by StaceyW | Oct 22, 2020 | Art, Education, textiles, Travel
I know that this textile exhibition is currently in Agen, the ‘county town’ of Lot-et-Garonne, where I live in SW France and that most of you will not get the chance to see it, but I still wanted to tell you about it as it is a lovely exhibition in the...
by StaceyW | Oct 18, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Laura Thomas BACKSTORY: From 1999 – 2009, Ann Sutton had a weaving foundation at her home in Arundel and she encouraged the cross-over between industry and talented graduates by having several graduates at her studio as part of a Research Design...
by StaceyW | Oct 4, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Sally Eyring BACKSTORY: Sally Eyring is an inventive weaver – if she wants to do something that no-one else has done (at least that she can find) then she will find a way to do it whether that means learning a new technique (the usual method) or adapting...
by StaceyW | Sep 20, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Psychology, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Lia Cook BACKSTORY: Lia’s work has long entranced and engaged me. She is a Bay Area (San Francisco, California, US) visual artist who combines weaving with painting, photography, video, and digital technology to explore the sensuality of the woven image...
by StaceyW | Sep 6, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Nature, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Rosalie Neilson BACKSTORY: I first learnt about Rosalie through a friend who was taking a workshop class with Rosalie at Convergence. I saw the samples produced at this workshop in warp rep and was blown away by the colours, the designs, the possibilities of...
by StaceyW | Aug 23, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Cathryn Amidei BACKSTORY: Cathryn is an awesome jacquard weaver. We first connected through Complex Weavers and Pat Williams who had been Cathryn’s graduate advisor at Eastern Michigan University and who was a friend of mine through my acquisition of an...
