The Loom Shed and Call for Entry for virtual weaving exhibition
It's been a fun week! Yesterday I had the very great pleasure of joining the Loom Shed's Liz and Louise and their lovely zoom audience and to share the Woven Optical Illusions project with them. I really enjoyed myself and judging by some of the lovely emails I have...
The Loom Room France is at The Loom Shed!!
The Loom Shed and The Loom Room France are joining forces! I’m so excited to be chatting online to Liz and Louise at The Loom Shed in two weeks’ time (Sat 3 Sept) about the upcoming book Woven Optical Illusions by Katharina Krönig and me. I’ll be making a presentation...
When crocodiles meet looms…. (it’s all in the teeth)
In the current edition of Complex Weavers Journal, I wrote an article about my Covid Chaos series (see last blog post). In it, I mentioned that my temples were not big enough to be of use in my project and my AVL (a very early one from the 1980s) does not have side...
Spontaneous, planned or evolving? What does creativity mean to you?
On my recent travels, one of my travelling companions asked about my job. People are always fascinated when you say you’re a weaver. Most don’t know what a weaver is any more and he was curious. When I said that as a teacher, writer and artist I strive to unlock...
Seminar Season
Summer is seminar season and this year was a return to CW Seminars, the first time in person for me for 8 years! It seems unbelievable to think the year of Nature in the Making in Tacoma (2014) was the last time I had been with the fabulous weaving family that is...
Supporting our textile colleagues in Ukraine! Scythia 2022 is live!
Remarkably, despite all the atrocities being forced on Ukraine, here is a wonderful textile event happening now!!! http://scythiatextile.com/scythia-2022.html This online exhibition of the 14th International Textile and Fibre Art Biennial "Scythia" Ivano-Frankivs'k,...
Homo Faber – I’m Live!!
If you've not heard of it before, there is a wonderful guide to professional artisans, artists and craftspeople across Europe. It's called the Homo Faber Guide and I am now part of this illustrious collection of weavers, ceramicists, lacemakers, glassmakers, etc!...
Move over Fibonacci – you’ve got company!
Today I'm talking about algebra and weaving. Now don't shudder and click away!!! If you're a weaver, chances are you're already doing a little algebra, even if you don't realise it! There's a formula (Ashenhurst's) for finding setts, which is pretty useful. Even if...
A March like no other
What does March mean to you? A strange question to ask, perhaps. But some months have a certain feel to them and March is one of the signifiant ones for me. For a start, it's the start of Spring - new life - my life! My birthday is right at the beginning of March so...