Second Annual Oakland Fiber & Textile Festival
July 10, 2011, at Splash Pad Park
The Oakland Fiber & Textile Festival, a free, family-friendly public event, returns to Splash Pad Park Sunday, July 10. Local artisans and craftspeople representing all the fiber arts will offer their wares; fiber enthusiasts will demonstrate crafts such as [...]
Thank you to the students who participated with us in the Wet Felting Workshops hosted by Nicola Brown! We hope you had a lot of fun!
Check out more images on our Urban Fauna Studio Flickr Group. We’re sad to see Nicola go but hopefully she’ll be back around next year to take us further into [...]
We’re excited to announce that Krista of the popular Pigeon Roof Studio will be joining us for our Anniversary Sale/Mini Fiber Fest! Krista is known for her unique dyeing technique that produces stunning depth of colour. Each skein of yarn or braid of fibre is dyed individually, so please be aware that there are no [...]
Sorry this is late….but if you have time today you should check out the
ALTCRAFTat The American Craft Council Show
Our friend and fiber artist Sonya Philip (along 15 other talented artists) will be there showing her awesome felt ceramic art work. If you don’t get a chance to drop by her booth take a peek at [...]
TABLE TOP WEAVING – Saturday July 25th 2009 – TOMORROW! Spaces Still Available!
This class will teach the basics of weaving with a table top rigid heddle loom. You will learn how to warp the yarn, thread it and weave it. The Cricket Loom by Schact is compact, capable and cute! At only 11″ x 18″ x 6″ and [...]
Urban Fauna Studio Goes Green(er)
We are excited to announce that we are now certified as a San Francisco Green Business! What does this mean exactly? Well, just because many shops are independently owned and selling green products does not make their business practice green. We decided that a more genuine commitment to sustainability was [...]
We had a great time and it was a great crowd this year. There were 78,000 attendees at this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area and people seemed to be supporting indie more than ever. I think it’s the sign of the times. We may not have a lot of money but we are willing to [...]
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival was beyond awesome! We woke up super early, took the rental car to Maryland (a short drive from DC), braved the down pour and had more fun there than any other fiber fest to date.
We made friends with sheep and a couple goats…
Met Amy Singer of Knitty Fame
Scoped out some [...]
After Glen Park we hopped on a plane for DC. We were invited to speak at the Summit of Awesome and I suggested to Blas that we must make the trip to Maryland Sheep and Wool Fest…which was the very same weekend! It was a great business trip and will be in two posts. Our [...]
Pictures from the 2009 Glen Park Street Festival. It was a great turn out. Met some Spindles and Flyers guild members, saw some of our UFS fiber friends….all in all a great event. We were worried about the wind but it was not a problem. Sunny, great crowds and very helpful event organizers. We’ll be [...]
