by StaceyW | May 29, 2018 | Art, Education, Nature, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
It’s been a great month or two here in Nérac. We’ve had our fair share of rain, thunderstorms and brilliant sunshine, and the countryside is lush and wildlife abundant! On the weaving front, my solo show in Leek (UK) went very well, with many visitors and...
by StaceyW | May 7, 2018 | Life, Nature, Travel
Mountain walking, rock spotting and wave watching….. That sounds like heaven to me! Where the mountains meet the sea, all sorts of past geological upheavals are exposed to wondering eyes! Our wonderful architect, Mariette Marty, moved to the Pays Basque with...
by StaceyW | Mar 18, 2018 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Spring has sprung here in SW France. The temperatures are gradually climbing, the sun is more and more apparent, the birds are singing their hearts out, and Graham is learning new culinary skills to wow our weaving students this year! Homemade marmalade is now gracing...
by StaceyW | Feb 4, 2018 | Education, Life, textiles, Travel
Photo credit: unknown – Source Pinterest This morning, I found myself back in the souk in Muscat, Oman, ten years ago and all I did was open the lid of a new shower cream! A single smell can transport you back in time in the blink of an eye – for me, the...
by StaceyW | Aug 13, 2017 | Education, Life, Nature, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Isn’t it wonderful how one thing leads on to another? Just after publishing my Honeycomb Hybrids book this week, I was contacted by Madeleine Jude, a weaver I met a few years ago. She was a student on the Diploma course run by Handweavers’ Studio in...
by StaceyW | Jan 29, 2017 | Life, Travel
Every day is a really exciting day at the moment! Each day my workshop becomes a little more like a weaving workshop. But it didn’t start out that way! Our main move was on 4/5 January. All was going swimmingly. We had managed to pack the van (a transit)...