by StaceyW | Mar 28, 2021 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Lynn Smetko BACKSTORY: I first got to meet Lynn at both of our first Complex Weavers Seminars in 2006. I was immediately drawn to this very beautiful lady who radiates a love of life and people and a passion for her weaving. Whatever Lynn weaves is always...
by StaceyW | Mar 14, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Bhakti Ziek BACKSTORY: Bhakti is well-known for her wonderful jacquard weaving and that is how I first came into her sphere of influence. Together with Alice Schlein, she produced the amazing The Woven Pixel: Designing for Jacquard and Dobby looms using...
by StaceyW | Feb 28, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Cathie Wier BACKSTORY: Cathie is a weaver who loves doubleweave and texture. She is inspired by nature, attracted to the layers, colors and textures that she observes in the forests and rivers of the Olympic Peninsula and beyond. She weaves one-of-a-kind...
by StaceyW | Feb 14, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, Weaving
NAME: Marian Stubenitsky BACKSTORY: Marian had been on my radar for a number of years as an excellent weaving teacher before she brought out her book Echo & Iris. Then I took a workshop with her in the Dordogne, France, along with a few friends and fellow weavers...
by StaceyW | Jan 31, 2021 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Wendy Morris BACKSTORY: I can’t remember when Wendy and I first met, but I can tell you, as can many others, that Wendy has had a huge impact on me as a weaver, and as a friend! Her common sense approach, her willingness to be always learning, her...
by StaceyW | Jan 17, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Agnes Hauptli BACKSTORY: Agnes and I first met back in 2008, at a Convergence class called the 3Ds of 3D run by Ruby Leslie. Right from the start we hit it off, two passionate weavers keen to learn whatever we could and with a shared zany sense of humour! We...