by StaceyW | Jan 3, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Katharina Krönig BACKSTORY: I have known Katharina for a few years – we both attended the same workshop run by Bonnie Inouye – but our relationship has developed quite recently. I am working on a project involving optical illusions which have...
by StaceyW | Dec 30, 2020 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Psychology, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
Weaving has long been associated with health, along with other textile and craft disciplines. For years hospitals had occupational health departments which often included handlooms and weaving equipment. For hand/eye co-ordination and for improving concentration and...
by StaceyW | Dec 20, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Vibeke Vestby BACKSTORY: I first learned about Vibeke Vestby when I acquired an industrial jacquard loom in 2004. Whilst at the Lisio Foundation in Florence, Italy, to learn how to design and weave on pre-industrial jacquard handlooms, I heard about a digital...
by StaceyW | Dec 13, 2020 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Cally Booker BACKSTORY: Cally Booker is based in Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. It is some years ago now that we first met and we share the history of both undertaking the Bradford Diploma of Handloom Weaving, albeit at different times. A past President...
by StaceyW | Dec 6, 2020 | Art, Education, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Weaving
This week has seen the launch of a very exciting exhibition organised by Olivier Masson and Lala de Dios. Lala, who is a tireless promoter of weaving and has previously been the head of the European Textile Network, had the idea of putting together an online weaving...
by StaceyW | Nov 29, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Weaving
NAME: Susie Taylor BACKSTORY: Susie exploded onto my radar at Complexity a few years ago with her Weaving Origami pieces that blew so many of us away. It was intriguing – weavers standing around her work, heads on one side, craning forwards and trying to peek...
