Introduction
The articles authored by Odette Brabec, Pat Dozier, Celine Grigore, Tommye Scanlin, Judy Schuster, Sarah Swett, Sonni Wendt and Rickie Wesbrooks were originally published in the Summer 1997 issue of Tapestry Topics, as part of a series entitled “Towards Professionalism.” The article written by Susan Martin Maffei originally appeared in the 1997 Tisselise newsletter in Paris, France. It was subsequently published in the TWINE newsletter (New England, USA) and a further elaboration in Handwoven magazine, May/June 1998. Slight revisions of the all of the articles were introduced for this publication.
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