 plant and mineral dyes, to create artistry in fiber.

• Manager of the Fiber Arts Studio, Ink People Center for the Arts

• Publicist and former President of the Natural Fiber Fair

• Judge of Handwoven Natural Fibers, Humboldt County Fair

• Program Chair and Past President of the Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild

• Programs Chair, Conference of Northern California Handweavers 2009

• Member of Handweavers Guild of America, Complex Weavers, and  The Ink People Center for the Arts

• Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Conference (HGA) 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022
• Associaton of Northwest Weaving Guilds Conference (ANWG) 2011, 2023
• Michigan League of Handweavers (MLH) 2022
• Montana  Association of Weavers and Spinners Conference (MAWS) 2018
• Mid Atlantic Fiber Association Conference (MAFA) 2015, 2017
• Conference of Northern California Handweavers (CNCH) 2013, 2014
• Florida Tropical Weavers Guild Conference (FTWG) 2014

(at the Ink People Center for the Arts)

2024 Ikat Weaving

2024 Overshot Weave

2023 Shadow Weave

2019 Shadow Weave

2018 Overshot Weaving

2017-present Beginning and Intermediate Weaving (every fall and winter)

2016 Beginning Weaving (at Lost Coast Weaving Studio)

2013 Ikat Weaving

2011 Shadow Weave

2009 Overshot Weaving

2008 Shadow Weave

2007 Ikat Weaving

2006 Overshot Weaving

2005 Shibori Weaving and Dyeing

2004 Painted Warp Weaving

2003 Rug Weaving

2002-2013 Beginning and Intermediate Weaving (every fall and win

2021 "Spherical Miracle", First Place, "A Virtual Focus on Fiber", Redwood Art Association

2019 Featured Fiber Artist, Natural Fiber Fair, Arcata, CA

2015 "Dream of Guatemala" Honorable Mention, Natural Dye Showcase, Mendocino Art Center

2013 Victor Thomas Jacoby Award ($10,000 cash award)

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)