by StaceyW | Sep 13, 2009 | Education, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
Thursday was a big day for handweavers in the UK. Or at least for some of us! Handweavers Studio, which was the brainchild and baby of Nancy Lee Child, was re-opened in a new more central location with a lot more space and under new management. Nancy has finally...
by StaceyW | Sep 13, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Weaving
In my Pyschologies magazine this month, there is an article about global and local thinking along with a questionnaire so you can find out what sort of thinker you are. Global thinking is where you think about the bigger picture and don’t sweat the details. Local...
by StaceyW | Sep 7, 2009 | Art, Life, Philosophy, Travel
What does the name Prague conjure up in your mind? I last visited Prague in 1996, with 60+ teenagers in tow, as part of a music centre tour of the Czech Republic when I was conductor of a wind band. I remember the main historic sites, the Charles Bridge, and Prague...
by StaceyW | Aug 30, 2009 | Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Teaching, Travel
I don’t often write about what I’m up to, but the reason you haven’t heard from me in the last 2 weeks is because I’ve been in Montreal. I ostensibly booked a week on the intermediate jacquard course with Louise Lemieux Berube at the Centre...
by StaceyW | Aug 2, 2009 | Life, Philosophy
I had a conversation over dinner last night with a weaving friend that reminded me of this memory. It was 15 minutes after midnight, and a still, moonlit night last winter. I was lying in bed, head tipped back to watch the moon through the window behind my bed, as it...
