by StaceyW | Oct 24, 2021 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
I’m sure we have all had what seemed to us unrealistic dreams – those ‘perhaps one day, if everything works out’ or ‘if I ever inherit some money, this is what I would do with it’ types of dreams. Well, sometimes things do just work...
by StaceyW | Aug 8, 2021 | Art, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Deirdre Wood BACKSTORY: Deirdre’s work fascinates me, especially when she started exploring curved shapes through the use of yarn properties. She specialises in narrow strip weaving. I listened to a talk at a symposium and found it fascinating to hear how...
by StaceyW | Jul 25, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Jennifer Moore BACKSTORY: Back in 2010, Handweavers Guild of America’s biennial conference, Convergence, was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I had the pleasure of giving two presentations there and also of being the juror for the yardage competition,...
by StaceyW | Jun 20, 2021 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Andy Ross BACKGROUND: Andy and I first got to know about each other via a mutual weaving friend Kathy Schicker. We were invited up to Shetland to service the AVL loom that the studio had acquired from Ann Sutton, and Andy invited us to stay, tour the island,...
by StaceyW | May 9, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Laverne Waddington BACKSTORY: It is through the wonders of the internet that Laverne came into my weaving life. I saw her amazing backstrap weaving online with its incredible detail and painstaking patterning which just sang in my heart and soul. The instant...
by StaceyW | Apr 25, 2021 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Madelyn van der Hoogt BACKSTORY: I became a weaver almost thirty years ago and even then Madelyn van der Hoogt was looked up to as one of the weaving greats of our time. She has been weaving, teaching and writing about weaving for forty years and continues to...
