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 | Jan 17, 2021 | Art, Education, How I Got Into Weaving, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Teaching, textiles, Travel, Weaving
NAME: Agnes Hauptli BACKSTORY: Agnes and I first met back in 2008, at a Convergence class called the 3Ds of 3D run by Ruby Leslie. Right from the start we hit it off, two passionate weavers keen to learn whatever we could and with a shared zany sense of humour! We...
by StaceyW | Jun 17, 2012 | Education, Jacquard weaving, textiles, Travel, Weaving
I’ve had the most wonderful time this week in Norway with Vibeke Vestby trialling the new TC2 and looking at the looms which are going to be heading out to Convergence. I wish I was going with them!! These new looms are so much more elegant in appearance than...
by StaceyW | Aug 15, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Travel, Weaving
Over the last few weeks, I’ve indulged in some creative downtime! After the hectic scheduling of Complex Weavers and Convergence, Agnes and I headed off for a road trip (aka Thelma and Louise – without the dramatic ending!!). Agnes was in charge of...
by StaceyW | Jun 16, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving
In some of my posts, I have lightly touched on some of the weaving research into texture that I have been focussing on in the past 2 years, and which are the subject of some of the lectures that I am giving at the Complex Weavers’ Seminars and also at...
