by StaceyW | Mar 18, 2018 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Spring has sprung here in SW France. The temperatures are gradually climbing, the sun is more and more apparent, the birds are singing their hearts out, and Graham is learning new culinary skills to wow our weaving students this year! Homemade marmalade is now gracing...
by StaceyW | Feb 4, 2018 | Education, Life, textiles, Travel
Photo credit: unknown – Source Pinterest This morning, I found myself back in the souk in Muscat, Oman, ten years ago and all I did was open the lid of a new shower cream! A single smell can transport you back in time in the blink of an eye – for me, the...
by StaceyW | Jan 21, 2018 | Education, Jacquard weaving, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
My new-to-me Dutch table loom with 16 shafts, all warped up and ready to weave. Isn’t it wonderful when someone reminds you of something you did a long time ago and that you had forgotten about? My sincere thanks go to Monica, a recent student, who remembered...
by StaceyW | Dec 22, 2017 | Art, Education, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
I am delighted to announce that Woven Shibori for Textural Effects is now available as a downloadable pdf for 15€. I can’t believe that I wrote this in 2010. That means that I have been playing with (oops, sorry – ‘working on’) shibori,...
by StaceyW | Dec 9, 2017 | Education, Life, Teaching, Weaving
You know what it’s like, I suspect…. I’ve had a warp on the loom that didn’t like the humidity changes we experience here in France. There were lots of different yarns in stripes, which I am quite used to, but a couple, in particular,...