Warp + Weft Symposium

by | 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...

Double cloth for texture

by | 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...

Exotica – an exhibition

by | 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...

Creative downtime

by | 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...

Shibori for texture

by | Aug 11, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving

In my last texture blog post in July, I was talking about honeycomb.  At the same lecture that I gave at Complex Weavers Seminars on honeycomb, I also showed the results of shibori and seersucker techniques in creating texture in single cloth.  Shibori is usually...