078: Creating Colour Systems with Alanna Wilcox

Send us Fan MailThis week’s guest is Alanna Wilcox: a Master Spinner, art educator, weaver, knitter, artist, author, and teacher! Alanna has also written an incredible book on spinning, A New Spin On Colour and a dyeing guide, Dyeing To Get The Colours You Want. Please join Felicia and Alanna as they discuss spinning and Alanna’s massive dye formula project she is undertaking! In this episode, we talk about: 1:45  Alanna chats about how she got into the fibre arts 4:01 Alanna shares her journey of becoming a Master Spinner 7:44 Felicia asks Alanna to share more details of the intensive Master Spinner course 10:10 Alanna discusses her personal goals with spinning 12:15 Alanna shares with us the massive dyeing project she is currently undertaking: colour matching dye formulas 17:55 Felicia and Alanna discuss the number of primary colours one can use while dyeing 21:36 When Alanna’s project will be available to the public (Note: as of this episode publication, her colour formulas are now available for purchase on her website!) 23:32 Felicia asks Alanna how she keeps track of all her swatches and samples while completing this project 25:20 Is colour sense and colour theory something anyone can learn? 27:17 Alanna chats about what it takes to teach fibre arts 30:56 Felicia asks Alanna how she manages to balance teaching, dyeing experiments, and having a family 32:52 Alanna chats about her 100 Day Project  35:04 Felicia and Alanna chat about electric spinners 37:43 Where you can find Alanna online 38:46 Felicia’s Final Notes   Here’s Where You Can Find Alanna: Instagram: @spinnybuns Website: www.alannawilcox.com Colour Matching Dye Formulas: www.alannawilcox.com/colormatchingdyeformulas Facebook: Alanna Rothschild Wilcox   Enter the Giveaway for a copy of A New Spin on Colour and 5 Free Dye Formulas: Alanna is giving our listeners a chance to win an e-copy of her book A New Spin on Colour and 5 free dye formulas! If you’d like a chance to win this awesome prize pack, click the link below and enter this episode’s secret word. Thank you so much Alanna! Click here to enter the giveaway »   Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we’re doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whe