by StaceyW | Jun 6, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, Weaving
This weekend, I have been having a great time with a student called Zaf, who brought along her little Structo loom. She bought it from eBay and unfortunately it doesn’t have a reed or a batten, so she was a little disappointed that she couldn’t use it. ...
by StaceyW | Apr 25, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving
Apologies for sending this out again, but there was a technical problem with the links which has now been solved. Do check out the links as I think you will enjoy them….. This weekend, I represented the Midlands Textile Forum at a sister event in the eastern...
by StaceyW | Mar 31, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Teaching, Weaving
I went to a wonderful lunch party yesterday with one of my students, her husband, sister and friends. It was an amazing collection of people. After a delicious lunch with home-grown soup and salad (try growing a soup and see how that goes for you!!! <G>) we...
by StaceyW | Mar 21, 2010 | Art, Education, Philosophy, Teaching, Weaving
It’s been an interesting March so far. Firstly there was Hattie on YouTube, which as I write has had over 1300 visits (and certainly not all by me!!) Secondly I have been writing a booklet to accompany a workshop I give on Texture in Textiles. It’s the...
by StaceyW | Jan 17, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
I was hoping to have got some great images of my trip to Kuwait online by now, but I am having problems uploading images to WordPress, so whilst my website people (doesn’t that sound posh?!!) are getting back to me (hopefully with a solution), I thought I would...
by StaceyW | Jan 11, 2010 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
I am sitting in my hotel room overlooking the bay towards the old Kuwait City. Through the heat haze and the dust raised by the building works in the city, mingled with the higher dust raised by troops in the desert, I can see the murky outlines of some stunning high...
