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...
by StaceyW | Jan 2, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Travel, Weaving
I’ve written this blog several times now. The first time round I was reflecting on Christmas, then I decided that what I’d written was probably too controversial! The second time, I was talking about change but felt that was also too provocative! ...
by StaceyW | Dec 5, 2009 | Jacquard weaving, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Travel, Weaving
Sorry to republish this, but I was asked by Dusan from Arahne to make it clear that Arahne did not charge for my phone calls, but that I was referring to my telecoms provider. I am more than happy to clarify that, with my apologies if anyone read it that way. I also...
by StaceyW | Oct 18, 2009 | Life, Travel
Autumn is most definitely with us now. In the last two weeks, the weather has got progressively colder, and the days shorter, although we have only had one real day of rain here in the middle of England. The sun is much lower in the sky and walking Charlie in the...
by StaceyW | Sep 13, 2009 | Education, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
Thursday was a big day for handweavers in the UK. Or at least for some of us! Handweavers Studio, which was the brainchild and baby of Nancy Lee Child, was re-opened in a new more central location with a lot more space and under new management. Nancy has finally...