Support Systems

The first thing I need to do on this posting is to apologise to Jo Earl for giving her a new first name and mis-spelling her surname!!  My humble apologies, Jo.  I’m still on US time at the moment, despite having arrived back in the UK on Saturday.  My flight was...

Creative Intelligence

<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> This week with Alice Schlein and her husband Bruce has been great fun. Alice has organised several things for us to do, including inviting some weavers from South Carolina...

Expanding Your Mind

<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> I’m in the US to attend a conference on innovative textiles and digital technology in jacquard weaving. It was run by the Centre for Craft, Creativity & Design at...

Journeys

It’s just into 2009, and I’m in the US on my first trip of the year, to a conference on jacquard weaving in North Carolina.  I’m also staying with weaver, Alice Schlein, at her home in South Carolina. More about Alice and other weavers next time…. I love...

New Year, Fresh Start

It’s that time – a new year, a fresh start.  I love the beginning of the year and what better way of starting out 2009 than with a new project?  Hence the blog.  I’ve been thinking about it for some time, and have read other people’s blogs, and I felt that I could...