Woven Pouches - Student Work

These little pouches were so much fun and so easy for the kids to make in the Beginning 3-D class.  The hard part was that I made them all learn how to spin their own yarn first, and to then use that yarn as weft in their pouches.  So much of the yarn you see in these pouches is not only hand spun but hand dyed as well.The 3 above belong to seniors Tiffany Wang, Kathleen Santiago, and junior Elsie Aguilar.

Seniors Sylvia Tran and Liezl Talamayan made the two above, and senior Nicole Gimeno and sophomore Rita Labib did the ones below (Rita made the time to create two pouches)

The students made their looms from cardboard and spaced their warp strings 1/4" apart.  They were required to make a flap and a closure that worked.  I like that several of the students designed their flaps to be asymmetrical.

Woven Pouches - Student Art

One of my favorite assignments to teach my Beginning 3-d kids is to weave a pouch using some of their hand dyed/hand spun yarn they made earlier in the semester. I have them make a basic cardboard loom with a flap, that they then warp with cotton, and weave from the bottom up. So look closely and see if you can see their beautiful hand spuns versus the store bought yarns. The 3 above were done by last years seniors Sherri Singh, Anne Guu and junior Kelsea Lee. Notice Kelsea's wavy edge treatment. Love that!

The kids were also supposed to incorporate some type of closure, like a button, snaps, ties and hooks. The weaving can get a bit tedious but it's so fun for the kids to see their finished and functional pouch when they take it off the loom. The piece above was created by senior Kevin Ni and senior Ashley Chang wove the fun and funky one below.