by StaceyW | Mar 1, 2020 | Education, Life, Psychology, Teaching, Weaving
What kind of weaver are you? ** Do you weave for a specific reason, do you like to follow projects in a book or online, or do you relish the thought of creating something completely original whether for yourself, a friend, a client or an exhibition? If you’re reading...
by StaceyW | Jan 12, 2020 | Education, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, Weaving
If you’re like me, you prefer making weaving processes as easy to do as possible, especially the thinking side! Recently I have been preparing 4-shaft samples of stitched double cloth for an upcoming workshop. The warp has a 2 cotton to 1 wool ratio and it was...
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...
by StaceyW | Oct 4, 2019 | Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
Autumn has been late arriving here in Gascony, South West France. It’s a lovely time of year here – the sun is still beautifully warm, the rainy days few and far between, the fields a range of yellows, browns and green which turn golden, orange and russet...
by StaceyW | Sep 20, 2019 | Art, Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, textiles, Weaving
Image: Samira Boon, Self-folding fabric. As many of you know, I am a texture fanatic. Creating dimensional surfaces in woven fabric really intrigue, delight and inspire me, often with ideas taken from nature. Philippa Brock has done a lot of research on self-folding...
by StaceyW | Jun 11, 2019 | Art, Book Review, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Publications, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
This summer we are having a great time at The Loom Room France with weaving guests and non-weavers alike. The cherries have now been supplanted by the emerging plum harvest, and the swallows have now finished constructing their nest and are laying a number of eggs so...
