by StaceyW | Oct 22, 2020 | Art, Education, textiles, Travel
I know that this textile exhibition is currently in Agen, the ‘county town’ of Lot-et-Garonne, where I live in SW France and that most of you will not get the chance to see it, but I still wanted to tell you about it as it is a lovely exhibition in the...
by StaceyW | Sep 20, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Psychology, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Lia Cook BACKSTORY: Lia’s work has long entranced and engaged me. She is a Bay Area (San Francisco, California, US) visual artist who combines weaving with painting, photography, video, and digital technology to explore the sensuality of the woven image...
by StaceyW | Aug 23, 2020 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Cathryn Amidei BACKSTORY: Cathryn is an awesome jacquard weaver. We first connected through Complex Weavers and Pat Williams who had been Cathryn’s graduate advisor at Eastern Michigan University and who was a friend of mine through my acquisition of an...
by StaceyW | Aug 10, 2020 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Laura Fry BACKSTORY: I first met Laura in person whilst I was living in Tean in the UK – I can’t remember the year now – but she came with weaver Kerstin Fröberg whilst they were travelling around the UK. What an honour. Whilst I hadn’t...
by StaceyW | Jun 7, 2020 | Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Life, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
What a sobering week it has been news-wise. All lives matter and we must do what we believe to be right and to support each other against injustice and hatred wherever and whenever it shows up. I have posted my reflections in a video on my Facebook profile as I feel...
by StaceyW | Nov 24, 2019 | Education, Life, Nature, Publications, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
Hello all! The teaching season may well be behind us for this year, but things are very busy here in The Loom Room France. Firstly, the 2020 dates are now available!! You can find them here. I’m delighted to say that one Honeycomb Hybrid course is already fully...
