Woven
As an undergraduate at Smith College (Class of 1971), Martha Hall majored in English and excelled at creative writing, honored for her poetry with the same award Sylvia Plath had received. Following graduation Hall taught eighth grade English for several years, but found herself increasingly drawn to the creative arts. Through her husband Alan, a woodworker and builder of looms, she discovered weaving, and became passionately dedicated to it.
Initially, Hall wove for her own enjoyment, but after extensive study within and outside of the US, especially in Finland and Sweden, Hall became a professional weaver. She joined and eventually became president of the Maine Guild of Spinners and Weavers, and was among the guild’s first two journeymen weavers.