by StaceyW | Sep 14, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving
This past weekend, I have been in deepest Camarthenshire at the National Wool Museum with around 45 other weavers and curators. Laura Thomas organised a symposium specifically on weave – a rarity in the UK – and surrounded it with exhibitions, two...
by StaceyW | Sep 8, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving
This is a wonderful field of discovery for different textures. The areas I have focussed on so far are different setts, different yarn properties, different weave structures, different ratios. Today’s blog is a quick overview of how texture can be created...
by StaceyW | Sep 5, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, Travel, Weaving
Exotica. When the Midlands Textile Forum decided on this title for an exhibition to be staged at the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, (on from now until 30th September), I had to smile! I could just imagine certain men of my acquaintance brightening up with the...
by StaceyW | Aug 15, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Travel, Weaving
Over the last few weeks, I’ve indulged in some creative downtime! After the hectic scheduling of Complex Weavers and Convergence, Agnes and I headed off for a road trip (aka Thelma and Louise – without the dramatic ending!!). Agnes was in charge of...
by StaceyW | Aug 8, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
Like many other weavers, my blog this week is about old friends and new friends. After visiting New Mexico for the Complex Weavers Seminars and HGA’s Convergence 2010, in Albequerque, many of us are buzzing with new techniques and information that we’ve...
by StaceyW | Jun 30, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving
Last week we looked at introducing textural elements into your plain weave to give instant changes. This week, we are looking at a technique called Warp Repp. This is a fabric where the warp yarns are so closely sett to each other that the weft yarn cannot be seen. ...
