Asbarez: A carpet weaving art lesson entitled Carpet Weaver, took place on Sunday, October 22, 2017, at the Saroyan Hall of the Armenian Center in San Francisco. The event, initiated by San Francisco's Hamazkayin N. Aghbalian Chapter’s New Generation Youth Committee, was attended by a tiny group of community members and about 20 students of different ages.
The carpet weaving course was presented by the well-known artist and carpet weaver from Detroit Levon Kafafian, the founder of the Fringe Society Artists Association in Michigan. Levon Kafafian teaches at Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center, College For Creative Studies, as well as at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, and is certified with Textile and Handcrafts BFA by the College for Creative Studies. Levon Kafafian has received also BA Certificate from Wayne State University in Anthropology.
During the four hours of work, the participants were informed about the Armenian carpet making history and the weaving nuances as much as it was possible. Then, Levon Kafafian displayed the spinning and weaving nuances, as well as how to color the white threads. Thus, the participants got general idea of carpet weaving.
Nubar Demirchyan