by StaceyW | Nov 14, 2010 | Education, Publications, Teaching, Weaving
Have you noticed that this winter, cosmetics houses are focussing on the ‘feel’ factor of make-up? Satins, sables, and velvet are just some of the textures they are using to describe their products. As textile people we know that touch can override all...
by StaceyW | Nov 10, 2010 | Education, Publications, Teaching, Weaving
Well, well, the time has finally come and I can unveil the Woven Shibori for Texture monograph!! I first showed drafts of the monograph at Convergence and Complex Weavers Seminars in Albuquerque this summer but since then I have added a section on 8 shaft shibori and...
by StaceyW | Nov 7, 2010 | Life, Psychology
Do you believe in spooky? Are you a believer in co-incidences? What about parallel universerses? Well, I’m thinking maybe parallel lives! Feeling a little overwhelmed with everything I still have to do coming up to a book launch, (more on that next week) I...
by StaceyW | Nov 3, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
I said last week that I would show you something similar to the combined single and double cloth, but with floats. Because of the floats, the cloth is now a single layer. Using the same design, but turning the ‘blocks’ on the second layer into plain...
by StaceyW | Oct 31, 2010 | Life, Weaving
One of the tasks I have been engaged in over the last few weeks is a weaving commission. I don’t often undertake commissions but this one engaged my interest in an unusual way. If you have been a follower of my blog for a while, or visited my website...
