Scott Norris

Although originally trained as a composer, with graduate degrees from Columbia and Brandeis Universities, Scott Norris has spent the past thirty-two years dyeing and weaving linen in his studio in Florence, Massachusetts. He has received Best In Show honors from the New England Weavers Seminar, and has published profiles, essays, and reviews in publications that include American Craft, Ceramics Art and Perception, and Ceramics Monthly. He is an experienced teacher of beginner, intermediate, and advanced weavers, and a frequent guest lecturer and workshop leader for weaving guilds throughout New England and upstate New York. He is a member of Working Weavers, a cooperative that organizes and promotes annual studio sales (see www.workingweavers.com), while also holding his own individual studio sale events. In recent years, his output has evolved from the production of functional household items such as tablecloths, dishtowels, and bath towels to the development of panels and smaller pieces decorated with laid-in words and images that tell a story of a fictional 19th century weaver, his family, and his community.