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 | Jul 14, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
Today’s post is about honeycomb. The first thing to clear up is what I mean by honeycomb. In old weaving books, and in UK and Europe, what I am talking about is distorted weft. In the US it is known as honeycomb, and I am using that terminology because it...
by StaceyW | Jul 11, 2010 | Education, Life, Philosophy, Teaching
As you might know, I subscribe to a great magazine on philosophy for people who aren’t necessarily philosophers but who like to ponder on some of life’s more interesting questions!! This quarter’s edition of The Philosopers’ Magazine has a...
by StaceyW | Jul 4, 2010 | Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology
Conversations about intelligence seem to have popped up all over the place this week…. How many different sorts of intelligence are there? So far this week, here are what’s come up in conversation…. There’s the obvious academic intelligence...
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. ...
by StaceyW | Jun 23, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving
Texture in Plain Weave – Starting Simple As promised last week, here is the first post on how to introduce texture into your weaving. This is especially for people with simple looms, rigid heddle, 2 or 4 shafts. I’m not going to go into tapestry here as there...
