Melita Gill
I took my first textile class many years ago at the RMSC. It was a tatting class. I had no idea what it was, but it sounded interesting. I have been tatting and teaching tatting ever since. About 10 years later, I took my first weaving class at The Fiber Shop with Helen Brown. Around this same time I also decided to try my hand at pottery. For several years I audited ceramic classes through RIT’s continuing education program. I then attended SUNY Geneseo as an adult student, earning a BA with a major in Art Studio, concentrating in textiles. There I was introduced to many fiber art techniques including loom weaving, tapestry, felting, and paper making.
I continue to take classes and workshops in a variety of artistic techniques. I believe it’s important to be open to new learning experiences from many sources. I received two WGR scholarships, one toward a Navajo weaving class on the reservation in Arizona and the other toward an online workshop with Elizabeth Buckley on weaving reflections in tapestry. I am also active in online memberships for paper and book artists.
I love sharing what I’ve learned with others and have taught classes in bookbinding, box making, knotless netting, weaving—triangular loom and tapestry, marbling, suminigashi, papermaking, and tatting.
