by StaceyW | Dec 4, 2022 | Art, Creativity, Education, Exhibitions, Life, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Some people might know that Ann Sutton was given an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list* this year (2022) for her services to the arts. In my view, this is not before time!!! Ann Sutton has, and continues to be, an inspirational light in the weaving world,...
by StaceyW | Oct 2, 2022 | Art, Creativity, Education, Publications, textiles, Weaving
It’s a busy time right now with fun students and book writing but here’s something for this coming week that you might enjoy! This week is the HGA (Handweavers’ Guild of America) Spinning and Weaving Week online. There are a lot of things going on,...
by StaceyW | Sep 11, 2022 | Art, Creativity, Education, Exhibitions, Nature, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Isn’t it always lovely to receive something unexpected in the post? It’s a funny feeling – you wonder ‘what did I order that I can’t remember?’, then you feel it all over to see if it will bring anything to mind or give you a clue....
by StaceyW | Sep 4, 2022 | Art, Creativity, Education, Exhibitions, Psychology, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
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...
by StaceyW | Aug 21, 2022 | Art, Book Review, Creativity, Education, Psychology, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
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...
by StaceyW | Jul 31, 2022 | Art, Creativity, Education, Life, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
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...
