Meet the Staff and Teachers

 Louisa Ballard’s fiber arts passion is Weaving. She has a Fine Arts degree form Ohio Wesleyan University with an emphasis on weaving. She first discovered weaving when she saw a loom at 9 years old, made her first rug at 11 and took her first class at 13. She got her first loom at 18 and it has been with her everywhere she has lived. She has been weaving seriously for over 30 years. Her weavings have won awards and commissions and been in galleries. She is currently exploring the simplicity of Rigid Heddle looms to the increase design range of a computer dobby 16 shaft loom. In her spare time she spins yarn, dyes does needle point and embroidery, plays with crochet, active in the Fiber Artist of Northern Arizona Guild, works in her yard and travels with her husband and dogs. As a weaving teacher, Louisa hopes to share what she has learned and help others discover the fiber design possibilities of weaving for the home or as a unique wearable fiber art piece.