by StaceyW | Jan 29, 2017 | Life, Travel
Every day is a really exciting day at the moment! Each day my workshop becomes a little more like a weaving workshop. But it didn’t start out that way! Our main move was on 4/5 January. All was going swimmingly. We had managed to pack the van (a transit)...
by StaceyW | Dec 22, 2016 | Life, Travel
Have you noticed how many people now countdown days/sleeps before an event? It seems to be a marketing phenomena that has caught on with the general public. Generally I can’t stand the idea of people wishing away their lives through counting down one more day...
by StaceyW | Aug 21, 2016 | Life, Nature, Weaving
Isn’t it funny how certain things make a house feel like a home? For me, as a weaver, it has to be a loom! The French house in Gascony now has a working loom in it, and the wonderful and familiar smell of wool yarn means that France is now home!! At the moment,...
by StaceyW | Jun 23, 2016 | Life
This blog is a sharing of an inspirational article by Christina Hesford in a recent newsletter from www.textileartist.org My last post was singing the praises of this site and it continues to inform and connect textile practitioners and enthusiasts from far and wide....
by StaceyW | Jan 10, 2016 | Art, Education, Life, Publications, textiles, Weaving
I feel very privileged to be living in an era where being an artist does not mean struggling on your own, trying to justify what you do and why you do it against more ‘worthy’ occupations. I know – most of us work on our own, and yes, we do end up...
by StaceyW | Dec 8, 2015 | Education, Life, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
It’s amazing to think how a seemingly inconsequential choice can change the whole direction of one’s life, isn’t it? And yet, so often that is exactly what happens. And once that initial choice has been made, other decisions compound the effect...
