Rochester Folk Arts Guild

Last week end I went on a road trip with Diane to pick up her daughter Claire at The Rochester Folk Arts Guild in the fingerlakes region of NY. We spent two nights at THE FARM. This is Claire unloading the kiln containing all the pottery she made this summer. She made some beautiful pieces. I bought a lidded red jar with a cat on the t lid and a bowl that was like cut out lace that you can see in this picture.


This is a view from outside the Gallery looking towards the Boat Shop.


This is Diane sitting outside the Gallery. The skein of yarn around her shoulders is one of the ones I spun earlier in the day. Click on the pictures to see the details.


This is a view of the inside of the East Hill Gallery and the wonderful handmade items that are made by members of the guild and offered for sale at The Farm.

There are studios in separate buildings at the farm. There is a ceramic building, a wood workshop, a boat shop, A weaving building that houses a dye studio, sewing area and lots of space for weaving. There are agricultural buildings, a meeting hall and several residence buildings and small cottage homes for the members of the Guild. We stayed on the second floor of the main house where the dining hall, huge commercial kitchen, offices and Gallery were located. You can learn more about the farm by visiting their web pages. just google Rochester Folk Arts Guild or follow my link on the right under cool links.

This is the weaving building.





Weaving studio is on the second floor. I spent Friday afternoon and Saturday morning helping Alice warp her loom and spinning. I found a Louet wheel and bags of fiber ready to spin in the studio. I spun 5 skeins of multi colored wool in my core ply technique. I left the yarn with Alice to use in one of her weavings The wool was from sheep that once lived at the farm.

I really enjoyed being at the farm. The gardens and orchards were beautiful. The food was wonderful. The residents of the farm take turns cooking and everyone helps clean up. Everyone was friendly and welcoming. I hope I can visit again.