by StaceyW | May 9, 2011 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Travel, Weaving
A seminar day, organised by Laura Thomas, introduced by Lizzi Walton under the auspices of the Stroud International Textiles Festival is one not to be missed and I’m so glad I was there! Laura had gathered together 5 disparate weavers, each with a fascinating...
by StaceyW | May 1, 2011 | Art, Life, Psychology, Travel
A few years ago, I set up a weaving workshop for 60 weavers in Oman, a country bordered by Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and across the Straits of Hormuz from Iran. Oman is a fascinating place, as are its people, and one of the people I met stays in contact with me, regularly...
by StaceyW | Apr 25, 2011 | Education, Life, Nature, Travel
Gascony – gastronomy. The two words fit each other like a glove. Add the village of Gramont and you have a perfect fit! We were in Gramont, near St Clar, in the Gers region of Gascony (south west France in the midi-Pyrenees) for my husband’s 50th birthday...
by StaceyW | Apr 17, 2011 | Art, Life, Travel
We are on our way to a week’s cookery course in the south west of France, near Toulouse, for my husband’s 50th birthday celebrations. It was fun choosing which course to enrol on as there are so many different types of holiday courses for food, and just...
by StaceyW | Apr 10, 2011 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, Travel
This weekend I gave a full day’s presentation in Cambridge at Girton College, for the Eastern Region Textile Forum on “Passive Income for Artists”. It was a wonderful venue and truly inspiring location, with an enthusiastic and attentive audience of...
by StaceyW | Apr 3, 2011 | Life, Nature, Psychology
Spring cleaning is like de-cluttering – it makes you feel good about yourself and your life… At least, that’s the effect it has on me, which is just as well as we’ve a large old house and quite a lot of garden (and we’re not gardeners!!)...
