Sara Burnett, Middlesex, New York
elevation: 1332’, planting zone 5b
SARA BURNETT BIO AND RESUME, 2015
Graduated from Boston University in 1963 in Philosophy. Later in 1968 went to
Empire State College, while living in Rochester, New York and got a degree in
Weaving . For this degree I studied at RIT, with master weaver, Ruth Holroyd,
and at The Rochester Folk Art Guild. Since then I have continued to
study,through workshops and classes in spinning, weaving, natural
dyeing,felting ,knitting, eco printing and shibori. I live with my husband ,
Michael Burnett in Middlesex, New York. I have taught classes in spinning, many kinds of felting, natural dyeing,
knitting and shibori. My husband and I also sponsor master teachers who come to Canandaigua and teach felting,natural dyeing, and
shibori,Katazome,Indigo Dyeing, Kyuchechi and more. We have had artists from Japan, Germany, England, Canada and the US come and
teach .Some of them have been : John Marshall, Michelle Whipplinger,Inge
Bauer,Joan Morris, Charllotte Kwon,and Jorie Johnson. With each teacher I have increased skills in my area of interests.
I teach various fiber arts classes. Working solely with natural dyes we learned
the Japanese techniques of Arashi shibori, Makume, Orinui, and Fold and
Clamp.Handspinning using a spinning wheel to learn how to spin many breeds of
sheep wool, silks, cashmere, yak and much more.
First planting of seeds indoors from NY
