by StaceyW | May 8, 2022 | Art, Education, Exhibitions, Philosophy, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
If you’ve not heard of it before, there is a wonderful guide to professional artisans, artists and craftspeople across Europe. It’s called the Homo Faber Guide and I am now part of this illustrious collection of weavers, ceramicists, lacemakers,...
by StaceyW | Apr 3, 2022 | Life, Philosophy, Travel
What does March mean to you? A strange question to ask, perhaps. But some months have a certain feel to them and March is one of the signifiant ones for me. For a start, it’s the start of Spring – new life – my life! My birthday is right at the...
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,...
