SAORI Weaving and Bengala Dye Bring Everyone SMILE!
Instructor/distributor SAORI & Bengala Dyes: Chiaki O’Brien
Studio “FUN” is an authorized SAORI looms and accessories dealer of SAKAI Seiki Sangyo Co. Ltd.
and Kosyokunobi Ltd. (Bengala Dye), Osaka, Japan.
Now on display… until Jan. 3, 2027
“Woven Joy -the 2nd-” Chiaki O’Brien and SAORI Friends in Twin Cities
a more than a dozen SAORI weavers showing their work
@White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church in Mahtomedi, MN
Please join the reception/fashion show on Dec. 4, 6:30pm
Arts and Culture tour in Japan is set!
April 9-19, 2027
Kanazawa, Takayama, Okuhida, Tokyo
spring festival, cherry blossoms, hot spring, hiking, hands-on workshop…
Please email me for details.
CONTACT: 952-393-7985/chiakiobrien@gmail.com
Presentation and mini-workshop, off-site classes, intensive are available.
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If you have any dates/times you’d like to come and weave/dye at the studio in Bloomington, MN, please contact me!
Appointment Required
SAORI Weaving—$35 for a 2 hour session including materials (for one time class) $50 for a 3 hour session
Bengala Dyeing—$35 for a 2 hour session plus material fee of your choice
A session can be longer than 2 hours with additional cost.
I can accommodate up to 5-6 people
As long as the studio is available, you can make it to your own private weaving session/party!
Aired on 9/19/2025 WCCO DIY Friday
Thank you Minnetonka Center for the Arts to invite me to share this segment. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/ready-to-loom-saori-weaving-can-be-a-meditative-experience/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h
These are where Chiaki teaches: Weavers Guild of MN (monthly), MN Landscape Arboretum (Chaska, MN), Textile Center (Minneapolis) Gale Woods Farm (Minnetrista, MN), White Bear Center for the Arts (White Bear Lake, MN), Signature Arts (Minneapolis, MN/monthly/summer camp/women’s art retreat), Minnetonka Center for the Arts (Minnetonka, MN), Lakeville Area Arts Center
Womxn’s Retreats in Grand Marais (Camp Menogyn) every September-October
GIFT CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE FOR BOTH SAORI WEAVING AND BENGALA DYEING.
Great holiday/anniversary/birthday Gift!!
($35 for a 2 hour weaving or dyeing session per person.)
Watch! By Twin Cities PBS,
https://www.tptoriginals.org/
Chiaki was featured on MN Original in Feb. 2017
Off-site classes are available. Please contact!
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Studio FUN Offers:
- Regular classes
- Intensive courses
- Birthday parties (Yes! There is a place to do fun Birthday parties in Carver County! Weaving party or Bengala party?)
- Summer Camps / Seasonal events
- Off-site workshops / demonstrations
- Drop-in lessons (Trial)
- SAORI instructor training
- Artists in Residency (Chiaki is one of the teaching artists for COMPAS)
Call and reserve a studio right now. 952-393-7985